Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap
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During the competition, Walton Eller
broke both Olympic records by a one-hit margin.
). It consisted of three programs of 25 doubles each. In the A and B programs, the two targets were simultaneously thrown with a difference of five degrees (one straight and one to the side); in the C program, this was increased to ten degrees (one to each side).
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
). It repeated the C program for the top 6 shooters, and added the results to those of the qualification round.
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Walton Eller
Walton "Glenn" Eller is an American trap shooter and three-time U.S. Olympic athlete . At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in men's double trap setting both an Olympic Record and a Final Olympic Record.In 1996, Glenn was the first American to win the British Open Sporting Clay...
broke both Olympic records by a one-hit margin.
Qualification round
The qualification round was held between 9:00 and 13:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .With an estimated population of 1.53 billion living within the time zone, roughly 22.5% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in world, as well as a possible...
). It consisted of three programs of 25 doubles each. In the A and B programs, the two targets were simultaneously thrown with a difference of five degrees (one straight and one to the side); in the C program, this was increased to ten degrees (one to each side).
Rank | Athlete | Country | A | B | C | Total | Shoot-off | Notes |
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1 | Walton Eller Walton Eller Walton "Glenn" Eller is an American trap shooter and three-time U.S. Olympic athlete . At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in men's double trap setting both an Olympic Record and a Final Olympic Record.In 1996, Glenn was the first American to win the British Open Sporting Clay... |
48 | 49 | 48 | 145 | Q OR | ||
2 | Francesco D'Aniello Francesco D'Aniello Francesco D'Aniello is an Italian trap shooter. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's double trap event. After realizing he had won silver, D'Aniello was overcome with emotion and collapsed to his knees weeping.-References:... |
48 | 46 | 47 | 141 | Q | ||
3 | Jeffrey Holguin | 45 | 48 | 47 | 140 | Q | ||
4 | Hu Binyuan Hu Binyuan Hu Binyuan is a male Chinese sports shooter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.He finished fourth at the 2004 double trap competition and won the bronze medal in the 2008 double trap competition.-Records:... |
48 | 42 | 48 | 138 | Q | ||
5 | Richard Faulds Richard Faulds Richard Bruce Faulds MBE , is an English sport shooter, who competed for Great Britain in the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the men's double trap.... |
45 | 46 | 46 | 137 | Q | ||
6 | Russell Mark Russell Mark Russell Andrew Mark, OAM is an Australian Trap and Double Trap shooter and Olympic Champion. He won the Olympic gold medal in Double Trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won a silver Olympic medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney... |
45 | 48 | 43 | 6 | Q | ||
7 | Ahmed Al Maktoum | 46 | 45 | 45 | 5 | |||
8 | William Chetcuti William Chetcuti William Chetcuti is a Maltese sport shooter who specializes in the double trap. He is currently the Men's Double Trap World Champion.... |
47 | 45 | 44 | 3 | |||
9 | Roland Gerebics Roland Gerebics Roland Gerebics is a Hungarian sport shooter who specializes in the double trap.At the 2000 Olympic Games he finished in fifth place. He then finished second at the 2001 and 2006 World Championships, and fourth at the 2006 European Championships.At the 2008 Olympic Games he came in joint sixth... |
44 | 47 | 45 | 1 | |||
10 | Daniele Di Spigno | 44 | 46 | 45 | 135 | |||
11 | Håkan Dahlby Håkan Dahlby Håkan Dahlby is a Swedish double trap shooter, the winner of the 2003 and 2004 European Championships. In the 2004 Olympics he finished second in the qualification round, but dropped to fifth place during the final round... |
45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | |||
12 | Wang Nan Wang Nan (sport shooter) Wang Nan is a male Chinese sports shooter.At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished in twelfth place in the double trap qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round.... |
42 | 46 | 46 | 134 | |||
13 | Steven Scott Steven Scott Steven Scott is a shooter from Battle who won a gold medal in Commonwealth Games held from 3–14 October 2010 in Delhi, India.He won, with Stevan Walton, the men's double trap pairs event on 6 October 2010.-References:... |
43 | 45 | 46 | 134 | |||
14 | Vasily Mosin Vasily Mosin Vasily Mosin is a Russian sport shooter who specializes in the double trap.At the 2004 Olympic Games he finished in nineteenth place in the double trap qualification, missing out on a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round.He then finished third at the 2005 European... |
41 | 47 | 43 | 131 | |||
15 | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is an Indian shooter who won the silver medal in Men's Double Trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens... |
43 | 45 | 43 | 131 | |||
16 | Vitaly Fokeev Vitaly Fokeev Vitaly Fokeev is a Russian sport shooter who specializes in the double trap.At the 2004 Olympic Games he finished in joint place in the double trap qualification... |
45 | 44 | 41 | 130 | |||
17 | Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz | 45 | 39 | 39 | 123 | |||
18 | Graeme Ede Graeme Ede Graeme Ede is a shooting competitor for New Zealand. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he won a gold medal in the Shooting - Trap event... |
38 | 40 | 35 | 113 | |||
19 | Giuseppe Di Salvatore | 38 | 34 | 37 | 109 |
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Final
The final was held at 15:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .With an estimated population of 1.53 billion living within the time zone, roughly 22.5% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in world, as well as a possible...
). It repeated the C program for the top 6 shooters, and added the results to those of the qualification round.
Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
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145 | 45 | 190 | OR | ||
141 | 46 | 187 | |||
138 | 46 | 184 | |||
4 | 140 | 42 | 182 | ||
5 | 136 | 45 | 181 | ||
6 | 137 | 43 | 180 |
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