Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre running target

The men's skeet shooting competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the last shooting event of the Sydney Games, held on 22 and 23 September. Yang Ling successfully defended his title, a tenth of a point ahead of Oleg Moldovan.[1]

Men's 10 metre running target
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Shooting Centre
Date21 September 2000 (slow)
22 September 2000 (fast)
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Winning score681.1
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Ling  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oleg Moldovan  Moldova
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Niu Zhiyuan  China
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Records

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The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record   Manfred Kurzer (GER) 587 Zürich, Switzerland 16 October 1998
Olympic record   Yang Ling (CHN) 585 Atlanta, United States 26 July 1996
Final records
World record   Yang Ling (CHN) 687.9 Milan, Italy 6 June 1996
Olympic record   Yang Ling (CHN) 686.8 (585+101.8) Atlanta, United States 26 July 1996

Qualification round

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The slow runs were fired on Thursday and the fast runs on Friday.

Rank Athlete Country Slow Fast Total Notes
1 Yang Ling   China 293 288 581 Q
2 Oleg Moldovan   Moldova 293 287 580 Q
3 Niu Zhiyuan   China 286 292 578 Q
4 Igor Kolessov   Russia 293 283 576 Q
5 Pasi Wedman   Finland 287 288 575 Q
6 Miroslav Januš   Czech Republic 293 282 575 Q
7 Manfred Kurzer   Germany 287 286 573 Q (6th: 99)
8 Dimitri Lykin   Russia 292 281 573 Q (6th: 96)
9 Andrés Felipe Torres   Colombia 292 281 573 (6th: 91)
10 Attila Solti   Guatemala 290 282 572
11 József Sike   Hungary 290 281 571
12 József Ángyán   Hungary 286 284 570
12 Michael Jakosits   Germany 290 280 570
12 Adam Saathoff   United States 289 281 570
15 Oleksandr Zinenko   Ukraine 293 276 569
16 David Jones   Australia 288 274 562
17 Adam Gitsham   Australia 285 271 556
18 Lance Dement   United States 269 272 541

Q Qualified for final

Final

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Rank Athlete Qual Final Total
    Yang Ling (CHN) 581 100.1 681.1
    Oleg Moldovan (MDA) 580 101.0 681.0
    Niu Zhiyuan (CHN) 578 99.4 677.4
4   Pasi Wedman (FIN) 575 97.1 672.1
5   Dimitri Lykin (RUS) 573 98.7 671.7
6   Manfred Kurzer (GER) 573 98.3 671.3
7   Igor Kolessov (RUS) 576 91.5 667.5
8   Miroslav Januš (CZE) 575 91.8 666.8

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Running Target, 10 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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