The men's double trap competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 20 September. Home shooter Russell Mark set a new Olympic record in the qualification round and was close to defending his inaugural double trap title from Atlanta, but lost the gold medal shoot-off to Richard Faulds. Fehaid Al Deehani won the first Olympic medal ever for Kuwait.[1]
Men's double trap at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Sydney International Shooting Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | 20 September 2000 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 187 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editThe existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification records | ||||
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World record | Michael Diamond (AUS) | 147 | Barcelona, Spain | 19 July 1998 |
Olympic record | Huang I. C. (TPE) | 141 | Atlanta, United States | 24 July 1996 |
Final records | ||||
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World record | Daniele Di Spigno (ITA) | 194 (146+48) | Tampere, Finland | 7 July 1999 |
Olympic record | Russell Mark (AUS) | 189 | Atlanta, United States | 24 July 1996 |
Qualification round
editThe qualification round consisted of 25 doubles in the A programme, 25 in the B programme, and 25 in the C programme.
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final
editThe final repeated the C programme for the top six competitors.
Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Shoot-off |
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Richard Faulds (GBR) | 141 | 46 | 187 | 3 | |
Russell Mark (AUS) | 143 | 44 | 187 | 2 | |
Fehaid Al Deehani (KUW) | 141 | 45 | 186 | ||
4 | Conny Persson (SWE) | 141 | 43 | 184 | |
5 | Roland Gerebics (HUN) | 140 | 40 | 180 | |
6 | Lance Bade (USA) | 136 | 43 | 179 |
References
edit- ^ "Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Double Trap". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
Sources
edit- Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad — Shooting (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2008.