Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet

The women's skeet shooting competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 19 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.

Women's skeet
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueMarkópoulo Olympic Shooting
Centre
DateAugust 19, 2004
Competitors12 from 11 nations
Winning score97
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Diána Igaly  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wei Ning  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zemfira Meftahatdinova  Azerbaijan
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The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 3 sets of 25 shots in the set order of skeet shooting.

The top 6 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired one additional round of 25. The total score from all 100 shots was used to determine the final ranking. Ties are broken using a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one at a time until there is no longer a tie.

Hungarian shooter and 2000 Olympic bronze medalist Diána Igaly set a perfect 25 to claim the gold medal in the final, finishing with a total score of 97.[1] China's Wei Ning had shared a total score of 93 birds with defending Olympic champion Zemfira Meftahatdinova of Azerbaijan, until she chased her rival in a 2 to 1 shoot-off to grab the silver, leaving Meftahatdinova with a bronze.[2][3]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record   Svetlana Demina (RUS) 75 Kumamoto, Japan 1 June 1999
Olympic record   Zemfira Meftahatdinova (AZE) 73 Sydney, Australia 21 September 2000
Final records
World record   Svetlana Demina (RUS) 99 (75+24) Kumamoto, Japan 1 June 1999
Olympic record   Zemfira Meftahatdinova (AZE) 98 (73+25) Sydney, Australia 21 September 2000

Qualification round

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Rank Athlete Country 1 2 3 Total SO 1 SO 2 Notes
1 Diána Igaly   Hungary 23 24 25 72 Q
2 Zemfira Meftahatdinova   Azerbaijan 25 24 22 71 Q
3 Wei Ning   China 22 24 24 70 Q
4 Lauryn Mark   Australia 24 22 23 69 Q
5 Connie Smotek   United States 24 22 22 68 2 Q
6 Kim Rhode   United States 24 20 24 68 1 2 Q
7 Ri Hyon-ok   North Korea 24 22 22 68 1 1
8 Chiara Cainero   Italy 24 19 24 67
9 Svetlana Demina   Russia 23 21 23 67
9 Kim Yeun-hee   South Korea 24 21 22 67
9 Maarit Lepomäki   Finland 23 22 22 67
12 Andrea Stranovská   Slovakia 23 22 21 66

Q Qualified for final — SO 1 Shoot-off for fifth place — SO 2 Shoot-off for sixth place

Final

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Rank Athlete Qual Final Total Shoot-off
    Diána Igaly (HUN) 72 25 97
    Wei Ning (CHN) 70 23 93 2
    Zemfira Meftahatdinova (AZE) 71 22 93 1
4   Lauryn Mark (AUS) 69 23 92
5   Kim Rhode (USA) 68 23 91
6   Connie Smotek (USA) 68 22 90

References

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  1. ^ "Kurzer, Hungary's Igaly claim golds". ESPN. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Igaly wins first shooting gold for Hungary". Xinhua. 19 August 2004. Archived from the original on September 23, 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ "China's Wei Ning snatches women's skeet silver at Olympic". News Guangdong. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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