The Men's skeet event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 25 and 26 July 2021 at the Asaka Shooting Range. After a disappointing showing in Rio, 2008 and 2012 champion Vincent Hancock of the United States rebounded to reclaim the gold medal, thus setting an Olympic record by becoming the first to win three gold medals in this event. Denmark's Jesper Hansen, after getting to the finals through three shoot-off rounds, won silver, the first Olympic medal in his career. The bronze was awarded to Kuwait's Abdullah Al-Rashidi, who was also the 2016 bronze medalist in skeet. The defending champion Gabriele Rossetti entered the competition but did not qualify for the finals.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
During the competition, Éric Delaunay and Tammaro Cassandro set the Olympic record in the qualification (124), whereas Vincent Hancock set the Olympic record in the finals (59).
Schedule
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Date Time Round Sunday, 25 July 2021Monday, 26 July 2021 10:00 Qualification Monday, 26 July 2021 15:50 Final
Results Qualification RankAthleteCountry1 2345 TotalShoot-offNotes 1 Éric Delaunay 25 25 25 24 25 124 +6 Q, 2 Tammaro Cassandro 24 25 25 25 25 124 +5 Q, 3 Eetu Kallioinen 25 25 24 25 24 123 Q 4 Vincent Hancock 25 25 25 25 22 122 +8 Q 5 Abdullah Al-Rashidi 25 25 24 25 23 122 +7 Q 6 Jesper Hansen 25 24 23 25 25 122 +5+8+20 Q 7 Jakub Tomeček 24 25 25 25 23 122 +5+8+19 8 Nicolás Pacheco 24 24 25 25 24 122 +5+7 9 Georgios Achilleos 25 24 24 25 24 122 +3 10 Gabriele Rossetti 23 25 24 24 25 121 CB:37 11 Emmanuel Petit 23 25 24 24 25 121 CB:28 12 Dimitris Konstantinou 24 25 24 23 25 121 13 Lee Jong-jun 24 25 24 24 24 121 14 Erik Watndal 25 24 25 23 24 121 15 Phillip Jungman 24 24 23 24 25 120 CB:47 16 Mansour Al-Rashedi 24 24 23 24 25 120 CB:36 17 Federico Gil 25 23 25 23 24 120 18 Angad Bajwa 24 25 24 23 24 120 19 Azmy Mehelba 25 24 24 24 23 120 20 Nikolaos Mavrommatis 23 24 23 24 25 119 21 Paul Adams 25 25 23 22 24 119 22 Saeed Al-Mutairi 24 24 23 25 23 119 23 Stefan Nilsson 25 24 23 24 23 119 24 Saif Bin Futtais 24 23 23 23 24 117 25 Mairaj Ahmad Khan 25 24 22 23 23 117 26 Emin Jafarov 25 23 23 22 23 116 27 Hiroyuki Ikawa 23 23 23 22 23 114 28 Lari Pesonen 23 25 23 24 19 114 29 Mostafa Hamdy 23 22 22 25 20 112 30 Juan Schaeffer 21 22 22 23 19 107
Final RankAthleteSeriesNotes123456 10 20 29 39 49 59 9 19 29 39 48 55 10 20 29 37 46 4 10 20 28 36 5 8 16 25 6 8 16
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