The men's double trap competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 17 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final match. In the qualifier round, each shooter fires 3 sets of 50 shots in trap shooting. Shots were paired, with two targets being launched at a time.
The top 6 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fire for one additional round of 50. The total score from all 200 shots was used to determine the final ranking. Ties are broken through a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one pair at a time until there is no longer a tie.
Ahmed Al Maktoum, a member of Dubai's royal family, set a historic milestone for the United Arab Emirates by picking up the nation's first ever gold medal in Olympic history. He made a new Olympic record of 179 in the qualification round and increased his six-point lead to a ten-point post-final victory margin at 189. India's Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who finished fifth earlier in the prelims with 135, shot steadily in the final round to grab the silver with 179, while China's Wang Zheng scored 178 to edge out his teammate Hu Binyuan for the bronze by a single hit.
Defending Olympic champion Richard Faulds failed to reach the final round after a dismal display in the prelims, posting a total record of 130 out of 150. He finished as thirteenth in a field of twenty-five shooters.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round RankAthleteCountryABCTotalShoot-offNotes1 Ahmed Al Maktoum 484848144 Q, 2 Håkan Dahlby 464844138 Q3 Wang Zheng 434945137 Q4 Waldemar Schanz 444447135 Q5 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 464346135 Q6 Hu Binyuan 45454412 Q7 Daniele Di Spigno 454643118 Fehaid Al-Deehani 44444639 William Chetcuti 43444719 Vitaly Fokeev 444446111 Rashid Hamad Al-Athba 384648132 12 Mashfi Al-Mutairi 434345131 13 Bret Erickson 434245130 13 Richard Faulds 414445130 15 Steve Haberman 434244129 16 Sean Nicholson 444143128 17 Walton Eller 414442127 17 Marco Innocenti 414343127 19 Vasily Mosin 384444126 19 Thomas Turner 444240126 21 Saleem Al-Nasri 394343125 22 Angelos Spiropoulos 394639124 23 Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz 364244122 24 Francisco Boza 404338121 25 Joonas Olkkonen 413839118 Equalled Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final RankAthleteQualFinalTotalShoot-offNotes 144 45 189 135 44 179 137 41 178 4 134 43 2 5 138 39 1 6 40 175 Equalled Olympic record
References
External links Official Results