Olympic Skeet
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| Olympic Skeet | |
|---|---|
| Men | |
| Number of shots: | 125 + 25 |
| Olympic Games: | Since 1968 |
| Abbreviation: | SK125 |
| Women | |
| Number of shots: | 75 + 25 |
| Olympic Games: | Since 2000 |
| Abbreviation: | SK75 |
Officially referred to only as Skeet, the Olympic Skeet shooting event was introduced to the program in 1968. Until 1992, both men and women were allowed to participate, but in 1996 the event was open to men only, which was somewhat controversial due to the fact that the 1992 Olympic Champion was indeed a woman, Zhang Shan of China. However, women had their own World Championships, and in 2000, a female Skeet event was introduced to the Olympic program.
[edit] Current world records
The Olympic Skeet rules were changed in 2005 and all records were reset.
| Current world records in Skeet | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Qualification | 125 |  Vincent Hancock (USA) |
June 14, 2007 | Lonato (ITA) | edit |
| Final | 150 | Vincent Hancock (USA) (125+25) |
June 14, 2007 | Lonato (ITA) | edit | |
| Teams | 365 |  Italy (Benelli, Falco, Luchini) |
August 3, 2006 | Zagreb (CRO) | edit | |
| Junior Men | Individual | 125 | Vincent Hancock (USA) |
June 14, 2007 | Lonato (ITA) | edit |
| Teams | 353 |  Germany (Cordesmeyer, Dittmer, Gosch) |
September 6, 2007 | Nicosia (CYP) | edit | |
| Women | Qualification | 74 |  Elena Little (GBR) Shi Hong Yan (CHN) Christine Brinker (GER) Zemfira Meftakhetdinova (AZE) Erdzhanik Avetisyan (RUS) |
July 17, 2005 April 9, 2006 April 9, 2006 May 18, 2006 June 13, 2007 |
Belgrade (SCG) Qingyuan (CHN) Qingyuan (CHN) Cairo (EGY) Lonato (ITA) |
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| Final | 98 | Kim Rhode (USA) (73+25) Christine Brinker (GER) (73+25) Erdzhanik Avetisyan (RUS) (73+25) |
March 22, 2007 September 5, 2007 October 17, 2007 |
Santo Domingo (DOM) Nicosia (CYP) Belgrade (SRB) |
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| Teams | 214 | China (Wei, Yu, Zhang) |
September 5, 2007 | Nicosia (CYP) | edit | |
| Junior Women | Individual | 72 | Haley Dunn (USA) |
November 21, 2005 | Dubai (UAE) | edit |
| Teams | 198 | Russia (Mishchuk, Neznamova, Shakirova) |
September 5, 2007 | Nicosia (CYP) | edit | |
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