Olympic skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. The discipline is sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Both men's and women's competitions consist of five such series. The top six competitors shoot an additional series as a final round, on targets filled with special powder to show hits more clearly to the audience. The competitors use shotguns of 12 bore or smaller. All actions are allowed, including double barrel breech loaders, semi-automatic or others, but not pump action guns.[1]
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| Men | |
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| Number of targets | 125 + 60 |
| Olympic Games | Since 1968 |
| Abbreviation | SK125 |
| Women | |
| Number of targets | 125 + 60 |
| Olympic Games | Since 2000 |
| Abbreviation | SK125W |
History
editUnlike English Skeet, participants shooting Olympic Skeet must call for the clays with guns off the shoulder, with the stock positioned level with the hip. A delay switch is incorporated within the clay trap, meaning the clays might be released immediately or up to three seconds after the shooter calls the clay. Under no circumstances must the gun be moved until the clay is released, or the shooter will face disqualification.
Mixed-Gender to Separate Events
editFrom the introduction of the sport to the Olympics in 1968 to 1992, the sport was mixed-gender. In 1992, the first female, Zhang Shan from China, won the gold medal. However, women did not compete at the 1996 Olympics in Skeet Shooting, and since 2000, women have competed in a separate event. [2] A decision to separate men's and women's skeet shooting had been made in December 1991, and in April 1992 the International Shooting Sport Federation decided to eliminate women from both trap and skeet due to a lack of competitors.[3][4][5] According to the Federation, the decision was taken "to allow more places for well-qualified men;" trap and skeet events had used a quota system since 1952, which stated no country could field more than two competitors of any gender, and the 1988 Olympic games eliminated the per-country quotas in favor of limiting both events to the top six women and top 48-52 men.[6][5] All Olympic games since 2000 have maintained separate events for men and women and beginning in Tokyo 2020, a mixed team event.
25 Shot Sequence
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- Station 1
- Single from the High House
- Pair: High House target to be shot first
- Station 2
- Single from the High House
- Pair: High House target to be shot first
- Station 3
- Single from the High House
- Pair: High House target to be shot first
- Station 4 (Part 1)
- Single from the High House
- Single from the Low House
- Station 5
- Single from the Low House
- Pair: Low House target to be shot first
- Station 6
- Single from the Low House
- Pair: Low House target to be shot first
- Station 7
- Pair: Low House target to be shot first
- Station 4 (Part 2)
- Pair: High House target to be shot first
- Pair: Low House target to be shot first
- Station 8
- Single from the High House
- Single from the Low House
Olympic Games
editMixed / Men's skeet
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Women's skeet
edit| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 2000 |  Sydney
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 Zemfira Meftahatdinova (AZE)
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 Svetlana Demina (RUS)
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 Diána Igaly (HUN)
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| 2004 |  Athens
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Diána Igaly (HUN)
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 Wei Ning (CHN)
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Zemfira Meftahatdinova (AZE)
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| 2008 |  Beijing
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 Chiara Cainero (ITA)
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 Kim Rhode (USA)
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 Christine Brinker (GER)
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| 2012 |  London
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Kim Rhode (USA)
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Wei Ning (CHN)
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 Danka Barteková (SVK)
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| 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro
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Diana Bacosi (ITA)
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Chiara Cainero (ITA)
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Kim Rhode (USA)
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| 2020 |  Tokyo
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Amber English (USA)
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Diana Bacosi (ITA)
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Wei Meng (CHN)
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| 2024 |  Paris
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 Francisca Crovetto Chadid (CHI)
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 Amber Rutter (GBR)
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Austen Smith (USA)
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Mixed skeet team
edit| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Paris
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 ItalyDiana Bacosi Gabriele Rossetti |
 United StatesAusten Smith Vincent Hancock |
China Jiang Yiting Lyu Jianlin |
World Championships, Men
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World Championships, Men Team
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World Championships, Women
editWorld Championships, Women Team
editWorld Championships, total medals
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 27 | 27 | 16 | 70 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union | 27 | 21 | 12 | 60 |
| 3 | Italy | 21 | 18 | 28 | 67 |
| 4 | China | 13 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 |  West Germany | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 |  Russia | 4 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 |  Hungary | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 |  East Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 |  Denmark | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 |  Cyprus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 |  Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 |  Poland | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 |  Czech Republic | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 |  Venezuela | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 |  Mexico | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 |  Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 North Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 |  Norway | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | France | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
 Sweden | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |
| 22 |  Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 23 |  Finland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 24 |  Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | Greece | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 |  Chile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 28 |  Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 |  Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 |  Cuba | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 34 |  Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 35 |  Argentina | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Belgium | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 37 |  Georgia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 38 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Thailand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 |  Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (42 entries) | 141 | 144 | 139 | 424 | |
Current world records
edit| Current world records in skeet as of February 12, 2024 [7] | ||||||
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| Men | Qualification | 125 | Valerio Luchini (ITA) Vincent Hancock (USA) Georgios Achilleos (CYP) Anthony Terras (FRA) Tammaro Cassandro (ITA) Riccardo Filippelli (ITA) Ralf Buchheim (GER) Vincent Hancock (USA) Vincent Hancock (USA) Luke Argiro (AUS) Luigi Lodde (ITA) Emmanuel Petit (FRA) Tammaro Cassandro (ITA) Vincent Hancock (USA) Luigi Lodde (ITA) Stefan Nilsson (SWE) Vincent Hancock (USA) Jesper Hansen (DEN) Vincent Hancock (USA) Azmy Mehelba (EGY) Vincent Hancock (USA)
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9 July 2014 9 March 2015 27 April 2015 17 September 2015 10 June 2016 10 July 2016 10 July 2016 14 September 2018 25 March 2019 14 April 2019 22 August 2019 14 September 2019 10 May 2021 27 April 2022 27 April 2022 9 October 2022 7 March 2023 12 July 2023 19 August 2023 19 August 2023 22 October 2023 |
Beijing (CHN) Acapulco (MEX) Larnaka (CYP) Lonato (ITA) San Marino (SMR) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Changwon (KOR) Guadalajara (MEX) Al Ain (UAE) Lahti (FIN) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Osijek (CRO) Doha (QAT) Lonato (ITA) Baku (AZE) Baku (AZE) Santiago (CHI) |
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| Final | 60 |  Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (IND) Vincent Hancock (USA) Tomáš Nýdrle (CZE) Luigi Lodde (ITA) Charalambos Chalkiadakis (GRE) Abdullah Al-Rashidi (KUW)
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6 November 2018 25 March 2019 6 July 2019 12 October 2019 11 September 2023 27 September 2023 |
Kuwait City (KUW) Guadalajara (MEX) Lonato (ITA) Al Ain (UAE) Osijek (CRO) Hangzhou (CHN) |
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| Teams | 371 | Italy (Filippelli, Lodde, Rossetti)
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July 10, 2016 | Lonato (ITA) | edit | |
| Junior Men | Qualification | 125 | Jordan Douglas Sapp (USA)
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July 15, 2024 | Porpetto (ITA) | |
| Final | 58 | Xuyang Dou (CHN)
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March 28, 2018 | Sydney (AUS) | ||
| Teams | 363 | Italy (Cassandro, Rossetti, Simeone)
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August 7, 2013 | Suhl (GER) | ||
| Women | Qualification | 125 | Francisca Crovetto Chadid (CHL)
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April 27, 2022 | Lonato (ITA) | |
| Danka Barteková (SVK)
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March 4, 2023 | Doha (QAT) | ||||
| Final | 59 | Wei Meng (CHN)
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October 12, 2019 | Al Ain (UAE) | ||
| Teams | 365 | United States (Smith, Vizzi, Simonton)
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August 18, 2023 | Baku (AZE) | ||
| Junior Women | Qualification | 123 | Samantha Simonton (USA)
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March 24, 2019 | Guadalajara (MEX) | |
| Austen Jewell Smith (USA)
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July 18, 2019 | Suhl (GER) | ||||
| Jiang Yiting (CHN)
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September 27, 2023 | Hangzhou (CHN) | ||||
| Final | 57 | Jiang Yiting (CHN)
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September 27, 2023 | Hangzhou (CHN) | ||
| Teams | 356 | United States (Smith, Jacob, Simonton)
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July 18, 2019 | Suhl (GER) | ||
| Mixed Team | Qualification | 149 | Austen Jewell Smith (USA) Vincent Hancock (USA)
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August 20, 2023 | Baku (AZE) | |
| Eman Al-Shamaa (KUW) Abdullah Al-Rashidi (KUW)
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September 28, 2023 | Hangzhou (CHN) | ||||
| Kimberly Rhode (USA) Vincent Hancock (USA)
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February 12, 2024 | Rabat (MAR) | ||||
| Junior Mixed Team | Qualification | 145 | Sara Bongini (ITA) Andrea Galadrini (ITA)
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September 17, 2023 | Osijek (CRO) | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ISSF General Regulations" (PDF). issf-sports.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "ZHANG Shan: The only female shooter to win gold in a mixed competition". 5 July 2020.
- ^ "BARCELONA '92 OLYMPICS : DAILY REPORT : SHOOTING : China's Zhang Breaks Ground by Breaking Targets for Gold". LA Times. 29 July 1992. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "History of Shooting at the Olympic Games" (PDF). The Olympic Studies Centre. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ a b Jollimore, Mary (24 Aug 1992). "Current Olympic guidelines mean women have no shot". The Globe And Mail. pp. D5. ProQuest 385392230.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Newby, Andrew (23 July 1992). "Connie guns for the lawmakers". Agence France-Presse.
- ^ "ISSF – International Shooting Sport Federation – issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2020-03-10.