Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre running target

Sports shooting at the Olympics
Men's 10 metre running target
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Shooting Centre
Date21 September 2000 (slow)
22 September 2000 (fast)
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Winning score681.1
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Ling  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oleg Moldovan  Moldova
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Niu Zhiyuan  China
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The men's skeet shooting competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the last shooting event of the Sydney Games, held on 22 and 23 September. Yang Ling successfully defended his title, a tenth of a point ahead of Oleg Moldovan.[1]

Records

The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record  Manfred Kurzer (GER) 587 Zürich, Switzerland 16 October 1998
Olympic record  Yang Ling (CHN) 585 Atlanta, United States 26 July 1996
Final records
World record  Yang Ling (CHN) 687.9 Milan, Italy 6 June 1996
Olympic record  Yang Ling (CHN) 686.8 (585+101.8) Atlanta, United States 26 July 1996

Qualification round

The slow runs were fired on Thursday and the fast runs on Friday.

Rank Athlete Country Slow Fast Total Notes
1 Yang Ling  China 293 288 581 Q
2 Oleg Moldovan  Moldova 293 287 580 Q
3 Niu Zhiyuan  China 286 292 578 Q
4 Igor Kolessov  Russia 293 283 576 Q
5 Pasi Wedman  Finland 287 288 575 Q
6 Miroslav Januš  Czech Republic 293 282 575 Q
7 Manfred Kurzer  Germany 287 286 573 Q (6th: 99)
8 Dimitri Lykin  Russia 292 281 573 Q (6th: 96)
9 Andrés Felipe Torres  Colombia 292 281 573 (6th: 91)
10 Attila Solti  Guatemala 290 282 572
11 József Sike  Hungary 290 281 571
12 József Ángyán  Hungary 286 284 570
12 Michael Jakosits  Germany 290 280 570
12 Adam Saathoff  United States 289 281 570
15 Oleksandr Zinenko  Ukraine 293 276 569
16 David Jones  Australia 288 274 562
17 Adam Gitsham  Australia 285 271 556
18 Lance Dement  United States 269 272 541

Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank Athlete Qual Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yang Ling (CHN) 581 100.1 681.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Oleg Moldovan (MDA) 580 101.0 681.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Niu Zhiyuan (CHN) 578 99.4 677.4
4  Pasi Wedman (FIN) 575 97.1 672.1
5  Dimitri Lykin (RUS) 573 98.7 671.7
6  Manfred Kurzer (GER) 573 98.3 671.3
7  Igor Kolessov (RUS) 576 91.5 667.5
8  Miroslav Januš (CZE) 575 91.8 666.8

References

  1. ^ "Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Running Target, 10 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

Sources

  • Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad — Shooting (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2008.