Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's double trap explained

Event:Women's double trap
Games:2004 Summer
Venue:Markópoulo Olympic Shooting
Centre
Date:August 18, 2004
Competitors:15
Nations:12
Gold:Kim Rhode
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Lee Bo-na
Silvernoc:KOR
Bronze:Gao E
Bronzenoc:CHN
Win Label:Winning score
Win Value:146
Prev:2000

The women's double trap competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 18 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece. This was the last Olympic competition in the event, before being removed from the program shortly after the Games.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 3 sets of 40 in the set order of skeet shooting.

The top 6 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired one additional round of 40. The total score from all 160 shots was used to determine final ranking. Ties are broken using a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one at a time until there is no longer a tie.

U.S. shooter and 1996 Olympic champion Kim Rhode rallied her way in the final rounds to reclaim the gold medal with a total record of 146.[1] South Korea's Lee Bo-na narrowly missed a shot for the Olympic title by a single bird, but secured the silver with a score of 145, while Chinese shooter and four-time Olympian Gao E beat her teammate Li Qingnian in a 2 to 1 shoot-off to take the bronze at 142 hits.[2] [3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryABCTotalNotes
1 363638110 Q
2 363737110Q
3 373339109Q
4 333738108Q
5 363635107Q
6 373535107Q
7 353338106
7 363337106
9 333636105
9 393234105
11 343631101
11 353234101
13 34333097
13 32333297
15 30332588
Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotalShoot-off
36 146
110 35 145
35 2
4 107 35 142 1
5 109 31 140
6 108 29 137

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Double trap gold for USA's Kim Rhode. USA Today. 18 August 2004. 21 July 2015.
  2. News: Day Five Olympic Wrap Up. The Chosun Ilbo. 18 August 2004. 21 July 2015.
  3. News: Chinese Shooter Takes Olympic Women's Double Trap Bronze. China Internet Information Center. 18 August 2004. 21 July 2015.