Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap explained

Event:	Men's double trap
Games:	2008 Summer
Date:	August 12, 2008
Competitors:	19
Nations:	14
Goldnoc:	USA
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	190 (OR)
Next:	2012

The men's double trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 12 at the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field. Walton Eller, the gold medal winner in this event, broke two Olympic records^[1] for both the qualification and final rounds.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 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 fired one additional round of 50. The total score from all 200 shots was used to determine final ranking. Ties are broken using a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one pair at a time until there is no longer a tie.

Records

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

During the competition, Walton Eller broke both Olympic records by a one-hit margin.

Qualification round

The qualification round was held between 9:00 and 13:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8). It consisted of three programs of 25 doubles each. In the A and B programs, the two targets were simultaneously thrown with a difference of five degrees (one straight and one to the side); in the C program, this was increased to ten degrees (one to each side).

Rank	Athlete	Country	A	B	C	Total	Shoot-off	Notes
1	Walton Eller		48	49	48	145		Q OR
2	Francesco D'Aniello		48	46	47	141		Q
3	Jeffrey Holguin		45	48	47	140		Q
4	Hu Binyuan		48	42	48	138		Q
5	Richard Faulds		45	46	46	137		Q
6	Russell Mark		45	48	43		6	Q
7	Ahmed Al Maktoum		46	45	45		5
8	William Chetcuti		47	45	44		3
9	Roland Gerebics		44	47	45		1
10	Daniele Di Spigno		44	46	45	135
11	Håkan Dahlby		45	45	45	135
12	Wang Nan		42	46	46	134
13	Steven Scott		43	45	46	134
14	Vasily Mosin		41	47	43	131
15	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore		43	45	43	131
16	Vitaly Fokeev		45	44	41	130
17	Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz		45	39	39	123
18	Graeme Ede		38	40	35	113
19	Giuseppe Di Salvatore		38	34	37	109

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

The final was held at 15:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8). It repeated the C program for the top 6 shooters, and added the results to those of the qualification round.

Rank	Athlete	Qual	Final	Total	Notes
		145	45	190	OR
		141	46	187
		138	46	184
4		140	42	182
5		136	45	181
6		137	43	180

OR Olympic record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flash: Eller wins gold and breaks Olympic records in the Men's Double Trap . 2008-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080816005413/http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/shooting/n214532672.shtml# . 2008-08-16 . dead .