Olympic records at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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ArcheryArchery at the 2004 Summer OlympicsArchery at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece with ranking rounds on 12 August and regular competition held from 15 August to 21 August...
- Men's Individual (70 m, 18 arrow): KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
's Park Kyung Mo, 173 points
- previous record of 172 was set in 2000 by Jang Yong Ho
- Women's Individual (70 m, 18 arrow): Korea's Yun Mi Jin, 173 points (tied record)
- previous record of 173 was set in 2000 by Yun Mi Jin
ShootingShooting at the 2004 Summer OlympicsIn shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....
- Men's 10 m Air Rifle10 m Air Rifle10 metre air rifle is an International Shooting Sports Federation shooting event, shot over a distance of 10 metres from a standing position with a 4.5 mm calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of 5.5 kg...
(Qualification): ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
's Zhu QinanZhu QinanZhu Qinan is a male Chinese sport shooter. He won the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle event and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle event. Zhu currently is studying at Zhejiang University.Zhu began shooting training at Wenzhou...
, 599 points
- previous record of 596 was set in 1996 by Wolfram Waibel
- Men's 10 m Air Rifle (Final): Zhu, 702.7 points
- previous record of 696.4 was set in 2000 by Cai YalinCai YalinCai Yalin is a male Chinese sports shooter. He won the 10m air rifle at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the process beating the Olympic record of 695.7pts with 696.4pts....
- Men's 10 m Air Pistol10 m Air Pistol10 metre air pistol is an Olympic shooting event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation . It is similar to 10 metre air rifle in that it is shot with 4.5 mm caliber air guns at a distance of 10 metres , and the programme consists of 60 shots within 105 minutes...
(Qualification): RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
's Mikhail NestruevMikhail NestruevMikhail Valeryevich Nestruyev is a pistol shooter from Moscow, Russia. He is an all-round shooter, having achieved great successes in all five ISSF pistol events. He holds the 25 metre center-fire pistol world record of 594...
, 591 points
- Men's 10 m Air Pistol
- previous record of 590 was set in 2000 by Franck DumoulinFranck DumoulinFranck Dumoulin is a pistol shooter from Bordeaux, France.- Olympic Games :- World Championships :* 1994 World Championships :** Gold Medal in 10 m Air Pistol** Bronze Medal in 50 m Pistol...
- Men's 10 m Air Pistol (Final): China's Wang YifuWang YifuWang Yifu is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events....
, 690.0 points
- Men's 10 m Air Pistol (Final): China's Wang Yifu
- previous record of 688.9 was set in 2000 by Dumoulin
- Men's TrapOlympic TrapOfficially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...
(Qualification): Russia's Aleksei AlipovAleksei AlipovAleksei Aleksandrovich Alipov is a Russian Olympic Trap shooter. He is the 2004 Olympic champion in that discipline.Born in Moscow, he started the sport at age 13 and was eventually trained at the Russian Academy of Sport...
, 124 hits (tied record)
- Men's Trap
- previous record of 124 was set in 1996 by Michael DiamondMichael Diamond (sport shooter)Michael Constantine Diamond, OAM is a professional target shooter from Australia. Mastering the shotgun, Diamond succeeded in winning the Olympic gold medal for trap both in Atlanta and Sydney . He also holds the world record in double trap, and held the final world record in trap between 2007...
- Men's Trap (Final): Alipov, 149 hits (tied record)
- previous record of 149 was set in 1996 by Diamond
- Men's Double TrapDouble TrapDouble trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....
(Qualification): United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesThe United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
's Ahmed Al-Maktoum, 144 hits
- Men's Double Trap
- previous record of 143 was set in 2000 by Russell MarkRussell MarkRussell Andrew Mark, OAM is an Australian Trap and Double Trap shooter and Olympic Champion. He won the Olympic gold medal in Double Trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won a silver Olympic medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...
- Men's Double Trap (Final): Almaktoum, 189 hits (tied record)
- previous record of 189 was set in 1996 by Mark
- Men's SkeetOlympic SkeetSkeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. 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. Men's competitions...
(Qualification): FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
's Marko KemppainenMarko KemppainenMarko Kemppainen is an athlete from Finland. He competes in skeet shooting.Kemppainen won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championship in Cairo. He represented Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics. By winning the silver medal in men's skeet event he took the first medal for Finland in the Athens...
, 125 hits (tied record)
- Men's Skeet
- previous record of 125 was set in 1996 by Ennio FalcoEnnio FalcoEnnio Falco is an Italian sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in Skeet Shooting in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
- Men's 10 m Running Target10 m Running Target10 meter running target is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot with an airgun at a target that moves sideways. The target is pulled across a two meter wide aisle at the range of 10 metres from the firing point...
(Qualification): GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
's Manfred KurzerManfred KurzerManfred Kurzer is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won gold medal in 10 metre running target at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He placed sixth at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Is currently training soldiers of the army and lives in Frankfurt..-References:...
, 590 points
- Men's 10 m Running Target
- previous record of 585 was set in 1996 by Yang LingYang LingYang Ling is a male Chinese sports shooter. He won both the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Olympic Games in 10 metre running target, being the only shooter to successfully defend an Olympic title in that event.-Olympic results:...
- Women's 50 m Rifle50 metre rifle three positions50 metre rifle three positions is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 metre rifle three positions. It consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women...
Three positions (Final): Russia's Lioubov GalkinaLioubov GalkinaLioubov Galkina is a Russian sports shooter and Olympic champion. She received two medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In her five Olympic starts, she has reached the final each time....
, 688.4 points
- Women's 50 m Rifle
- previous record of 686.1 was set in 1996 by Aleksandra Ivosev
- Women's 10 m Air Rifle10 m Air Rifle10 metre air rifle is an International Shooting Sports Federation shooting event, shot over a distance of 10 metres from a standing position with a 4.5 mm calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of 5.5 kg...
(Qualification): Russia's Galkina, 399 points
- Women's 10 m Air Rifle
- previous record of 397 was set in 1996 by Petra Horneber
- Women's 10 m Air Rifle (Final): China's Du LiDu LiDu Li is a female Chinese sport shooter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won the gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle competition. She has achieved the maximum 400 in this event twice...
, 502.0 points
- Women's 10 m Air Rifle (Final): China's Du Li
- previous record of 498.2 was set in 1992 by Yeo Kab-Soon
- Women's 25 m Pistol25 m Pistol25 metre pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 metre center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sport pistol instead of the larger-caliber guns men used...
(Final): BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
's Mariya Grozdeva, 688.2 points
- Women's 25 m Pistol
- established new record after rule change