The men's skeet

Olympic Skeet

Skeet 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...

 shooting competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

was held on August 21 and 22 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre

Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre

The Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre was the site of the shooting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue is located in Markópoulo, on the outskirts of the eastern suburbs of Athens. It has a seating capacity of 4,000, though a public capacity of only 2,330 for the Olympics...

 near Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. In this last Olympic skeet competition before rules were changed, Marko Kemppainen

Marko Kemppainen

Marko 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...

 attained a perfect 125 in the qualification round, equalling the World and Olympic records, but missed one target in the final, allowing Andrea Benelli

Andrea Benelli

|Andrea Benelli in ItalyAndrea Benelli is an Italian sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won the gold medal in Skeet Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and also obtained a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Benelli is two times World Champion in Skeet Shooting,...

 to get level and eventually win the gold medal shoot-off.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	1	2	3	Day 1	4	5	Total	SO 1	SO 2	Notes
1	Marko Kemppainen Marko Kemppainen Marko 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...		25	25	25	75	25	25	125			Q EWR EOR
2	Andrea Benelli Andrea Benelli |Andrea Benelli in ItalyAndrea Benelli is an Italian sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won the gold medal in Skeet Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and also obtained a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Benelli is two times World Champion in Skeet Shooting,...		24	25	25	74	25	25	124			Q
3	Shawn Dulohery Shawn Dulohery Shawn Dulohery is a sport shooter who represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics....		25	24	25	74	23	25		4		Q
4	Juan Miguel Rodríguez Juan Miguel Rodríguez Juan Miguel Rodriguez is a Cuban sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal in Skeet Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...		23	25	25	73	25	24		4		Q
5	Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011...		24	24	25	73	25	24		4		Q
6	Harald Jensen Harald Jensen Harald Jensen is a Norwegian sport shooter competing in Skeet. Jensen won the gold medal at both the ISSF World Shooting Championships and the ISSF European Shooting Championships in 2002. He finished as number six at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:...		24	24	24	72	25	25		3	2	Q
7	Michael Nielsen		25	23	25	73	25	24		3	1
8	Erik Watndal Erik Watndal Erik Watndal is a sport shooter who represented Norway at the 2004 Summer Olympics.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he participated in the men's skeet event, finishing tied for eighth position.-References:...		25	22	24	71	25	25	121
9	Georgios Achilleos		24	24	25	73	23	25	121
9	Abdullah Alrashidi		25	24	24	73	24	24	121
9	James Graves		25	25	23	73	24	24	121
9	Mikola Milchev		23	25	24	72	24	25	121
9	Jan Sychra		25	25	24	74	23	24	121
9	Anthony Terras Anthony Terras Anthony Terras is a French shooter and Olympic athlete who won the bronze medal at the Men's skeet at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.- References :*...		25	23	25	73	23	25	121
15	Sergey Aksyutin		25	24	25	74	23	23	120
15	Saied Al Mutairi		24	25	25	74	24	22	120
15	Diego Duarte Delgado		24	24	25	73	23	24	120
15	Jin Di Jin Di Jin Di is a male Chinese sports shooter who competed in Olympic skeet at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...		24	25	24	73	25	22	120
15	Paul Rahman Paul Rahman Paul Nicholas Rahman is a sport shooter who has twice represented Australia at the Summer Olympics....		25	23	24	72	24	24	120
15	Valeriy Shomin Valeriy Shomin Valery Kimovich Shomin is a sport shooter who has twice represented Russia at the Summer Olympics.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he participated in the men's skeet event, finishing tied for 15th position. At the 2008 Games in Beijing he finished 19th in the men's skeet.-References:...		25	25	25	75	22	23	120
21	Hennie Dompeling		23	24	24	71	23	25	119
21	Julio Elizardo Dujarric Lembcke		25	24	24	73	24	22	119
21	Ennio Falco Ennio Falco Ennio Falco is an Italian sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in Skeet Shooting in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....		23	24	24	71	25	23	119
21	Andrzej Glyda		23	25	23	71	24	24	119
21	Andrei Inešin		24	25	24	73	23	23	119
21	Antonis Nikolaidis		23	24	25	72	23	24	119
21	Georgios Salavantakis		22	25	24	71	25	23	119
21	Guillermo Alfredo Torres		24	25	24	73	22	24	119
29	George Barton		25	23	24	72	23	23	118
29	Mostafa Hamdy		25	25	21	71	25	22	118
31	Jorge Atalah		24	24	23	71	24	22	117
31	Michael Maskell		23	23	23	69	23	25	117
31	Axel Wegner Axel Wegner Axel Wegner is a German sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-References:...		23	25	24	72	22	23	117
34	Richard Brickell Richard Brickell Richard Brickell is a sport shooter who represented Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2010 commonwealth games in Delhi where he won both individual Gold and Bronze medals in the pairs event....		23	24	23	70	21	24	115
34	Amr El Gaiar		24	22	23	69	23	23	115
34	Jan-Cor Greef		24	23	24	71	20	24	115
37	Saeed Al Maktoum		23	24	23	70	22	22	114
37	Khurram Inam		24	24	24	72	20	22	114
37	Lee Suk-tae		22	24	22	68	23	23	114
40	Chee Fei Ricky Teh		24	22	23	69	21	23	113
41	Roger Dahi Roger Dahi Roger Dahi is a sport shooter who has twice represented Syria at the Summer Olympics.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he participated in the men's skeet event, finishing in 41st, and last, position. At the 2008 Games in Beijing he again finished last of the 41 athletes in the men's...		24	18	23	65	20	21	106

EOR Equalled Olympic record – EWR Equalled World record – Q Qualified for final – SO 1 Shoot-off for third place – SO 2 Shoot-off for sixth place

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	Final	Total	Bronze shoot-off	Gold shoot-off
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	align=left	|125	24	149		4
	align=left	|	25		10
4	align=left	|	25		9
5	align=left	|	25	147	5
6	align=left	|122	23	145