The Men's skeet event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

took place on 25 and 26 July 2021 at the

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. After a disappointing showing in Rio, 2008 and 2012 champion

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of the United States rebounded to reclaim the gold medal, thus setting an Olympic record by becoming the first to win three gold medals in this event. Denmark's Jesper Hansen, after getting to the finals through three shoot-off rounds, won silver, the first Olympic medal in his career. The bronze was awarded to Kuwait's Abdullah Al-Rashidi, who was also the 2016 bronze medalist in skeet. The defending champion

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entered the competition but did not qualify for the finals.

Records

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

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and

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set the Olympic record in the qualification (124), whereas

set the Olympic record in the finals (59).

Schedule

All times are

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)

Results

Qualification

Final

References

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