Skeet

Skeet is considered a “short range” event and is shot by both women and men.

Shooters fire from 8 different designated shooting stations at a series of “singles” and simultaneous “doubles”, which are thrown from two different trap houses (“high house” and “low house”) situated at each end of an arc of a circle of about 40 m diameter. Competitors may fire only 1 shot per target.

Competitors must also hold their shotgun stock on or below an official marker tape, which is fixed at elbow level, until the target appears. Targets are thrown on shooter’s command after a variable delay (0-3 seconds).

The men’s match consists in a qualification of 125 targets, shot in five rounds of 25 over 2 days. Three qualification rounds are fired on day one; two qualification rounds plus the Final are shot on day two. The women’s match consists in a qualification of 75 targets, shot in three rounds of 25 over 1 day. Following the qualifications, the top six competitors advance to a 25 target “Finals” round. Medals are awarded on the total of the Qualification and the Final scores.

USA Shooting video describing the Men’s and Women’s Skeet Event