Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's trap explained

Event:Men's trap
Games:1996 Summer
Dates:20–21 July
Competitors:58
Nations:41
Goldnoc:AUS
Silvernoc:USA
Bronzenoc:USA
Win Label:Winning score
Win Value:149
Next:2000

Men's trap shooting was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. It was held on 20 and 21 July 1996 at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex. There were 58 competitors from 41 nations, with each nation having up to three shooters. Michael Diamond of Australia won, setting two new Olympic records, ahead of two Americans. After the regular 150 targets, it took a marathon shoot-off to separate the silver and bronze medalists; after both shooters had hit 27 straight targets, Josh Lakatos hit his 28th while Lance Bade missed.[1] [2] It was the first medal in the men's trap for Australia; the United States had most recently been on the podium in the event in 1984.

Background

This was the 17th appearance of the men's ISSF Olympic trap event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1924 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1952 to 2016. As with most shooting events, it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980; the trap remained open to women through 1992. Very few women participated these years. The event returned to being men-only for 1996, though the new double trap had separate events for men and women that year. In 2000, a separate women's event was added and it has been contested at every Games since. There was also a men's team trap event held four times from 1908 to 1924.[3] [4]

Three of the 6 finalists from the 1992 Games returned: bronze medalist Marco Venturini of Italy, fourth-place finisher Jörg Damme of Germany, and fifth-place finisher Pavel Kubec of Czechoslovakia (now competing for the Czech Republic). Venturini had won his third World Championship in 1993. Dmitry Monakov, Olympic champion in 1988 for the Soviet Union, returned for Ukraine; he was the 1994 World Champion. The reigning (1995) World Champion was Giovanni Pellielo of Italy.[5]

Angola, Chinese Taipei, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, North Korea, Slovakia, and Ukraine each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its 16th appearance, most among nations, having missed only the 1980 Moscow Games.

Competition format

The competition used a new, two-round format, dropping the three-round format from 1988 and 1992. The qualifying round was reduced to 125 targets (in 5 series of 25, held over two days with 3 series the first day and 2 series the second). The semifinal round was eliminated. The top six shooters advanced to the final. The final remained a single series of 25 targets; the total score over all 6 series (150 targets) determined the winner. Shoot-offs were used as necessary to break ties for qualifying for the final and in the final.[5]

Records

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

Michael Diamond set the initial Olympic records for the qualifying round (125-target) at 124 and for the 150-target combined score at 149.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 20 July 1996 10:00 Qualifying round
Sunday, 21 July 1996 10:00
14:30
Qualifying round, continued
Final

Results

Qualifying round

Rank Shooter Nation Day 1 Day 2 Total Shoot-off Notes
1Michael Diamond7450124rowspan=4 ,
2Lance Bade7350123
3Josh Lakatos7449123
4John Maxwell7548123
5Vladimir Slamka74481224
6Zhang Bing74481223
7Manuel Vieira72501221
8Jiří Gach7249121rowspan=51
9Karsten Bindrich7546121
Peter Boden7447121
George Leary7348121
Zhang Yongjie7249121
13Zoltan Bodo7248120
Pavel Kubec7347120
Russell Mark7248120
Park Chul-sung7545120
Giovanni Pellielo7248120
José Pérez7446120
João Rebelo7050120
20Fehaid Al Deehani7148119
Xavier Bouvier7445119
Jörg Damme7247119
Philippe Dupont7148119
Bret Erickson7247119
Károly Gombos7148119
Jean Labatut7148119
Lee Wung Yew7346119
Frans Pace7247119
Marcello Tittarelli7148119
Marco Venturini7049119
31Francesco Amici7048118
Danilo Caro7246118
Alejandro Fernández7246118
David Kostelecký7048118
Mansher Singh6949118
Zhao Guisheng7048118
37Gerard Barcia6849117
Kevin Gill7146117
Ivan Gulev6948117
Keld Hansen7047117
Christophe Vicard7047117
42Thomas Allen7046116
Armand Dousemont6947116
Brant Woodward7145116
45Paulo Morais7045115
Heikki Jaansalu6847115
Dmytro Monakov6748115
Paul Shaw6847115
49Jose Artecona7044114
Francisco Boza6846114
Cheng Shu Ming6747114
Michel Daou6846114
Alp Kizilsu6945114
Uwe Möller6846114
Frans Peeters6945114
56George Earnshaw6944113
57Mikhail Elpikidis6447111
Huang I-chien6546111

Final

Rank Shooter Nation !Qual Final Total 4th place
shoot-off
Silver
shoot-off
Notes
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12324147rowspan=2 28
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5122241466
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Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlanta 1996 Shooting - Olympic Results by Discipline.
  2. Web site: Shooting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Trap . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124815/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SHO/mens-trap.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Olympedia – Shooting .
  4. Web site: Historical Results. International Shooting Sport Federation. issf-sports.org. 2021-06-11.
  5. Web site: Trap, Men . Olympedia . 17 June 2021.