Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

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.[1] There were 58 competitors from 41 nations, with each nation having up to three shooters.[1] 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.[2][3] 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.

Men's trap
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Turkmenistan stamp commemorating shooting at the 1996 Olympics
VenueWolf Creek Shooting Complex
Dates20–21 July
Competitors58 from 41 nations
Winning score149 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Diamond  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josh Lakatos  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lance Bade  United States
← 1992
2000 →

Background

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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.[4][5]

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.[1]

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

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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.[1]

Records

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

World record
Olympic record New format

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

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

Results

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Qualifying round

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Rank Shooter Nation Day 1 Day 2 Total Shoot-off Notes
1 Michael Diamond   Australia 74 50 124 Q, OR
2 Lance Bade   United States 73 50 123 Q
3 Josh Lakatos   United States 74 49 123 Q
4 John Maxwell   Australia 75 48 123 Q
5 Vladimir Slamka   Slovakia 74 48 122 4 Q
6 Zhang Bing   China 74 48 122 3 Q
7 Manuel Vieira   Portugal 72 50 122 1
8 Jiří Gach   Czech Republic 72 49 121
9 Karsten Bindrich   Germany 75 46 121
Peter Boden   Great Britain 74 47 121
George Leary   Canada 73 48 121
Zhang Yongjie   China 72 49 121
13 Zoltan Bodo   Hungary 72 48 120
Pavel Kubec   Czech Republic 73 47 120
Russell Mark   Australia 72 48 120
Park Chul-sung   South Korea 75 45 120
Giovanni Pellielo   Italy 72 48 120
José Pérez   Spain 74 46 120
João Rebelo   Portugal 70 50 120
20 Fehaid Al Deehani   Kuwait 71 48 119
Xavier Bouvier   Switzerland 74 45 119
Jörg Damme   Germany 72 47 119
Philippe Dupont   Belgium 71 48 119
Bret Erickson   United States 72 47 119
Károly Gombos   Hungary 71 48 119
Jean Labatut   Brazil 71 48 119
Lee Wung Yew   Singapore 73 46 119
Frans Pace   Malta 72 47 119
Marcello Tittarelli   Italy 71 48 119
Marco Venturini   Italy 70 49 119
31 Francesco Amici   San Marino 70 48 118
Danilo Caro   Colombia 72 46 118
Alejandro Fernández   Mexico 72 46 118
David Kostelecký   Czech Republic 70 48 118
Mansher Singh   India 69 49 118
Zhao Guisheng   China 70 48 118
37 Gerard Barcia   Andorra 68 49 117
Kevin Gill   Great Britain 71 46 117
Ivan Gulev   Bulgaria 69 48 117
Keld Hansen   Denmark 70 47 117
Christophe Vicard   France 70 47 117
42 Thomas Allen   Ireland 70 46 116
Armand Dousemont   Luxembourg 69 47 116
Brant Woodward   New Zealand 71 45 116
45 Paulo Morais   Angola 70 45 115
Heikki Jaansalu   Estonia 68 47 115
Dmytro Monakov   Ukraine 67 48 115
Paul Shaw   Canada 68 47 115
49 Jose Artecona   Puerto Rico 70 44 114
Francisco Boza   Peru 68 46 114
Cheng Shu Ming   Hong Kong 67 47 114
Michel Daou   Netherlands Antilles 68 46 114
Alp Kizilsu   Turkey 69 45 114
Uwe Möller   Germany 68 46 114
Frans Peeters   Belgium 69 45 114
56 George Earnshaw   Philippines 69 44 113
57 Mikhail Elpikidis   Greece 64 47 111
Huang I-chien   Chinese Taipei 65 46 111

Final

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Rank Shooter Nation Qual Final Total 4th place
shoot-off
Silver
shoot-off
Notes
  Michael Diamond   Australia 124 25 149 OR
  Josh Lakatos   United States 123 24 147 28
  Lance Bade   United States 123 24 147 27
4 John Maxwell   Australia 123 23 146 7
5 Zhang Bing   China 122 24 146 6
6 Vladimir Slamka   Slovakia 122 23 145

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Trap, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996 Shooting - Olympic Results by Discipline".
  3. ^ "Shooting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Trap". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Olympedia – Shooting".
  5. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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