Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

The men's ISSF Olympic trap event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 and 29 July 2021 at the Asaka Shooting Range.[1] Approximately 30 sport shooters from 20 nations are expected to compete in the trap, with the precise number depending on how many shooters compete in multiple events.[2]

Men's trap
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic shooting pictogram
VenueAsaka Shooting Range
Dates28 July 2021 (qualifying course 1)
29 July 2021 (qualifying course 2 and final)
Competitors29 from 23 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jiří Lipták  Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Kostelecký  Czech Republic
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Coward-Holley  Great Britain
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Background edit

This will be the 23rd appearance of the men's 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; it was open to women from 1968 to 1992.[3][4]

Of the six semifinalists from 2016, none have yet been announced as a returning competitor. 2016 gold medalist Josip Glasnović of Croatia and bronze medalist David Kostelecký of the Czech Republic have earned qualifying places for their nations, but the nations have not announced who they have selected to compete. Silver medalist (and 2000–2008 medalist) Giovanni Pellielo and sixth-place finisher (and 2012 silver medalist Massimo Fabbrizi are from Italy, which has earned a qualifying place but has not announced its selectee.

World champions since the 2016 Games have been Daniele Resca of Italy (2017), Alberto Fernández of Spain (2018), and Matthew Coward-Holley of Great Britain (2019). Coward-Holley has been named as one of Great Britain's two competitors. Italy and Spain have not announced their competitors.

No nations among those qualified are making their debut in the event. Great Britain has earned qualifying spots and is expected to make its 21st appearance, most of any nation.

Qualification edit

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to two shooters if the NOC earns enough quota sports or has enough double starter-qualified shooters. To compete, a shooter needs a quota spot and to achieve a Minimum Qualification Score (MQS). Once a shooter is using a quota spot in any shooting event, they can enter any other shooting event for which they have achieved the MQS as well (a double starter qualification). There are 29 quota spots available for the trap. They are: 4 for the 2018 World Championships, 8 for 2019 World Cup events, 13 from continental events (4 from Europe, 4 from the Americas, 3 from Asia, and 1 each from Africa and Oceania), 1 for the host nation (Japan), 2 from Tripartite Commission invitations, and 1 from world ranking.

The MQS for the men's trap for 2020 is 112.[5]

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed some of the events for qualifying for shooting, though many had been complete before the effects were felt.

Competition format edit

The competition will not continue to use the format introduced in 2016, with a qualifying round, semifinal, and finals.[6] Instead, only qualification and final round remain.

In the qualifier, each shooter fires 5 sets of 25 targets in trap shooting, with 10 targets being thrown to the left, 10 to the right, and 5 straight-away in each set. The shooters can take two shots at each target. Six shooters advance to the final round.

The final round consists of 25 targets, after which a shooter with lowest number of successful shots is eliminated (placing 6th in the overall competition standings). Then one shooter is eliminated after each round of 5 shots until only 2 shooters remain. The last two shooters then take 10 shots, making it 50 shots in total. Only one shot can be taken at each target in the final round.

Ties are broken using a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one at a time until there is no longer a tie.

Records edit

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

Qualifying round
World record   Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) 125 Nicosia, Cyprus 1 April 1994
Olympic record   Michael Diamond (AUS) 125 London, United Kingdom 6 August 2012

Schedule edit

The competition is held over two days, Wednesday, 28 July and Thursday, 29 July. The first part of the qualifying round is the first day (75 shots); the second part of the qualifying round (50 shots) as well as the final round is on the second day.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 9:00 Qualifying: Course 1
Thursday, 29 July 2021 9:00 Qualifying: Course 2
Finals

Results edit

Qualification edit

Rank Athlete Country 1 2 3 4 5 Total[7] Shoot-off Notes
1 Jiří Lipták   Czech Republic 25 24 25 25 25 124 Q
2 Matthew Coward-Holley   Great Britain 24 24 25 25 25 123 +21 Q
3 Abdulrahman Al-Faihan   Kuwait 24 25 25 24 25 123 +20 Q
4 David Kostelecký   Czech Republic 25 24 24 25 25 123 +5 Q
5 Yu Haicheng   China 24 24 25 25 25 123 +2 Q
6 Jorge Orozco   Mexico 25 24 23 25 25 122 +17 Q
7 Talal Al-Rashidi   Kuwait 24 24 24 25 25 122 +16
8 Aleksey Alipov   ROC 25 25 23 24 25 122 +10
9 Alberto Fernández   Spain 23 25 25 24 25 122 +6
10 Mauro De Filippis   Italy 25 24 25 23 25 122 +1
11 Erik Varga   Slovakia 24 25 24 25 24 122 +1
12 Brian Burrows   United States 25 24 23 24 25 121
13 Mohammed Al-Rumaihi   Qatar 23 25 24 25 24 121
14 Yang Kun-pi   Chinese Taipei 25 24 23 25 24 121
15 Andreas Löw   Germany 24 24 25 24 24 121
16 Abdel-Aziz Mehelba   Egypt 24 24 25 25 23 121
17 Savate Sresthaporn   Thailand 24 25 25 24 23 121
18 Gian Marco Berti   San Marino 25 25 24 24 23 121
19 Ahmed Zaher   Egypt 22 24 25 25 24 120
20 João Azevedo   Portugal 23 25 24 25 23 120 CB:12
21 James Willett   Australia 23 25 24 25 23 120 CB:2
22 Josip Glasnović   Croatia 24 24 25 24 23 120
23 Aaron Heading   Great Britain 23 22 23 25 25 119
24 Derrick Mein   United States 24 23 23 25 24 119
25 Thomas Grice   Australia 25 22 24 25 23 119
26 Derek Burnett   Ireland 22 24 24 24 24 118
27 Alessandro de Souza   Peru 24 22 25 23 24 118
28 Andreas Makri   Cyprus 22 25 23 22 25 117
29 Shigetaka Oyama   Japan 24 22 23 21 25 115

Final edit

Rank Athlete Series[8] Shoot-off Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Jiří Lipták (CZE) 20 24 29 34 39 43 +7 OR
    David Kostelecký (CZE) 23 28 32 36 38 43 +6 OR
    Matthew Coward-Holley (GBR) 21 25 29 33
4   Jorge Orozco (MEX) 22 26 28
5   Yu Haicheng (CHN) 19 24
6   Abdulrahman Al-Faihan (KUW) 18

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Shooting Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Shooting" (PDF). International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Trap, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ^ "The IOC Executive Board approved updated ISSF Qualification System for Tokyo". ISSF. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Shooting 101: Competition format". NBC. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Shooting – Trap Men – Qualification Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Shooting – Trap Men – Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.