Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap explained

Event:Trap
Games:1988 Summer
Venue:Taereung International Shooting Range
Date:20 September 1988
Competitors:49
Nations:28
Goldnoc:URS
Silvernoc:TCH
Bronzenoc:BEL
Win Label:Winning score
Win Value:222
Next:1992

Trap was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was held on 20 September 1988 at the Taereung International Shooting Range. There were 49 competitors from 28 nations, with each nation having up to four shooters (up from two per nation in prior editions). The event was decided by a shoot-off between Dmitry Monakov of the Soviet Union and Miloslav Bednařík of Czechoslovakia, with Monakov emerging as the winner with 8–7.[1] Frans Peeters of Belgium took bronze after a three-way shoot-off. Monakov's victory was the first gold medal for the Soviet Union in the trap; Czechoslovakia and Belgium each received their first medal in the event as well. Italy's four-Games medal streak ended.

Background

This was the 15th 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.[2] [3]

Six of the top 10 shooters from the 1984 Games, including all three medalists, returned: two-time gold medalist Luciano Giovannetti of Italy, silver medalist Francisco Boza of Peru, bronze medalist Daniel Carlisle of the United States, fourth-place finisher Timo Nieminen of Finland, eighth-place finisher Johnny Påhlsson of Sweden, and ninth-place finisher Sherif Saleh of Egypt. The favorites in the event were the last two World Champions, Miloslav Bednařík of Czechoslovakia (1985 and 1986) and Dmitry Monakov of the Soviet Union (1987).[4]

The People's Republic of China and Saudi Arabia each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its 14th appearance, most among nations, having missed only the 1980 Moscow Games.

Competition format

For the first time since 1956, the trap competition consisted of multiple rounds. The total for finalists also increased, from 200 to 225.

The qualifying round consisted of six series of 25 shots (150 total). The top 24 shooters advanced to the semifinal. The semifinal featured an additional two series of 25 shots (50 total for the semifinal), with the score added to the qualifying round score for a 200-target semifinal total. The top 6 shooters at that point moved on to the final. One additional series of 25 targets was used for the final, with a total score out of 225. Shoot-offs were used as necessary to break ties for medals.[4]

Records

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

Dmitry Monakov and Miloslav Bednařík set the initial 225-target Olympic record at 222.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Rank Shooter Nation Score Notes
1Dmitry Monakov149
2Miloslav Bednařík148
3Bean van Limbeek148
4Frans Peeters147
5Francisco Boza147
6Kazumi Watanabe147
7Arimatti Nummela147
8Daniel Carlisle147
9Ourmas Saaliste146
10Albano Pera145
11Eladio Vallduvi145
12John Maxwell145
13Rafael Axpe145
14Christophe Guelpa144
15Russell Mark144
16Daniele Cioni144
17Brian Ballard144
18Jose Bladas144
19Park Chul-sung144
20John Primrose143
21Jörg Damme143
22Luciano Giovannetti143
23George Haas III143
24João Rebelo143
25Kim Kon-il142
Aleksandr Lavrinenko142
Johnny Påhlsson142
Ian Peel142
Sherif Saleh142
30Byun Kyung-soo141
Peter Aagaard Jensen141
Susan Nattrass141
33Gian Nicola Berti140
George Leary140
Gemma Usieto140
Alfredo Valentini140
37Hélder Cavaco139
Domingo Diaz139
39Alfredo Cuentas138
40Rodrigo Bastos137
Gao E137
42Luis Garrido136
43Zoltán Bodó135
Timo Nieminen135
Zhang Bing135
46Pia Lucia Baldisserri134
47Carolyn Koch130
48Matar Al Harthi128
49Rodney Tudor-Cole125

Semifinal

Rank Shooter Nation Qual !1 2 Semifinal Total Notes
1149232548197
2148252449197
3147232548195
4147??48195
5147252348195
6148242347195
7146242448194
8147232447194
9147242347194
10145242448193
11145252348193
12144242448192
143252449192
145252247192
15143242448191
144242347191
144232447191
18144232346190
143242347190
143242347190
143242347190
22144222345189
145222244189
24144242044188

Final

Rank Shooter Nation Qual+SF !Final Total Bronze
shoot-off
Gold
shoot-off
Notes
19725222rowspan=2 8
197252227
1952421916rowspan=3
41952421915
5195242197
619521216

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Mixed Trap . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124531/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SHO/mixed-trap.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 21 February 2020.
  2. https://www.olympedia.org/sports/SHO
  3. Web site: Historical Results. International Shooting Sport Federation. issf-sports.org. 2021-06-11.
  4. Web site: Trap, Open . Olympedia . 17 June 2021.