Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap explained

Event:	Trap
Games:	1992 Summer
Dates:	31 July – 2 August
Competitors:	54
Nations:	36
Goldnoc:	TCH
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	219
Next:	1996

Trap was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was the last Olympic trap competition open to both men and women. It was held from 31 July to 2 August 1992 at the Mollet del Vallès. There were 54 competitors from 36 nations, with each nation having up to 3 shooters. The competition consisted of a qualification round of 150 targets, a semifinal of 50 targets for the top 24 competitors, and a final of 25 targets for the top six. Petr Hrdlička and Kazumi Watanabe both hit 219 of the 225 targets, with Hrdlička winning the gold medal shoot-off. One hit behind, another shoot-off determined the bronze medalist, with Marco Venturini defeating Jörg Damme.^{[1] [2]} Hrdlička's victory was the first gold medal for Czechoslovakia in the trap, shortly after the nation won its first medal in the event (silver in 1988). Watanabe's silver was Japan's first medal in the trap. Venturini put Italy back on the podium after a one-Games absence in 1988 broke a four-Games medal streak in the event.

Background

This was the 16th 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 1988 Games returned: bronze medalist Frans Peeters of Belgium, fourth-place finisher Francisco Boza of Peru, and sixth-place finisher Kazumi Watanabe of Japan. Favourites in the event included Marco Venturini of Italy (World Champion in 1989 and 1991) and Jörg Damme of Germany (World Champion in 1990). Other World Championship medalists competing were Daniele Cioni of Italy (silver in 1990) and Michael Diamond of Australia (silver in 1991).^[5]

Croatia, Estonia, Kuwait, and the Netherlands Antilles each made their debut in the event; twelve former Soviet republics competed together as the Unified Team. Great Britain made its 15th appearance, most among nations, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games.

Competition format

The competition used the three-round, 225-target total format introduced in 1988. The qualification 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 qualification 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.^[5]

Records

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

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

After the 1988 Games used a one-day format, the 1992 competition returned to a three-day event.

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 31 July 1992 Saturday, 1 August 1992	9:00	Qualifying round
Sunday, 2 August 1992	9:00	Semifinal Final

Results

Qualifying round

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Score	Notes
1	Kazumi Watanabe		148
2	Jörg Damme		148
3	Jay Waldron		147
4	Pavel Kubec		147
5	Michael Diamond		147
6	Manuel Silva		146
7	Zhang Bing		146
8	Marco Venturini		146
9	Petr Hrdlička		146
10	João Rebelo		145
11	Giovanni Pellielo		145
12	Jean-Paul Gros		145
13	Bret Erickson		145
14	Antonio Palminha		145
15	Frans Peeters		144
16	Aleksandr Lavrinenko		144
17	José Bladas Torras		144
18	Russell Mark		144
19	George Leary		143
20	Daniele Cioni		143
21	Muriel Bernard		143
22	Aleksandr Assanov		143
23	Susan Nattrass		142
24	Francesco Amici		142
25	Zoltan Bodo		141
	Francisco Boza		141
	Kevin Gill		141
	Alp Kizilsu		141
29	Fehaid Al Deehani		140
	Joan Besoli		140
	James Graves		140
	Michel Think		140
33	Rafael Axpe Elejalde		139
	Ivan Derevsky		139
	Demetris Lordos		139
	John Primrose		139
	Sherif Saleh		139
	Željko Vadić		139
39	Thomas Knutsson		137
	Horace Micallef		137
	István Putz		137
	Urmas Saaliste		137
	Zhang Yongjie		137
44	Ari Nummela		136
	Gema Usieto Blázquez		136
46	Xavier Bouvier		135
	Kim Kun-il		135
48	Chng Seng Mok		134
49	Jaime Recio		133
50	Jesús Tirado		132
51	César Ortíz		130
52	Corné Bornman		127
	Tarek Sabet		127
54	Michel Daou		118

Semifinal

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Qual !	Semifinal	Total	Notes
1			147	49	196
2			146	49	195
3			148	47	195
4			146	49	195
5			147	48	195
6			148	47	195
7			144	50	194
8			146	48	194
9			144	49	193
10			145	48	193
11			147	46	193
11			145	48	193
11			146	47	193
14			143	49	192
14			144	48	192
16			145	46	191
16			145	46	191
16			144	47	191
16			143	48	191
16			145	46	191
21			142	46	188
21			143	45	188
21			143	45	188
21			142	46	188

Final

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Qual+SF !	Final	Total	Bronze shoot-off	Gold shoot-off
			195	24	219	rowspan=2	1
			195	24	219	0
			195	23	218	9	rowspan=2
4			195	23	218	8
5			196	22	218	colspan=2 rowspan=2
6			195	22	217

Sources

• Book: Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992: The results . 10 September 2008.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Barcelona 1992 Shooting - Olympic Results by Discipline.
2. Web site: Shooting at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Mixed Trap . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124616/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SHO/mixed-trap.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 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, Open . Olympedia . 17 June 2021.