Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap

Trap at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Gold medalist Petr Hrdlička (2012)
Venue	Mollet del Vallès
Dates	31 July – 2 August
Competitors	54 from 36 nations
Winning score	219
Medalists
Petr Hrdlička  Czechoslovakia Kazumi Watanabe  Japan Marco Venturini  Italy

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. 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.

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).

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.

Records

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

World record
Olympic record	Dmitry Monakov (URS)  Miloslav Bednařík (TCH)	222	Seoul, South Korea	20 September 1988

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	Japan	148	Q
2	Jörg Damme	Germany	148	Q
3	Jay Waldron	United States	147	Q
4	Pavel Kubec	Czechoslovakia	147	Q
5	Michael Diamond	Australia	147	Q
6	Manuel Silva	Portugal	146	Q
7	Zhang Bing	China	146	Q
8	Marco Venturini	Italy	146	Q
9	Petr Hrdlička	Czechoslovakia	146	Q
10	João Rebelo	Portugal	145	Q
11	Giovanni Pellielo	Italy	145	Q
12	Jean-Paul Gros	France	145	Q
13	Bret Erickson	United States	145	Q
14	Antonio Palminha	Portugal	145	Q
15	Frans Peeters	Belgium	144	Q
16	Aleksandr Lavrinenko	Unified Team	144	Q
17	José Bladas Torras	Spain	144	Q
18	Russell Mark	Australia	144	Q
19	George Leary	Canada	143	Q
20	Daniele Cioni	Italy	143	Q
21	Muriel Bernard	France	143	Q
22	Aleksandr Assanov	Unified Team	143	Q
23	Susan Nattrass	Canada	142	Q
24	Francesco Amici	San Marino	142	Q
25	Zoltan Bodo	Hungary	141
	Francisco Boza	Peru	141
	Kevin Gill	Great Britain	141
	Alp Kizilsu	Turkey	141
29	Fehaid Al Deehani	Kuwait	140
	Joan Besoli	Andorra	140
	James Graves	United States	140
	Michel Think	Luxembourg	140
33	Rafael Axpe Elejalde	Spain	139
	Ivan Derevsky	Unified Team	139
	Demetris Lordos	Cyprus	139
	John Primrose	Canada	139
	Sherif Saleh	Egypt	139
	Željko Vadić	Croatia	139
39	Thomas Knutsson	Sweden	137
	Horace Micallef	Malta	137
	István Putz	Hungary	137
	Urmas Saaliste	Estonia	137
	Zhang Yongjie	China	137
44	Ari Nummela	Finland	136
	Gema Usieto Blázquez	Spain	136
46	Xavier Bouvier	Switzerland	135
	Kim Kun-il	South Korea	135
48	Chng Seng Mok	Singapore	134
49	Jaime Recio	Philippines	133
50	Jesús Tirado	Puerto Rico	132
51	César Ortíz	Mexico	130
52	Corné Bornman	South Africa	127
	Tarek Sabet	Egypt	127
54	Michel Daou	Netherlands Antilles	118

Semifinal

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Qual	Semifinal	Total	Notes
1	Pavel Kubec	Czechoslovakia	147	49	196	Q
2	Petr Hrdlička	Czechoslovakia	146	49	195	Q
3	Kazumi Watanabe	Japan	148	47	195	Q
4	Marco Venturini	Italy	146	49	195	Q
5	Jay Waldron	United States	147	48	195	Q
6	Jörg Damme	Germany	148	47	195	Q
7	José Bladas Torras	Spain	144	50	194
8	Zhang Bing	China	146	48	194
9	Russell Mark	Australia	144	49	193
10	Giovanni Pellielo	Italy	145	48	193
11	Michael Diamond	Australia	147	46	193
11	Antonio Palminha	Portugal	145	48	193
11	Manuel Silva	Portugal	146	47	193
14	Daniele Cioni	Italy	143	49	192
14	Frans Peeters	Belgium	144	48	192
16	Bret Erickson	United States	145	46	191
16	Jean-Paul Gros	France	145	46	191
16	Aleksandr Lavrinenko	Unified Team	144	47	191
16	George Leary	Canada	143	48	191
16	João Rebelo	Portugal	145	46	191
21	Francesco Amici	San Marino	142	46	188
21	Aleksandr Assanov	Unified Team	143	45	188
21	Muriel Bernard	France	143	45	188
21	Susan Nattrass	Canada	142	46	188

Final

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Qual SF	Final	Total	Bronze shoot-off	Gold shoot-off
	Petr Hrdlička	Czechoslovakia	195	24	219	—	1
	Kazumi Watanabe	Japan	195	24	219		0
	Marco Venturini	Italy	195	23	218	9	—
4	Jörg Damme	Germany	195	23	218	8
5	Pavel Kubec	Czechoslovakia	196	22	218	—
6	Jay Waldron	United States	195	22	217

Sources

• Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992: The results (PDF). Retrieved 10 September 2008.