Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap

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Trap
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
The medalists on the podium
VenueSchießanlage
Dates27–29 August 1972
Competitors57 from 34 nations
Winning score199 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angelo Scalzone  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michel Carrega  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silvano Basagni  Italy
← 1968
1976 →

The trap competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics was an open-gender event held from 27 to 29 August 1972 at Schießanlage. There were 57 competitors from 34 nations, with each nation limited to two shooters.[1] The 1970 and 1971 world champion and co-holder of the world record Michel Carrega of France finished a surprise second to Angelo Scalzone of Italy, who broke the world record with a near perfect performance of 199 out of 200.[2] Bronze went to Silvano Basagni, also of Italy. Scalzone's victory was Italy's third gold medal in the last five Games; Carrega's medal was France's first medal in the trap since the nation swept the medals in 1900.

Background[edit]

This was the 11th 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; it was open to women from 1968 to 1996.[3]

Four of the top 10 shooters from the 1968 Games returned: sixth-place finisher (and 1956 silver medalist) Adam Smelczyński of Poland, seventh-place finisher Aleksandr Alipov of the Soviet Union, eighth-place finisher John Primrose of Canada, and tenth-place finisher Karni Singh of India. Two-time (1970 and 1971) reigning World Champion Michel Carrega of France was favored in the event; 1969 World Champion (and 1964 Olympic gold medalist) Ennio Mattarelli was not on the Italian squad, with Angelo Scalzone and Silvano Basagni the pair from Italy.[1]

Brazil, Kenya, Swaziland, and Syria each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its 11th appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the event to that point.

Competition format[edit]

The competition used the 200-target format introduced with the return of trap to the Olympics in 1952. Only a single round of shooting was done, with all shooters facing 200 targets. Shooting was done in 8 series of 25 targets. Ties were broken by the best score in round 8, if still tied after that it goes to round 7 and continues until the tie is broken.[1]

Records[edit]

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

World record Multiple 198 Multiple Multiple
Olympic record  Ennio Mattarelli (ITA)
 Bob Braithwaite (GBR)
198 Tokyo, Japan
Mexico City, Mexico
15–17 October 1964
18–19 October 1968

Angelo Scalzone broke the world record, hitting 199 of 200 targets.

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Round
Sunday, 27 August 1972
Monday, 28 August 1972
Tuesday, 29 August 1972
9:30 Final

Results[edit]

Rank Shooter Nation 1 2 3 4 Course 1 5 6 7 8 Total Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angelo Scalzone  Italy 25 25 25 25 100 24 25 25 25 199 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michel Carrega  France 24 24 25 25 98 25 25 25 25 198
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silvano Basagni  Italy 24 24 25 25 98 25 25 23 24 195
4 Burckhardt Hoppe  East Germany 25 25 24 21 95 24 24 25 25 193
5 Johnny Påhlsson  Sweden 23 25 24 25 97 23 25 23 25 193
6 James Poindexter  United States 24 25 22 25 96 25 24 22 25 192
7 John Primrose  Canada 25 23 22 24 94 24 25 25 24 192
8 Marcos José Olsen  Brazil 22 25 24 22 93 25 24 24 25 191
9 Ricardo Sancho  Spain 25 25 23 23 96 24 22 24 25 191
10 Eladio Vallduvi  Spain 23 24 23 24 94 25 24 24 24 191
11 Adam Smelczyński  Poland 24 23 24 20 91 25 25 25 24 190
12 Heinz Leibinger  West Germany 23 24 22 25 94 25 24 23 24 190
13 Aleksandr Alipov  Soviet Union 25 21 25 25 96 23 24 23 24 190
14 Gheorghe Florescu  Romania 23 23 25 24 95 24 24 24 23 190
15 Aleksandr Androshkin  Soviet Union 25 25 24 23 97 24 22 25 22 190
16 Guy Rénard  Belgium 24 23 25 24 96 24 23 21 25 189
17 Donald Haldeman  United States 23 24 24 24 95 21 21 25 25 187
18 Manfred Geisler  East Germany 23 24 24 24 95 22 23 22 25 187
19 Armando Marques  Portugal 25 23 24 23 95 25 21 23 23 187
20 Josef Meixner  Austria 24 21 23 23 91 23 23 25 24 186
21 Ronald Carter  Great Britain 23 23 23 22 91 24 24 23 24 186
22 Sperry Marshall  Australia 23 20 23 23 89 24 25 25 23 186
23 Fernando Walls  Mexico 23 23 23 23 92 25 23 23 23 186
24 Silvano Raganini  San Marino 22 25 23 24 94 23 24 23 22 186
25 Brian Bailey  Great Britain 24 23 21 23 91 23 23 24 24 185
26 Peter Blecher  West Germany 24 24 22 22 92 24 23 23 23 185
27 David Alkon  Mexico 24 25 25 21 95 24 21 23 22 185
28 Jean-Jacques Baud  France 24 22 21 24 91 24 23 23 23 184
29 James Platz  Canada 24 24 23 25 96 25 22 19 22 184
30 Ion Dumitrescu  Romania 22 24 24 22 92 23 25 21 22 183
31 Paul Vittet  Switzerland 22 22 25 23 92 24 21 22 23 182
32 Kim Tae-seok  South Korea 22 22 21 23 88 23 24 23 23 181
33 Egon Hansen  Denmark 24 24 21 20 89 24 19 25 23 180
34 Karni Singh  India 21 23 25 22 91 20 22 24 23 180
35 Grzegorz Strouhal  Poland 22 21 25 19 87 24 23 24 21 179
36 Armando Salvietti  Bolivia 24 23 22 22 91 25 22 20 21 179
37 Vincenzo Lucchini  Switzerland 21 22 23 24 90 20 2 22 24 178
38 Dermot Kelly  Ireland 18 23 24 21 86 22 22 25 23 178
39 Michael Carr-Hartley  Kenya 21 23 21 25 90 21 21 23 23 178
40 Fettah Güney  Turkey 21 19 25 23 88 20 22 22 25 177
41 Kim Nam-gu  South Korea 23 21 23 23 90 22 23 21 21 177
42 Gerry Brady  Ireland 21 22 23 25 91 24 21 19 21 176
43 Guglielmo Giusti  San Marino 22 21 23 23 89 21 21 22 22 175
44 Randhir Singh  India 22 22 22 22 88 22 21 23 19 173
45 Paul Cerutti  Monaco 19 21 21 23 84 22 23 21 21 171
46 Túlio Miraglia  Brazil 21 21 22 22 86 22 23 21 19 171
47 Mounzer Khatib  Syria 22 21 22 24 89 19 22 19 21 170
48 Elias Salhab  Lebanon 18 21 22 21 82 24 23 22 19 170
49 Juan Jorge Giha Sr.  Peru 21 19 22 22 84 17 23 22 22 168
50 Joseph Mesmar  Syria 22 21 21 19 83 21 18 23 22 167
51 Brian Carr-Hartley  Kenya 19 20 22 20 81 20 20 23 21 165
52 Assaad Andraos  Lebanon 23 21 19 22 85 18 22 17 21 163
53 Damrong Pachonyut  Thailand 21 22 20 20 83 20 18 19 20 160
54 Ricardo Roberts  Bolivia 19 19 19 20 77 19 19 21 20 156
55 Boonkua Lourvanij  Thailand 18 19 15 20 72 20 21 15 17 145
56 Manuel Valdes  Philippines 15 19 14 19 67 13 19 18 21 138
57 Philip Serjeant  Swaziland 17 17 16 16 66 12 11 15 18 122
Nicolas Rodríguez  Cuba DNS
Domingo Lorenxo  Dominican Republic DNS
Riad Yunes  Dominican Republic DNS
Manuel Earnshaw  Philippines DNS
Song Gi-Hyon  North Korea DNS

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Trap, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ Sports Reference. "Shooting at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Trap". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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