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Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap

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Trap
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Michel Carrega during the competition
VenueOlympic Shooting Range, L'Acadie
Dates18–20 July
Competitors44 from 29 nations
Winning score190
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Donald Haldeman  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Armando Marques  Portugal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ubaldesco Baldi  Italy
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The trap competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held on 18–20 July in Montreal, Canada.[1] There were 44 competitors from 29 nations, with each nation limited to two shooters.[2] The event was won by Donald Haldeman of the United States, the nation's first victory in the trap since back-to-back wins in 1912 and 1920. The three total victories tied the United States with Italy for most among nations at the time, though Italy would win the next two and the United States has not win again since (as of the 2016 Games). In this Games, Ubaldesco Baldi of Italy took bronze. Silver went to Armando Marques of Portugal, that nation's first medal in the trap.

Background

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This was the 12th 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]

Seven of the top 10 shooters from the 1972 Games returned: silver medalist Michel Carrega of France, bronze medalist Silvano Basagni of Italy, fourth-place finisher Burckhardt Hoppe of East Germany, fifth-place finisher Johnny Påhlsson of Sweden, seventh-place finisher John Primrose of Canada, eighth-place finisher Marcos José Olsen of Brazil, and tenth-place finisher Eladio Vallduvi of Spain. Primrose had also been in the top 10 in 1968. Adam Smelczyński of Poland made his sixth appearance in the event; he had taken silver in his first, in 1956. The three World Champions since the last Games were Aleksandr Androshkin of the Soviet Union (1973), Carrega (1974), and Primrose (1975).[2]

Andorra, Guatemala, Iran, Papua New Guinea, and Singapore each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its 12th appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the event to that point.

Competition format

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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. The first three series (75 shots) were on day 1, the next three (75 shots) on day 2, and the final two series (50 shots) on day 3.[2]

Records

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

World record  Angelo Scalzone (ITA) 199 Munich, West Germany 27–29 August 1972
Olympic record  Angelo Scalzone (ITA) 199 Munich, West Germany 27–29 August 1972

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

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Sunday, 18 July 1976 9:30 Course 1
Monday, 19 July 1976 9:30 Course 2
Tuesday, 20 July 1976 9:30 Course 3

Results

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Cerutti was disqualified after it was discovered he had been taking amphetamines. The stimulants didn't help his performance - he finished 43rd out of a field of 44.[5]

Rank Shooter Nation Score Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Donald Haldeman  United States 190
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Armando Marques  Portugal 189
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ubaldesco Baldi  Italy 189
4 Burckhardt Hoppe  East Germany 186
5 Aleksandr Androshkin  Soviet Union 185
6 Adam Smelczyński  Poland 183
7 John Primrose  Canada 183
8 Bernard Blondeau  France 182
9 Jacques Colon  Belgium 182
10 Johnny Påhlsson  Sweden 181
11 Esteban Azcue  Spain 181
Charvin Dixon  United States 181
Marcos José Olsen  Brazil 181
14 Aleksandr Alipov  Soviet Union 180
15 Richard Flynn  Ireland 179
16 Jitsuka Matsuoka  Japan 178
Josef Meixner  Austria 178
18 György Gruber  Hungary 177
Toshiyasu Ishige  Japan 177
Malcolm Jenkins  Great Britain 177
21 Silvano Basagni  Italy 175
Leo Franciosi  San Marino 175
Randhir Singh  India 175
Eladio Vallduvi  Spain 175
25 Susan Nattrass  Canada 173
Nikolaus Reinprecht  Austria 173
Peter Wray  Australia 173
28 Peter Boden  Great Britain 169
29 Justo Fernández  Mexico 168
Silvano Raganini  San Marino 168
31 Michel Carrega  France 167
32 Hugo Dufey  Chile 166
33 Joan Tomas  Andorra 162
34 Pavitr Kachasanee  Thailand 160
35 Trevan Clough  Papua New Guinea 159
Esteve Dolsa  Andorra 159
37 Fernando Walls  Mexico 158
38 Eduardo Echeverría  Guatemala 156
39 Damrong Pachonyut  Thailand 153
40 Frank Oh  Singapore 152
41 Mohammad Alidjani-Momer  Iran 150
42 Marcel Rué  Monaco 141
43 Houshang Ghazvini  Iran 71 5 rounds[6]
Paul Cerutti  Monaco 129 DPG

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Mixed Trap". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Trap, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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  4. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 377. ISBN 0140066322.
  6. ^ "Official Report of the Games of the XXIst Olympiad, volume" (PDF). Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. 2004. p. 581. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2011.