Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

The men's trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 9 and 10 at the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field. There were 35 competitors from 25 nations, with each nation having up to two shooters.[1] The Czech Republic won its second shooting gold in two days through David Kostelecký, shooting a perfect 25 in the final round and establishing an Olympic record of 146 hits total after a 2005 rule change. It was the Czech Republic's first medal in the men's trap (though two men from what is now the Czech Republic won medals competing for Czechoslovakia). Giovanni Pellielo of Italy repeated as the silver medalist; in addition to his 2000 bronze, this made Pellielo the first (and, as of the 2016 Games, still the only) man to earn at least three medals in the event; he would go on to win a fourth (another silver) in 2016. Defending Olympic champion Aleksei Alipov of Russia took bronze this year, making him the fifth man to earn two medals in the trap.

Men's trap
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Gold medalist David Kostelecký
VenueBeijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field
DatesAugust 9, 2008
August 10, 2008
Competitors35 from 25 nations
Winning score146 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Kostelecký  Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Giovanni Pellielo  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksei Alipov  Russia
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Background

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This was the 20th 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 1992.[2]

Four of the 6 finalists from the 2004 Games returned: gold medalist Alexey Alipov of Russia, silver medalist (and 2000 bronze medalist) Giovanni Pellielo of Italy, fourth-place finisher Ahmed Al-Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates, and fifth-place finisher (and 1996 bronze medalist) Lance Bade of the United States. Two-time (1996 and 2000) gold medalist Michael Diamond of Australia, who had finished 8th in 2004 and missed the cut for the finals, also returned; so did 2000 finalist David Kostelecký, who had not competed in 2004. Diamond was the reigning World Champion again, having won in 2007 (as well as 1999 and 2001). He was favoured once again. Another World Champion (Manavjit Singh Sandhu of India, 2006) was competing in 2008.[1]

For the first time since 1920, no nations made their debut in the event. France made its 18th appearance, matching the absent Great Britain for most among nations.

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to two shooters if the NOC earned enough quota sports or had enough crossover-qualified shooters. To compete, a shooter needed a quota spot and to achieve a Minimum Qualification Score (MQS). Once a shooter was using a quota spot in any shooting event, they could enter any other shooting event for which they had achieved the MQS as well (a crossover qualification). There were 32 quota spots available for the trap event: 1 for the host nation, 1 at the 2005 World Championship, 5 at the 2002 World Cup events, 3 at the 2006 World Championship, 4 at the 2007 World Cup events, 1 at the 2007 African Championships, 4 at the 2007 European Championships, 2 at the 2007 Pan American Games, 1 at the 2007 World Championship, 3 at the 2007 Asian Championships, 1 at the 2007 Oceania Championships, and 2 invitational places. There were three places used in exchanges, reallocation, and crossover.

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round 125+25 format introduced in 1996.[1] A small but significant change had been introduced by a 2005 rules change, however; only one shot per target was allowed in the final round (rather than the two still used in qualifying and previously used in the final).

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 5 sets of 25 targets in trap shooting, with 10 targets being thrown to the left, 10 to the right, and 5 straight-away in each set. The shooters could take two shots at each target.

The top 6 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired one additional round of 25 targets, where only one shot could be taken at each target. The total score from all 150 targets was used to determine final ranking. Ties were broken using a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one at a time until there is no longer a tie.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. There was no final-round Olympic record due to the rule change limiting competitors to one shot per target in the final round.

Qualification records
World record   Giovanni Pellielo (ITA)
  Ray Ycong (USA)
  Marcello Tittarelli (ITA)
  Lance Bade (USA)
  Pavel Gurkin (RUS)
  David Kostelecký (CZE)
125 Nicosia, Cyprus
Lahti, Finland
Suhl, Germany
Barcelona, Spain
Americana, Brazil
Granada, Spain
1 April 1994
9 June 1995
11 June 1996
23 July 1998
10 August 2005
5 October 2006
Olympic record   Michael Diamond (AUS)
  Aleksei Alipov (RUS)
124 Atlanta, United States
Athens, Greece
21 July 1996
15 August 2004
Final records
World record   Karsten Bindrich (GER) 149 Nicosia, Cyprus 10 July 2008
Olympic record ISSF Rule changed on 01.01.2005

David Kostelecký set the initial Olympic record for the new final total, hitting 146 targets.

Schedule

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 9 August 2008 9:00 Qualifying: Course 1
Sunday, 10 August 2008 9:00
15:00
Qualifying: Course 2
Final

Results

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Qualifying round

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The qualifying round was held between 09:00 and 13:30 China Standard Time (UTC+8) on Saturday (first three rounds) and between 09:00 and 12:00 on Sunday (last two rounds).

Rank Shooter Nation 1 2 3 Day 1 4 5 Total Shoot-off Notes
1 Aleksei Alipov   Russia 23 24 25 72 25 24 121 Q
2 David Kostelecký   Czech Republic 24 24 25 73 24 24 121 Q
3 Erminio Frasca   Italy 23 24 25 72 24 24 120 Q
4 Giovanni Pellielo   Italy 25 25 23 73 24 23 120 Q
5 Michael Diamond   Australia 25 23 24 72 24 23 119.5 3 Q
6 Josip Glasnović   Croatia 25 23 24 72 25 22 119.5 3 Q
7 Karsten Bindrich   Germany 24 23 24 71 25 23 119 2
8 Mansher Singh   India 25 24 20 69 24 24 117
9 Erik Varga   Slovakia 23 25 24 72 23 22 117
10 Jesús Serrano   Spain 24 21 23 68 24 24 116
11 Pavel Gurkin   Russia 24 24 21 69 23 24 116
12 Manavjit Singh Sandhu   India 23 23 24 70 22 24 116
13 Glenn Kable   Fiji 24 21 22 67 23 25 115
14 Mário Filipovič   Slovakia 22 24 24 70 22 23 115
15 Lee Young-sik   South Korea 23 24 23 70 22 23 115
16 Li Yang   China 24 21 24 69 24 22 115
17 Yves Tronc   France 24 23 22 69 24 22 115
18 Naser Meqlad   Kuwait 23 24 24 71 22 22 115
19 Juan Carlos Dasque   Argentina 21 24 25 70 24 21 115
20 Graeme Ede   New Zealand 21 24 20 65 25 24 114
21 Li Yajun   China 18 23 24 65 24 24 113
22 Bret Erickson   United States 20 23 22 65 24 24 113
23 Dominic Grazioli   United States 23 24 22 69 20 24 113
24 Stefan Rüttgeroth   Germany 24 21 21 66 24 23 113
25 Stéphane Clamens   France 25 20 20 65 23 24 112
26 Giuseppe Di Salvatore   Canada 24 23 19 66 23 23 112
27 Manuel Silva   Portugal 22 23 23 68 22 21 111
28 Lee Wung Yew   Singapore 23 24 22 69 19 22 110
29 Derek Burnett   Ireland 24 22 23 69 22 19 110
30 Ahmed Al-Maktoum   United Arab Emirates 24 23 22 69 22 19 110
31 Craig Henwood   Australia 22 21 23 66 23 20 109
32 Adham Medhat   Egypt 20 22 22 64 23 21 108
33 Alberto Fernández   Spain 24 23 16 63 22 21 106
34 Cesar David Menacho Flores   Bolivia 24 22 21 67 18 21 106
35 Eric Ang   Philippines 19 24 22 65 21 20 106

Final

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The final was held at 15:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8) on Sunday.

Rank Shooter Nation Qual Final Total 5th place
shoot-off
Bronze
shoot-off
Notes
  David Kostelecký   Czech Republic 121 25 146 OR
  Giovanni Pellielo   Italy 120 23 143
  Aleksei Alipov   Russia 121 21 142 3
4 Michael Diamond   Australia 119 23 142 2
5 Josip Glasnović   Croatia 119 21 140 2
6 Erminio Frasca   Italy 120 20 140 1

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Trap, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2021.