Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

Men's trap shooting was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. It was held on 20 and 21 July 1996 at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex. There were 58 competitors from 41 nations, with each nation having up to three shooters. Michael Diamond of Australia won, setting two new Olympic records, ahead of two Americans. After the regular 150 targets, it took a marathon shoot-off to separate the silver and bronze medalists; after both shooters had hit 27 straight targets, Josh Lakatos hit his 28th while Lance Bade missed. It was the first medal in the men's trap for Australia; the United States had most recently been on the podium in the event in 1984.

Men's trap at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Turkmenistan stamp commemorating shooting at the 1996 Olympics
Venue	Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
Dates	20–21 July
Competitors	58 from 41 nations
Winning score	149 OR
Medalists
Michael Diamond  Australia Josh Lakatos  United States Lance Bade  United States

Background

This was the 17th 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 1992 Games returned: bronze medalist Marco Venturini of Italy, fourth-place finisher Jörg Damme of Germany, and fifth-place finisher Pavel Kubec of Czechoslovakia (now competing for the Czech Republic). Venturini had won his third World Championship in 1993. Dmitry Monakov, Olympic champion in 1988 for the Soviet Union, returned for Ukraine; he was the 1994 World Champion. The reigning (1995) World Champion was Giovanni Pellielo of Italy.

Angola, Chinese Taipei, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, North Korea, Slovakia, and Ukraine each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its 16th appearance, most among nations, having missed only the 1980 Moscow Games.

Competition format

The competition used a new, two-round format, dropping the three-round format from 1988 and 1992. The qualifying round was reduced to 125 targets (in 5 series of 25, held over two days with 3 series the first day and 2 series the second). The semifinal round was eliminated. The top six shooters advanced to the final. The final remained a single series of 25 targets; the total score over all 6 series (150 targets) determined the winner. Shoot-offs were used as necessary to break ties for qualifying for the final and in the final.

Records

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

World record
Olympic record	New format

Michael Diamond set the initial Olympic records for the qualifying round (125-target) at 124 and for the 150-target combined score at 149.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 20 July 1996	10:00	Qualifying round
Sunday, 21 July 1996	10:00 14:30	Qualifying round, continued Final

Results

Qualifying round

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Day 1	Day 2	Total	Shoot-off	Notes
1	Michael Diamond	Australia	74	50	124	—	Q, OR
2	Lance Bade	United States	73	50	123		Q
3	Josh Lakatos	United States	74	49	123		Q
4	John Maxwell	Australia	75	48	123		Q
5	Vladimir Slamka	Slovakia	74	48	122	4	Q
6	Zhang Bing	China	74	48	122	3	Q
7	Manuel Vieira	Portugal	72	50	122	1
8	Jiří Gach	Czech Republic	72	49	121	—
9	Karsten Bindrich	Germany	75	46	121
	Peter Boden	Great Britain	74	47	121
	George Leary	Canada	73	48	121
	Zhang Yongjie	China	72	49	121
13	Zoltan Bodo	Hungary	72	48	120
	Pavel Kubec	Czech Republic	73	47	120
	Russell Mark	Australia	72	48	120
	Park Chul-sung	South Korea	75	45	120
	Giovanni Pellielo	Italy	72	48	120
	José Pérez	Spain	74	46	120
	João Rebelo	Portugal	70	50	120
20	Fehaid Al Deehani	Kuwait	71	48	119
	Xavier Bouvier	Switzerland	74	45	119
	Jörg Damme	Germany	72	47	119
	Philippe Dupont	Belgium	71	48	119
	Bret Erickson	United States	72	47	119
	Károly Gombos	Hungary	71	48	119
	Jean Labatut	Brazil	71	48	119
	Lee Wung Yew	Singapore	73	46	119
	Frans Pace	Malta	72	47	119
	Marcello Tittarelli	Italy	71	48	119
	Marco Venturini	Italy	70	49	119
31	Francesco Amici	San Marino	70	48	118
	Danilo Caro	Colombia	72	46	118
	Alejandro Fernández	Mexico	72	46	118
	David Kostelecký	Czech Republic	70	48	118
	Mansher Singh	India	69	49	118
	Zhao Guisheng	China	70	48	118
37	Gerard Barcia	Andorra	68	49	117
	Kevin Gill	Great Britain	71	46	117
	Ivan Gulev	Bulgaria	69	48	117
	Keld Hansen	Denmark	70	47	117
	Christophe Vicard	France	70	47	117
42	Thomas Allen	Ireland	70	46	116
	Armand Dousemont	Luxembourg	69	47	116
	Brant Woodward	New Zealand	71	45	116
45	Paulo Morais	Angola	70	45	115
	Heikki Jaansalu	Estonia	68	47	115
	Dmytro Monakov	Ukraine	67	48	115
	Paul Shaw	Canada	68	47	115
49	Jose Artecona	Puerto Rico	70	44	114
	Francisco Boza	Peru	68	46	114
	Cheng Shu Ming	Hong Kong	67	47	114
	Michel Daou	Netherlands Antilles	68	46	114
	Alp Kizilsu	Turkey	69	45	114
	Uwe Möller	Germany	68	46	114
	Frans Peeters	Belgium	69	45	114
56	George Earnshaw	Philippines	69	44	113
57	Mikhail Elpikidis	Greece	64	47	111
	Huang I-chien	Chinese Taipei	65	46	111

Final

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Qual	Final	Total	4th place shoot-off	Silver shoot-off	Notes
	Michael Diamond	Australia	124	25	149	—		OR
	Josh Lakatos	United States	123	24	147	—	28
	Lance Bade	United States	123	24	147		27
4	John Maxwell	Australia	123	23	146	7	—
5	Zhang Bing	China	122	24	146	6
6	Vladimir Slamka	Slovakia	122	23	145	—

Sources

• Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results (PDF). Retrieved 10 September 2008.