Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

Men's trap
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
VenueSydney International Shooting Centre
Dates16 September 2000
17 September 2000
Competitors41 from 29 nations
Winning score147
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Diamond  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ian Peel  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanni Pellielo  Italy
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The men's trap shooting competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 16 and 17 September at the Sydney International Shooting Centre. There were 41 competitors from 29 nations, with each nation having up to three shooters.[1] By defending his title from Atlanta, Michael Diamond won the host country's only gold medal in the shooting competitions.[2] Diamond was the second man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the trap (after Luciano Giovannetti of Italy in 1980 and 1984). Ian Peel earned Great Britain's first men's trap medal since 1968. Italy's Giovanni Pellielo earned bronze.

Background

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This was the 18th 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.[3]

Three of the 6 finalists from the 1996 Games (the three medalists) returned: gold medalist Michael Diamond of Australia and Americans silver medalist Josh Lakatos and bronze medalist Lance Bade. Diamond was also the reigning World Champion, winning in 1999 after silver medals in 1991 and 1995. Three-time World Champion (1995–1997) Giovanni Pellielo, the first man to score a perfect 125-target qualifying round, was a contender to unseat Diamond. Bade had also hit a perfect qualifying round. (Diamond would eventually do so, but not until 2012.)[1]

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Slovenia, and the United Arab Emirates each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its 17th appearance, most among nations, having missed only the 1980 Moscow Games.

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round 125+25 format introduced in 1996. The qualifying round consisted of 125 targets (in 5 series of 25, held over two days with 3 series the first day and 2 series the second). The top six shooters advanced to the final. The final was 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.[1]

Records

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The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualiying round
World record  Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) 125 Nicosia, Cyprus 1 April 1994
Olympic record  Michael Diamond (AUS) 124 Atlanta, United States 21 July 1996
Final
World record  Marcello Tittarelli (ITA) 150 Suhl, Germany 11 June 1996
Olympic record  Michael Diamond (AUS) 149 Atlanta, United States 21 July 1996

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

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Saturday, 16 September 2000 10:00 Qualifying: Course 1
Sunday, 17 September 2000 10:00 Qualifying: Course 2
Final

Results

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Qualifying round

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The qualifying round comprised 75 targets on day 1, and 50 targets on day 2.

Rank Shooter Nation Day 1 Day 2 Total Shoot-off Notes
1 Michael Diamond  Australia 72 50 122 Q
2 Ian Peel  Great Britain 70 48 118 Q
3 David Kostelecký  Czech Republic 70 46 116 Q
4 Giovanni Pellielo  Italy 70 46 116 Q
5 Khaled Al-Mudhaf  Kuwait 67 48 115 1 Q
6 Marco Venturini  Italy 68 47 115 1 Q
7 Danilo Caro  Colombia 67 48 115 0
8 Christophe Vicard  France 68 47 115 0
9 Alexey Alipov  Russia 68 46 114
Thomas Fichtner  Germany 67 47 114
George Leary  Canada 69 45 114
Zhang Yongjie  China 67 47 114
13 Russell Mark  Australia 65 48 113
Conny Persson  Sweden 67 46 113
Waldemar Schanz  Germany 66 47 113
16 Lance Bade  United States 66 46 112
Joshua Lakatos  United States 67 45 112
18 Ahmed Al Maktoum  United Arab Emirates 66 45 111
Derek Burnett  Ireland 66 45 111
Custódio Ezequiel  Portugal 65 46 111
Rodolfo Viganò  Italy 68 43 111
22 David Malone  Ireland 66 44 110
23 Jorge Guarnieri  Argentina 60 49 109
Zoran Novaković  Bosnia and Herzegovina 63 46 109
Frans Swart  South Africa 65 44 109
26 Peter Boden  Great Britain 63 45 108
Francisco Boza  Peru 64 44 108
João Rebelo  Portugal 65 43 108
Anwer Sultan  India 63 45 108
30 Stéphane Clamens  France 62 45 107
Oğuzhan Tüzün  Turkey 66 41 107
32 Francesco Amici  San Marino 63 43 106
Jiří Gach  Czech Republic 61 45 106
Sergey Lyubomirov  Russia 61 45 106
Andraž Lipolt  Slovenia 63 43 106
Francis Pace  Malta 60 46 106
37 Brant Woodward  New Zealand 59 46 105
38 Victor Shaw  New Zealand 62 40 102
39 Joe Salem  Lebanon 58 43 101
Joan Tomas  Andorra 58 43 101
41 João Paulo de Silva  Angola 60 39 99

Final

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Rank Shooter Nation Qual Final Total Shoot-off
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Diamond  Australia 122 25 147
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ian Peel  Great Britain 118 24 142
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanni Pellielo  Italy 116 24 140
4 Khaled Al-Mudhaf  Kuwait 115 24 139
5 Marco Venturini  Italy 115 23 138 5
6 David Kostelecký  Czech Republic 116 22 138 4

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Trap, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Trap". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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