Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

Men's trap at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Gold medalist Giovanni Cernogoraz
Venue	Royal Artillery Barracks
Dates	5 August 2012 6 August 2012
Competitors	34 from 27 nations
Winning score	146 =OR
Medalists
Giovanni Cernogoraz  Croatia Massimo Fabbrizi  Italy Fehaid Al-Deehani  Kuwait

The men's trap event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 5 and 6 August 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks. There were 34 competitors from 27 nations. The event was won by Giovanni Cernogoraz of Croatia, the nation's first medal in the men's trap. Massimo Fabbrizi of Italy took silver, the third consecutive silver and fourth Games on the podium for Italy (Giovanni Pellielo had taken bronze in 2000 and silver in 2004 and 2008; he finished 8th this year, but would be back to win another silver in 2016). Kuwait, like Croatia, earned its first medal in the men's trap; Fehaid Al-Deehani took bronze.

Background

This was the 21st 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.

Five of the 6 finalists from the 2008 Games returned: gold medalist David Kostelecký of the Czech Republic, silver medalist (and 2000 bronze and 2004 silver medalist) Giovanni Pellielo of Italy, bronze medalist (and 2004 gold medalist) Aleksei Alipov of Russia, fourth-place finisher (and 1996 and 2000 gold medalist) Michael Diamond of Australia, and fifth-place finisher Josip Glasnović of Croatia. Two of the last three World Champions were also competing: Alberto Fernández of Spain (2010) and Massimo Fabbrizi of Italy (2011).

Belarus and Qatar each made their debut in the event. France and Great Britain each made their 19th appearance, tied for most among nations.

Qualification

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 33 quota spots available for the trap event: 1 for the host nation, 5 at the 2010 World Championships, 2 at the 2010 American continental championships, 8 at the 2011 World Cup events, 1 at the 2010 African championships, 5 at the 2011 European championships, 1 at the 2011 World Championships, 1 at the 2011 Pan American Games, 2 at the 2011 Oceania championships, 4 at the 2012 Asian championships, 1 invitational place, and 2 reallocated quota. There was also 1 cross-over spot used, by Fehaid Al-Deehani (qualified in double trap).

Competition format

The competition used the two-round 125+25 format introduced in 1996. 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

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

Qualifying round
World record	Giovanni Pellielo (ITA)	125	Nicosia, Cyprus	1 April 1994
Olympic record	Michael Diamond (AUS)  Aleksei Alipov (RUS)	124	Atlanta, United States Athens, Greece	21 July 1996 15 August 2004

Final round
World record	Karsten Bindrich (GER)	149 (124+25)	Nicosia, Cyprus	10 July 2008
Olympic record	David Kostelecký (CZE)	146 (121+25)	Beijing, China	10 August 2008

Michael Diamond set the new Olympic record with a perfect qualifying round. Giovanni Cernogoraz and Massimo Fabbrizi both equaled the Olympic record for a combined final with 146.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 5 August 2012	9:00	Qualifying: Course 1
Monday, 6 August 2012	9:00 16:00	Qualifying: Course 2 Final

Results

Qualifying round

Rank	Shooter	Nation	1	2	3	Day 1	4	5	Total	Notes
1	Michael Diamond	Australia	25	25	25	75	25	25	125	Q, OR
2	Fehaid Al-Deehani	Kuwait	25	24	25	74	25	25	124	Q
3	Jesús Serrano	Spain	24	25	24	73	25	25	123	Q
4	Massimo Fabbrizi	Italy	25	24	25	74	24	25	123	Q
5	Anton Glasnović	Croatia	25	24	25	74	24	24	122	Q
6	Giovanni Cernogoraz	Croatia	25	25	24	74	24	24	122	Q
7	Boštjan Maček	Slovenia	24	23	25	72	24	24	121
8	Giovanni Pellielo	Italy	23	25	24	72	24	25	121
9	Maxim Kosarev	Russia	23	25	25	73	24	24	121
10	Rashid Al-Athba	Qatar	24	25	24	73	24	24	121
11	Karsten Bindrich	Germany	24	25	25	74	23	23	121
12	Erik Varga	Slovakia	24	25	24	73	25	23	121
13	Aleksei Alipov	Russia	24	22	25	71	25	24	120
14	David Kostelecký	Czech Republic	24	24	25	73	25	22	120
15	Adam Vella	Australia	23	23	23	69	25	25	119
16	Manavjit Singh Sandhu	India	24	24	22	70	25	24	119
17	Andreas Scherhaufer	Austria	25	24	23	72	23	24	119
18	Jiří Lipták	Czech Republic	24	24	25	73	23	23	119
19	Stéphane Clamens	France	23	25	25	73	24	22	119
20	Sergio Piñero	Dominican Republic	22	25	25	72	23	23	118
21	Edward Ling	Great Britain	23	24	25	72	25	21	118
22	Ahmed Zaher	Egypt	23	22	23	68	24	25	117
23	Glenn Kable	Fiji	23	22	24	69	24	24	117
24	Oğuzhan Tüzün	Turkey	23	23	25	71	24	22	117
25	Alberto Fernández	Spain	22	23	25	70	23	23	116
26	Talal Al-Rashidi	Kuwait	24	23	23	70	23	23	116
27	Derek Burnett	Ireland	24	23	23	70	23	23	116
28	Jean Pierre Brol	Guatemala	25	22	24	71	22	23	116
29	Danilo Caro	Colombia	24	23	22	69	24	22	115
30	Du Yu	China	22	23	22	67	22	23	112
31	Juan Carlos Pérez	Bolivia	23	22	23	68	21	21	110
32	Dhaher Al-Aryani	United Arab Emirates	21	21	23	65	23	19	107
33	Joan Tomas Roca	Andorra	21	19	20	60	21	22	103
34	Andrei Kavalenka	Belarus	24	16	19	59	23	19	101

Final

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Qual	Final	Total	Shoot-off	Notes
	Giovanni Cernogoraz	Croatia	122	24	146	6	=OR
	Massimo Fabbrizi	Italy	123	23	146	5	=OR
	Fehaid Al-Deehani	Kuwait	124	21	145	4
4	Michael Diamond	Australia	125	20	145	3
5	Jesús Serrano	Spain	123	21	144	—
6	Anton Glasnović	Croatia	122	21	143