Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap

Trap was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was held on 20 September 1988 at the Taereung International Shooting Range. There were 49 competitors from 28 nations, with each nation having up to four shooters (up from two per nation in prior editions). The event was decided by a shoot-off between Dmitry Monakov of the Soviet Union and Miloslav Bednařík of Czechoslovakia, with Monakov emerging as the winner with 8–7. Frans Peeters of Belgium took bronze after a three-way shoot-off. Monakov's victory was the first gold medal for the Soviet Union in the trap; Czechoslovakia and Belgium each received their first medal in the event as well. Italy's four-Games medal streak ended.

Background This was the 15th 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.

Six of the top 10 shooters from the 1984 Games, including all three medalists, returned: two-time gold medalist Luciano Giovannetti of Italy, silver medalist Francisco Boza of Peru, bronze medalist Daniel Carlisle of the United States, fourth-place finisher Timo Nieminen of Finland, eighth-place finisher Johnny Påhlsson of Sweden, and ninth-place finisher Sherif Saleh of Egypt. The favorites in the event were the last two World Champions, Miloslav Bednařík of Czechoslovakia (1985 and 1986) and Dmitry Monakov of the Soviet Union (1987).

The People's Republic of China and Saudi Arabia each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its 14th appearance, most among nations, having missed only the 1980 Moscow Games.

Competition format For the first time since 1956, the trap competition consisted of multiple rounds. The total for finalists also increased, from 200 to 225.

The qualifying round consisted of six series of 25 shots (150 total). The top 24 shooters advanced to the semifinal. The semifinal featured an additional two series of 25 shots (50 total for the semifinal), with the score added to the qualifying round score for a 200-target semifinal total. The top 6 shooters at that point moved on to the final. One additional series of 25 targets was used for the final, with a total score out of 225. Shoot-offs were used as necessary to break ties for medals.

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

Dmitry Monakov and Miloslav Bednařík set the initial 225-target Olympic record at 222.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round Tuesday, 20 September 1988 14:00 QualifyingSemifinalFinal

Results

Qualifying round

Rank Shooter Nation Score Notes1Dmitry Monakov149 2Miloslav Bednařík148 3Bean van Limbeek148 4Frans Peeters147 5Francisco Boza147 6Kazumi Watanabe147 7Arimatti Nummela147 8Daniel Carlisle147 9Urmas Saaliste146 10Albano Pera145 11Eladio Vallduvi145 12John Maxwell145 13Rafael Axpe145 14Christophe Guelpa144 15Russell Mark144 16Daniele Cioni144 17Brian Ballard144 18Jose Bladas144 19Park Chul-sung144 20John Primrose143 21Jörg Damme143 22Luciano Giovannetti143 23George Haas III143 24João Rebelo143 25Kim Kon-il142Aleksandr Lavrinenko142Johnny Påhlsson142Ian Peel142Sherif Saleh14230Byun Kyung-soo141Peter Aagaard Jensen141Susan Nattrass141 33Gian Nicola Berti140George Leary140Gemma Usieto140Alfredo Valentini140 37Hélder Cavaco139Domingo Diaz13939Alfredo Cuentas138 40Rodrigo Bastos137Gao E13742Luis Garrido136 43Zoltán Bodó135Timo Nieminen135Zhang Bing13546Pia Lucia Baldisserri13447Carolyn Koch13048Matar Al Harthi12849Rodney Tudor-Cole125

Semifinal

Rank Shooter Nation Qual 1 2 Semifinal Total Notes1 Dmitry Monakov 149232548197 2 Miloslav Bednařík 148252449197 3 Frans Peeters 147232548195 4 Francisco Boza 147 ? ?48195 5 Kazumi Watanabe 147252348195 6 Bean van Limbeek 148242347195 7 Urmas Saaliste 1462424481948 Arimatti Nummela 1472324471949 Daniel Carlisle 14724234719410 Albano Pera 14524244819311 Rafael Axpe 145252348193 12 Brian Ballard 144242448192 George Haas III 143252449192 Eladio Vallduvi 145252247192 15 Jörg Damme 143242448191 Russell Mark 144242347191 Park Chul-sung 144232447191 18 Jose Bladas 144232346190 Luciano Giovannetti 143242347190 John Primrose 143242347190 João Rebelo 143242347190 22 Christophe Guelpa 144222345189 John Maxwell 14522224418924 Daniele Cioni 144242044188

Final

Rank Shooter Nation Qual+SF Final Total Bronzeshoot-off Goldshoot-off Notes Dmitry Monakov 19725222rowspan=2 8 Miloslav Bednařík 197252227 Frans Peeters 1952421916rowspan=3 4 Francisco Boza 1952421915 5 Bean van Limbeek 19524219 7 6 Kazumi Watanabe 19521216colspan=2

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