The trap competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics was an open-gender event held from 27 to 29 August 1972 at Schießanlage. There were 57 competitors from 34 nations, with each nation limited to two shooters. The 1970 and 1971 world champion and co-holder of the world record Michel Carrega of France finished a surprise second to Angelo Scalzone of Italy, who broke the world record with a near perfect performance of 199 out of 200. Bronze went to Silvano Basagni, also of Italy. Scalzone's victory was Italy's third gold medal in the last five Games; Carrega's medal was France's first medal in the trap since the nation swept the medals in 1900.
Background
This was the 11th 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 1996.
Four of the top 10 shooters from the 1968 Games returned: sixth-place finisher (and 1956 silver medalist) Adam Smelczyński of Poland, seventh-place finisher Aleksandr Alipov of the Soviet Union, eighth-place finisher John Primrose of Canada, and tenth-place finisher Karni Singh of India. Two-time (1970 and 1971) reigning World Champion Michel Carrega of France was favored in the event; 1969 World Champion (and 1964 Olympic gold medalist) Ennio Mattarelli was not on the Italian squad, with Angelo Scalzone and Silvano Basagni the pair from Italy.
Brazil, Kenya, Swaziland, and Syria each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its 11th appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the event to that point.
Competition format
The competition used the 200-target format introduced with the return of trap to the Olympics in 1952. Only a single round of shooting was done, with all shooters facing 200 targets. Shooting was done in 8 series of 25 targets. Ties were broken by the best score in round 8, if still tied after that it goes to round 7 and continues until the tie is broken.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Angelo Scalzone broke the world record, hitting 199 of 200 targets.
Schedule
Date Time Round Sunday, 27 August 1972Monday, 28 August 1972Tuesday, 29 August 1972 9:30 Final
Results
Rank Shooter Nation 1 2 3 4 Course 1 5 6 7 8 Total Notes Angelo Scalzone 25 25 25 25 100 24 25 25 25 199 Michel Carrega 24 24 25 25 98 25 25 25 25 198 Silvano Basagni 24 24 25 25 98 25 25 23 24 195 4 Burckhardt Hoppe 25 25 24 21 95 24 24 25 25 193 5 Johnny Påhlsson 23 25 24 25 97 23 25 23 25 193 6 James Poindexter 24 25 22 25 96 25 24 22 25 192 7 John Primrose 25 23 22 24 94 24 25 25 24 192 8 Marcos José Olsen 22 25 24 22 93 25 24 24 25 191 9 Ricardo Sancho 25 25 23 23 96 24 22 24 25 191 10 Eladio Vallduvi 23 24 23 24 94 25 24 24 24 191 11 Adam Smelczyński 24 23 24 20 91 25 25 25 24 190 12 Heinz Leibinger 23 24 22 25 94 25 24 23 24 190 13 Aleksandr Alipov 25 21 25 25 96 23 24 23 24 190 14 Gheorghe Florescu 23 23 25 24 95 24 24 24 23 190 15 Aleksandr Androshkin 25 25 24 23 97 24 22 25 22 190 16 Guy Rénard 24 23 25 24 96 24 23 21 25 189 17 Donald Haldeman 23 24 24 24 95 21 21 25 25 187 18 Manfred Geisler 23 24 24 24 95 22 23 22 25 187 19 Armando Marques 25 23 24 23 95 25 21 23 23 187 20 Josef Meixner 24 21 23 23 91 23 23 25 24 186 21 Ronald Carter 23 23 23 22 91 24 24 23 24 186 22 Sperry Marshall 23 20 23 23 89 24 25 25 23 186 23 Fernando Walls 23 23 23 23 92 25 23 23 23 186 24 Silvano Raganini 22 25 23 24 94 23 24 23 22 186 25 Brian Bailey 24 23 21 23 91 23 23 24 24 185 26 Peter Blecher 24 24 22 22 92 24 23 23 23 185 27 David Alkon 24 25 25 21 95 24 21 23 22 185 28 Jean-Jacques Baud 24 22 21 24 91 24 23 23 23 184 29 James Platz 24 24 23 25 96 25 22 19 22 184 30 Ion Dumitrescu 22 24 24 22 92 23 25 21 22 183 31 Paul Vittet 22 22 25 23 92 24 21 22 23 182 32 Kim Tae-seok 22 22 21 23 88 23 24 23 23 181 33 Egon Hansen 24 24 21 20 89 24 19 25 23 180 34 Karni Singh 21 23 25 22 91 20 22 24 23 180 35 Grzegorz Strouhal 22 21 25 19 87 24 23 24 21 179 36 Armando Salvietti 24 23 22 22 91 25 22 20 21 179 37 Vincenzo Lucchini 21 22 23 24 90 20 2 22 24 178 38 Dermot Kelly 18 23 24 21 86 22 22 25 23 178 39 Michael Carr-Hartley 21 23 21 25 90 21 21 23 23 178 40 Fettah Güney 21 19 25 23 88 20 22 22 25 177 41 Kim Nam-gu 23 21 23 23 90 22 23 21 21 177 42 Gerry Brady 21 22 23 25 91 24 21 19 21 176 43 Guglielmo Giusti 22 21 23 23 89 21 21 22 22 175 44 Randhir Singh 22 22 22 22 88 22 21 23 19 173 45 Paul Cerutti 19 21 21 23 84 22 23 21 21 171 46 Túlio Miraglia 21 21 22 22 86 22 23 21 19 171 47 Mounzer Khatib 22 21 22 24 89 19 22 19 21 170 48 Elias Salhab 18 21 22 21 82 24 23 22 19 170 49 Juan Jorge Giha Sr. 21 19 22 22 84 17 23 22 22 168 50 Joseph Mesmar 22 21 21 19 83 21 18 23 22 167 51 Brian Carr-Hartley 19 20 22 20 81 20 20 23 21 165 52 Assaad Andraos 23 21 19 22 85 18 22 17 21 163 53 Damrong Pachonyut 21 22 20 20 83 20 18 19 20 160 54 Ricardo Roberts 19 19 19 20 77 19 19 21 20 156 55 Boonkua Lourvanij 18 19 15 20 72 20 21 15 17 145 56 Manuel Valdes 15 19 14 19 67 13 19 18 21 138 57 Philip Serjeant 17 17 16 16 66 12 11 15 18 122 — Nicolas Rodríguez Domingo Lorenxo Riad Yunes Manuel Earnshaw Song Gi-Hyon
References
External links Official report pgs. 233 - 234