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.^[1] There were 49 competitors from 28 nations, with each nation having up to four shooters (up from two per nation in prior editions).^[1] 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.^[2] 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.

Trap at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
Venue	Taereung International Shooting Range
Date	20 September 1988
Competitors	49 from 28 nations
Winning score	222 OR
Medalists
Dmitry Monakov  Soviet Union Miloslav Bednařík  Czechoslovakia Frans Peeters  Belgium
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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.^[3][4]

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).^[1]

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.^[1]

Records

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

World record
Olympic record	New format

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	Qualifying Semifinal Final

Results

Qualifying round

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Score	Notes
1	Dmitry Monakov	Soviet Union	149	Q
2	Miloslav Bednařík	Czechoslovakia	148	Q
3	Bean van Limbeek	Netherlands	148	Q
4	Frans Peeters	Belgium	147	Q
5	Francisco Boza	Peru	147	Q
6	Kazumi Watanabe	Japan	147	Q
7	Arimatti Nummela	Finland	147	Q
8	Daniel Carlisle	United States	147	Q
9	Ourmas Saaliste	Soviet Union	146	Q
10	Albano Pera	Italy	145	Q
11	Eladio Vallduvi	Spain	145	Q
12	John Maxwell	Australia	145	Q
13	Rafael Axpe	Spain	145	Q
14	Christophe Guelpa	France	144	Q
15	Russell Mark	Australia	144	Q
16	Daniele Cioni	Italy	144	Q
17	Brian Ballard	United States	144	Q
18	Jose Bladas	Spain	144	Q
19	Park Chul-sung	South Korea	144	Q
20	John Primrose	Canada	143	Q
21	Jörg Damme	East Germany	143	Q
22	Luciano Giovannetti	Italy	143	Q
23	George Haas III	United States	143	Q
24	João Rebelo	Portugal	143	Q
25	Kim Kon-il	South Korea	142
	Aleksandr Lavrinenko	Soviet Union	142
	Johnny Påhlsson	Sweden	142
	Ian Peel	Great Britain	142
	Sherif Saleh	Egypt	142
30	Byun Kyung-soo	South Korea	141
	Peter Aagaard Jensen	Denmark	141
	Susan Nattrass	Canada	141
33	Gian Nicola Berti	San Marino	140
	George Leary	Canada	140
	Gemma Usieto	Spain	140
	Alfredo Valentini	San Marino	140
37	Hélder Cavaco	Portugal	139
	Domingo Diaz	Australia	139
39	Alfredo Cuentas	Mexico	138
40	Rodrigo Bastos	Brazil	137
	Gao E	China	137
42	Luis Garrido	Puerto Rico	136
43	Zoltán Bodó	Hungary	135
	Timo Nieminen	Finland	135
	Zhang Bing	China	135
46	Pia Lucia Baldisserri	Italy	134
47	Carolyn Koch	United States	130
48	Matar Al Harthi	Saudi Arabia	128
49	Rodney Tudor-Cole	Zimbabwe	125

Semifinal

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Qual	1	2	Semifinal	Total	Notes
1	Dmitry Monakov	Soviet Union	149	23	25	48	197	Q
2	Miloslav Bednařík	Czechoslovakia	148	25	24	49	197	Q
3	Frans Peeters	Belgium	147	23	25	48	195	Q
4	Francisco Boza	Peru	147	?	?	48	195	Q
5	Kazumi Watanabe	Japan	147	25	23	48	195	Q
6	Bean van Limbeek	Netherlands	148	24	23	47	195	Q
7	Ourmas Saaliste	Soviet Union	146	24	24	48	194
8	Arimatti Nummela	Finland	147	23	24	47	194
9	Daniel Carlisle	United States	147	24	23	47	194
10	Albano Pera	Italy	145	24	24	48	193
11	Rafael Axpe	Spain	145	25	23	48	193
12	Brian Ballard	United States	144	24	24	48	192
	George Haas III	United States	143	25	24	49	192
	Eladio Vallduvi	Spain	145	25	22	47	192
15	Jörg Damme	East Germany	143	24	24	48	191
	Russell Mark	Australia	144	24	23	47	191
	Park Chul-sung	South Korea	144	23	24	47	191
18	Jose Bladas	Spain	144	23	23	46	190
	Luciano Giovannetti	Italy	143	24	23	47	190
	John Primrose	Canada	143	24	23	47	190
	João Rebelo	Portugal	143	24	23	47	190
22	Christophe Guelpa	France	144	22	23	45	189
	John Maxwell	Australia	145	22	22	44	189
24	Daniele Cioni	Italy	144	24	20	44	188

Final

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Qual+SF	Final	Total	Bronze shoot-off	Gold shoot-off	Notes
	Dmitry Monakov	Soviet Union	197	25	222	—	8	OR
	Miloslav Bednařík	Czechoslovakia	197	25	222		7	OR
	Frans Peeters	Belgium	195	24	219	16	—
4	Francisco Boza	Peru	195	24	219	15
5	Bean van Limbeek	Netherlands	195	24	219	7
6	Kazumi Watanabe	Japan	195	21	216	—

References

1. "Trap, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
2. "Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Mixed Trap". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
4. "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

Sources

• XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2 Part 2 (PDF). Retrieved 28 September 2008.