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

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.

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 9:0016:00 Qualifying: Course 2Final

Results

Qualifying round

Rank Shooter Nation 1 2 3Day 1 4 5Total Notes1 Michael Diamond 25 25 25 75 25 25 125 , 2 Fehaid Al-Deehani 25 24 25 74 25 25 124 3 Jesús Serrano 24 2524 7325 25 123 4 Massimo Fabbrizi 2524 25 74 24 25 123 5 Anton Glasnović 25 24 2574 24 24 122 6 Giovanni Cernogoraz 25 2524 74 24 24 122 7 Boštjan Maček 2423 25 72 24 24 121 8 Giovanni Pellielo 23 25 2472 24 25 121 9 Maxim Kosarev 2325 25 73 24 24 121 10 Rashid Hamad Al-Athba 24 2524 7324 24 121 11 Karsten Bindrich 24 2525 74 23 23 121 12 Erik Varga 24 25 24 73 25 23 121 13 Aleksei Alipov 24 2225 71 25 24 120 14 David Kostelecký 24 24 25 73 25 22 120 15 Adam Vella 23 23 23 69 25 25 119 16 Manavjit Singh Sandhu 2424 22 70 2524 119 17 Andreas Scherhaufer 2524 23 72 23 24 119 18 Jiří Lipták 24 2425 73 23 23 119 19 Stéphane Clamens 23 2525 73 24 22 119 20 Sergio Piñero 22 2525 72 23 23 118 21 Edward Ling 2324 25 72 25 21 118 22 Ahmed Zaher 23 2223 68 24 25 117 23 Glenn Kable 23 22 24 69 24 24 117 24 Oğuzhan Tüzün 2323 25 71 24 22 117 25 Alberto Fernández 22 23 25 70 23 23 116 26 Talal Al-Rashidi 24 23 23 70 23 23 116 27 Derek Burnett 2423 2370 23 23 116 28 Jean Pierre Brol 25 22 24 71 22 23 116 29 Danilo Caro 24 23 22 69 24 22 115 30 Du Yu 22 2322 6722 23 112 31 Juan Carlos Pérez 23 2223 68 21 21 110 32 Dhaher Al-Aryani 2121 23 6523 19 107 33 Joan Tomas Roca 21 19 20 60 21 22 103 34 Andrei Kavalenka 2416 19 59 23 19 101

Final

Rank Shooter NationQualFinalTotalShoot-offNotes Giovanni Cernogoraz 122 24 146 6 Massimo Fabbrizi 123 23 146 5 Fehaid Al-Deehani 124 21 145 4 4 Michael Diamond 125 20 145 3 5 Jesús Serrano 123 21 144 rowspan=2 6 Anton Glasnović 122 21 143

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