Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

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Men's trap
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Shooting pictogram.svg
Olympic shooting pictogram
Venue Asaka Shooting Range
Dates28 July 2021 (qualifying course 1)
29 July 2021 (qualifying course 2 and final)
Competitors29 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jiří Lipták Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Silver medal icon.svg David Kostelecký Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Bronze medal icon.svg Matthew Coward-Holley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  2016
2024  

The men's ISSF Olympic trap event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 and 29 July 2021 at the Asaka Shooting Range. [1] Approximately 30 sport shooters from 20 nations are expected to compete in the trap, with the precise number depending on how many shooters compete in multiple events. [2]

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Background

This will be the 23rd appearance of the men's 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 1992. [3] [4]

Of the six semifinalists from 2016, none have yet been announced as a returning competitor. 2016 gold medalist Josip Glasnović of Croatia and bronze medalist David Kostelecký of the Czech Republic have earned qualifying places for their nations, but the nations have not announced who they have selected to compete. Silver medalist (and 2000–2008 medalist) Giovanni Pellielo and sixth-place finisher (and 2012 silver medalist Massimo Fabbrizi are from Italy, which has earned a qualifying place but has not announced its selectee.

World champions since the 2016 Games have been Daniele Resca of Italy (2017), Alberto Fernández of Spain (2018), and Matthew Coward-Holley of Great Britain (2019). Coward-Holley has been named as one of Great Britain's two competitors. Italy and Spain have not announced their competitors.

No nations among those qualified are making their debut in the event. Great Britain has earned qualifying spots and is expected to make its 21st appearance, most of any nation.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to two shooters if the NOC earns enough quota sports or has enough double starter-qualified shooters. To compete, a shooter needs a quota spot and to achieve a Minimum Qualification Score (MQS). Once a shooter is using a quota spot in any shooting event, they can enter any other shooting event for which they have achieved the MQS as well (a double starter qualification). There are 29 quota spots available for the trap. They are: 4 for the 2018 World Championships, 8 for 2019 World Cup events, 13 from continental events (4 from Europe, 4 from the Americas, 3 from Asia, and 1 each from Africa and Oceania), 1 for the host nation (Japan), 2 from Tripartite Commission invitations, and 1 from world ranking.

The MQS for the men's trap for 2020 is 112. [5]

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed some of the events for qualifying for shooting, though many had been complete before the effects were felt.

Competition format

The competition will not continue to use the format introduced in 2016, with a qualifying round, semifinal, and finals. [6] Instead, only qualification and final round remain.

In the qualifier, each shooter fires 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 can take two shots at each target. Six shooters advance to the final round.

The final round consists of 25 targets, after which a shooter with lowest number of successful shots is eliminated (placing 6th in the overall competition standings). Then one shooter is eliminated after each round of 5 shots until only 2 shooters remain. The last two shooters then take 10 shots, making it 50 shots in total. Only one shot can be taken at each target in the final round.

Ties are 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 recordFlag of Italy.svg  Giovanni Pellielo  (ITA)125 Nicosia, Cyprus 1 April 1994
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Michael Diamond  (AUS)125 London, United Kingdom 6 August 2012

Schedule

The competition is held over two days, Wednesday, 28 July and Thursday, 29 July. The first part of the qualifying round is the first day (75 shots); the second part of the qualifying round (50 shots) as well as the final round is on the second day. [1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 28 July 20219:00Qualifying: Course 1
Thursday, 29 July 20219:00Qualifying: Course 2
Finals

Results

Qualification

RankAthleteCountry12345Total [7] Shoot-offNotes
1 Jiří Lipták Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2524252525124Q
2 Matthew Coward-Holley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2424252525123+21Q
3 Abdulrahman Al-Faihan Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2425252425123+20Q
4 David Kostelecký Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2524242525123+5Q
5 Yu Haicheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2424252525123+2Q
6 Jorge Orozco Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2524232525122+17 Q
7 Talal Al-Rashidi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2424242525122+16
8 Aleksey Alipov Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 2525232425122+10
9 Alberto Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2325252425122+6
10 Mauro De Filippis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2524252325122+1
11 Erik Varga Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2425242524122+1
12 Brian Burrows Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2524232425121
13 Mohammed Al-Rumaihi Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2325242524121
14 Yang Kun-pi Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2524232524121
15 Andreas Löw Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2424252424121
16 Abdel-Aziz Mehelba Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2424252523121
17 Savate Sresthaporn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2425252423121
18 Gian Marco Berti Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 2525242423121
19 Ahmed Zaher Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2224252524120
20 João Azevedo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2325242523120 CB:12
21 James Willett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2325242523120 CB:2
22 Josip Glasnović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2424252423120
23 Aaron Heading Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2322232525119
24 Derrick Mein Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2423232524119
25 Thomas Grice Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2522242523119
26 Derek Burnett Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2224242424118
27 Alessandro de Souza Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2422252324118
28 Andreas Makri Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2225232225117
29 Shigetaka Oyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2422232125115

Final

RankAthleteSeries [8] Shoot-offNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jiří Lipták  (CZE)202429343943+7 OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  David Kostelecký  (CZE)232832363843+6 OR
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Matthew Coward-Holley  (GBR)21252933
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Jorge Orozco  (MEX)222628
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Haicheng  (CHN)1924
6Flag of Kuwait.svg  Abdulrahman Al-Faihan  (KUW)18

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