Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's trap
| Men's trap at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre | |||||||||
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| Date | August 14, 2004 August 15, 2004 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 26 nations | |||||||||
| Winning score | 149 =OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle | ||||
| 50 m rifle three positions | men | women | ||
| 50 m rifle prone | men | |||
| 10 m air rifle | men | women | ||
| Pistol | ||||
| 50 m pistol | men | |||
| 25 m pistol | women | |||
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | men | |||
| 10 m air pistol | men | women | ||
| Shotgun | ||||
| Trap | men | women | ||
| Double trap | men | women | ||
| Skeet | men | women | ||
| Running target | ||||
| 10 m running target | men | |||
The men's trap competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 14 and 15 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.
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 are broken using a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one at a time until there is no longer a tie.
Russia's Alexey Alipov attained an almost perfect score of 149 to establish an Olympic record for the gold medal in this event. The silver medal was awarded to Italy's Giovanni Pellielo with 146 points, while Australia's Adam Vella claimed the bronze with 145.[1][2] Vella's teammate and two-time defending Olympic champion Michael Diamond missed a chance for his third Olympic gold in the final round, after firing only 119 birds to earn the eighth position in the prelims.[3]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| Qualification records | ||||
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| World record |  Lance Bade (USA) | 125 | Barcelona, Spain | 23 July 1998 |
| Olympic record |  Michael Diamond (AUS) | 124 | Atlanta, United States | 21 July 1996 |
| Final records | ||||
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| World record |  Marco Tittarelli (ITA) | 150 (125+25) | Suhl, Germany | 11 June 1996 |
| Olympic record | Michael Diamond (AUS) | 149 | Atlanta, United States | 21 July 1996 |
Qualification round
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Alexey Alipov (RUS) | 124 | 25 | 149 | =OR |
 | .svg.png){kind=small} Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) | 122 | 24 | 146 | |
 | Adam Vella (AUS) | 121 | 24 | 145 | |
| 4 |  Ahmed Al Maktoum (UAE) | 121 | 23 | 144 | |
| 5 | Lance Bade (USA) | 122 | 21 | 143 | |
| 6 |  Khaled Al-Mudhaf (KUW) | 121 | 20 | 141 |
References
- ↑ Kirschbaum, Erik (15 August 2004). "Alipov wins men's trap gold". Rediff.com. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "Alipov out of trap first to claim gold". Eurosport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "Vella claims bronze as Alipov wins Olympic trap gold". ABC News Australia. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2015.