Men's

double trap Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed. The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...

shooting made its first appearance at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, with

Russell Mark Russell Andrew Mark, (born 25 February 1964 in Hoppers Crossing, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Olympic Champion Shooter. He won the Olympic gold medal in double trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won an Olympic sil ...

becoming the inaugural champion after a strong final.

Albano Pera Albano Pera (born 13 February 1950) is an Italian sport shooter and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in Double Trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

and Zhang Bing won the other medals after a shoot-off with Park Chul-sung.

Qualification round

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

OR Olympic record

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's double trap Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics