Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap
| Trap at the Games of the XX Olympiad
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| Venue | Schießanlage | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 27 & 29, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 57 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 199 WR | ||||||||||||
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Angelo Scalzone |
 Italy
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Michel Carrega |
 France
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Silvano Basagni |
Italy
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The following are the results of the Trap competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The 1970 and 1971 world champion and co-holder of the world record Michel Carrega of France finished a surprise second to Angelo Scalzone of Italy, who broke the world record with a near perfect performance of 199 out of 200.
The format was: 200 targets. Four rounds of 25 targets for a total of 100 targets in each day. Ties were broken by the best score in round 8, if still tied after that it goes to round 7 and continues until the tie is broken.
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