Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

Men's trap at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	29 November - 1 December
Competitors	32 from 18 nations
Medalists
Galliano Rossini   Italy   Adam Smelczyński   Poland   Alessandro Ciceri   Italy

Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
50 metre pistol	men
300 metre rifle	men
50 m rifle, three positions	men
50 m rifle, prone	men
100 m running deer	men
Trap	men

The men's trap was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 29 November to 1 December 1956 at the shooting ranges in Melbourne. 32 shooters from 18 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Place	Shooter	Total
1	Galliano Rossini (ITA)	195
2	Adam Smelczyński (POL)	190
3	Alessandro Ciceri (ITA)	188
4	Nikolay Mogilevsky (URS)	188
5	Yury Nikandrov (URS)	188
6	František Čapek (TCH)	187
7	Knut Holmqvist (SWE)	178
8	Hans Liljedahl (SWE)	177
9	John Bryant (AUS)	176
10	Robert Pignard (FRA)	176
11	Hans Aasnæs (NOR)	176
12	Ioannis Koutsis (GRE)	175
13	Franco Mignini (VEN)	172
14	Michel Prévost (FRA)	171
15	Zygmunt Kiszkurno (POL)	170
16	Juan Gindre (ARG)	170
17	Earl Caldwell (CAN)	169
18	Joe Wheater (GBR)	168
19	Raúl Olivo (VEN)	165
20	Clement Mudford (AUS)	164
21	Ernest Fear (GBR)	162
22	William Peters (COL)	155
23	Tokusaburo Iwata (JPN)	155
24	Enrique Beech (PHI)	152
25	Igor Treybal (TCH)	148
26	Federico Valle (PUR)	147
27	León Bozzi (ARG)	146
28	Moe Fu Kiat (MAL)	145
29	Liew Foh Sin (MAL)	140
30	Ujitoshi Konomi (JPN)	140
31	Fernando Jiménez (PUR)	126
32	Frank Opsal (CAN)	118

References

1. "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Trap". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.