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shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – men's trap

Olympic sport shooting event

EntityOlympic sporting eventQ19878962

Also known as shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics - men's trap

Instance of: Olympic sporting event
Part of: shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Country: Australia

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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. Nations were limited to two shooters each. The event was won by Galliano Rossini of Italy, with his countryman Alessandro Ciceri taking bronze. Between the two Italians was Adam Smelczyński of Poland, earning silver. They were the first medals in the men's trap for both nations. Ciceri had to win a three-way shoot-off for the bronze medal against the Soviet pair, Nikolay Mogilevsky and Yury Nikandrov; his win in that shoot-off made the men's trap the only shooting event in 1956 with no Soviets on the podium.

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Sport: shooting sports
Follows: shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – men's trap
Number of participants: 32
Location: Melbourne
Date: 1956
Winner: Galliano Rossini
Followed by: shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's trap
Participant: Galliano Rossini ranking: 1 · awards: Olympic gold medal
Adam Smelczyński ranking: 2 · awards: Olympic silver medal
Alessandro Ciceri ranking: 3 · awards: Olympic bronze medal

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