shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's trap

Olympic sport shooting event

Also known as shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics - men's trap

Instance of: Olympic sporting event
Part of: shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Country: Italy

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The men's trap was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 5 to 9 September 1960 at the shooting ranges in Rome. 66 shooters from 38 nations competed. Each nation could send up to two shooters. The event was won by Ion Dumitrescu of Romania, the nation's first medal in the men's trap. The defending champion, Galliano Rossini of Italy, took silver this time to become the first person to earn multiple medals in the trap competition. Soviet shooter Sergei Kalinin received bronze.

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Follows: shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – men's trap
Number of participants: 66
Location: Rome
Sport: shooting sports
Date: 1960
Winner: Ion Dumitrescu
Followed by: shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – men's trap
Participant: Ion Dumitrescu ranking: 1 · awards: Olympic gold medal
Galliano Rossini ranking: 2 · awards: Olympic silver medal
Sergei Kalinin ranking: 3 · awards: Olympic bronze medal

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