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Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Trap

One hit behind, another shoot-off determined the bronze medalist, with Marco Venturini defeating Jörg Damme.

Petr Hrdlička and Kazumi Watanabe both hit 219 of the 225 targets, with Hrdlicka winning the gold medal shoot-off.


Kirill Ivanov

Kirill Ivanov (sport shooter), Soviet sport shooter who represented USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

Afanasijs Kuzmins (for the first time competing for independent Latvia) and Ralf Schumann, who had battled for the gold medal four years earlier, once again clinched the top two spots, although in reversed order.

Vladimir Vokhmyanin finished on the same score as Kuzmins, but a lower final score demoted him to bronze.

Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

Wang Yifu won the silver medal and Ragnar Skanåker, 42 years older than the gold medalist, came third, winning his fourth Olympic medal in this event.


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