Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

Men's trap
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Silver medalist Konrad Huber (1950s)
VenueIssy-les-Moulineaux
Dates8–10 July
Competitors44 from 14 nations
Winning score98 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gyula Halasy  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Konrad Huber  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frank Hughes  United States

The men's trap was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 8 to 10 July 1924 at the shooting ranges at Issy-les-Moulineaux. 44 shooters from 14 nations competed.[1] A maximum of four competitors per nation were allowed. The event was won by Gyula Halasy of Hungary, a victory in the nation's debut in the event. Silver went to Konrad Huber of Finland, that nation's first medal in the men's trap. The United States, which had earned gold in 1912 and 1920, took bronze this year with Frank Hughes on the podium.

Background

This was the fifth appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF Olympic trap event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1924 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1952 to 2016; it was open to women from 1968 to 1996.[2]

Six of the shooters from the 1920 Games returned: sixth-place finisher Robert Montgomery of Canada, ninth-place finishers Albert Bosquet and Émile Dupont of Belgium, and also-competeds George Beattie of Canada (who had taken silver in the event in 1908), Samuel Vance of Canada, and Enoch Jenkins of Great Britain.[3]

Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, and Spain each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its fifth appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the event to that point.

Competition format

Shooter faced up to 100 clay pigeons over the course of four stages. Two shots were allowed per clay pigeon.[3]

The first stage consisted of 20 targets. The second stage had 30 targets again. The third stage had 50 targets, in two series of 20 and one series of 10. Each of the stages used a known-trap, unknown-angle format.[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record
Olympic record James Graham (USA)96 Stockholm, Sweden2–4 July 1912

Gyula Halasy and Konrad Huber tied at 98 for a new Olympic record; Frank Hughes and Robert Montgomery also exceeded the old record, while four shooters matched it.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 8 July 1924
Wednesday, 9 July 1924
Thursday, 10 July 1924
First stage
Second stage
Final stage

Results

The event consisted of two rounds on two consecutive days. In each round every competitor had 50 shots.[4]

The results of the competitors which were eliminated first are unknown. They are listed in the order as they appear in the official report.

There was an extra, shoot-out round for Halasy and Huber to determine the gold medal. In this extra round both competitors had 10 shots. Halasy scored 10, while Huber scored 9.[4] There was also a shoot-off for bronze, won by Hughes.[3]

RankShooterNationTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)Gyula Halasy Hungary98
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Konrad Huber Finland98
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Frank Hughes United States97
4Robert Montgomery Canada97
5Louis D'Heur Belgium96
6Samuel Vance Canada96
George Beattie Canada96
Samuel Sharman United States96
9Heinrich Bartosch Austria95
Louis Deloy France95
11Werner Ekman Finland94
Ole Lilloe-Olsen Norway94
Enoch Jenkins Great Britain94
14Hans Schödl Austria93
Fredric Landelius Sweden93
16Axel Ekblom Sweden92
Oluf Wesmann-Kjær Norway92
18Wilford Fawcett United States91
19Eivind Holmsen Norway90
Martin Stenersen Norway90
Gusztáv Szomjas Hungary90
László Szomjas Hungary90
Giacomo Serra Italy90
24Fred Etchen United States89
Georg Nordblad Finland89
John O'Leary Great Britain89
Erik Lundquist Sweden89
Erich Zoigner Austria89
29August Baumgartner Austria88
Magnus Hallman Sweden88
Albert Bosquet Belgiumunknown
Émile Dupont Belgiumunknown
Louis Van Tilt Belgiumunknown
Hans Jacobsen Denmarkunknown
José María de Palleja Spainunknown
Toivo Tikkanen Finlandunknown
Jacques d'Imecourt Franceunknown
Cyril Mackworth-Praed Great Britainunknown
Sándor Lumniczer Hungaryunknown
Nicola Rebisso Italyunknown
Giacomo Rossi Italyunknown
Kurt Riedl Czechoslovakiaunknown
František Schuster Czechoslovakiaunknown
Antonín Siegl Czechoslovakiaunknown

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Trap". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. "Trap, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. "Megrohanták az amerikaiak a győzelme után Halasyt, a titkát kutatták". index.hu. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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