Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

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The men's trap (originally called clay bird shooting) was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1900. The competition was held from Tuesday, 2 July 1912 to Thursday, 4 July 1912.[1] Each nation could send up to 12 shooters.[2] Sixty-one sport shooters from eleven nations competed. The event was won by James Graham of the United States. Silver went to Alfred Goeldel of Germany and bronze to Haralds Blaus of the Russian Empire. Each of the nations on the podium was making its debut in the event. Graham also received Lord Westbury's Cup, a challenge prize instituted in 1908.[3]

Men's trap
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Gold medalist James Graham
VenueRåsunda
Dates2–4 July
Competitors61 from 11 nations
Winning score96 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) James Graham  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alfred Goeldel  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harry Blau  Russian Empire
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1920 →

Background

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This was the third 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.[4]

Three of the top 10 shooters from 1908 returned: bronze medalists Alexander Maunder of Great Britain and Anastasios Metaxas of Greece and fifth-place finisher Charles Palmer of Great Britain.[3]

Germany, Norway, the Russian Empire, and the United States each made their debut in the event. France and Great Britain both made their third appearance, having competed at both prior editions of the event.

Competition format

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Shooter faced up to 100 clay pigeons over the course of three stages. The first stage consisted of 20 targets, in 2 series of 10. The top 50% of shooters advanced to the second stage. That stage had 30 targets, in 2 series of 15. The top 50% of shooters by combined score of the two stages advanced to the third stage (that is, 25% of the initial starters). The final stage had 50 targets, in 2 series of 20 and 2 series of 5. Ties were broken, as necessary, by a series of 10.[2]

There were three traps. The firing line was 15 metres away from the traps. The minimum gauge of the shotgun was 12. Two shots were allowed per clay pigeon.[5]

Records

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

World record
Olympic record New format

James Graham set the initial Olympic record for the 100-shot event with 96 points.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Tuesday, 2 July 1912 First stage
Wednesday, 3 July 1912 Second stage
Thursday, 4 July 1912 Final stage

Results

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The first round saw a four-way tie between Graham, Gleason, von Zedlitz und Leipe, and Horst Goeldel at 19 points. Graham and Gleason remained tied for first after the first two rounds, each hitting 28 that round for a two-round total of 47. Graham was the highest scorer once again in the third round (this time with Blaus tying him) at 49 points to take gold; Gleason, however, had a poor round at only 40. Alfred Goeldel, one point behind the leaders after one round and matching them in the second to stay one point behind, lost another point against Graham to finish 2 back and in silver, holding off Blaus (who had started the last round 4 points behind Alfred Goeldel and could only narrow the gap by 1).[3]

Rank Shooter Nation Score
  James Graham   United States 96
  Alfred Goeldel   Germany 94
  Haralds Blaus   Russian Empire 91
4 Harold Humby   Great Britain 88
Albert Preuß   Germany 88
Anastasios Metaxas   Greece 88
Franz von Zedlitz und Leipe   Germany 88
Adolf Schnitt   Finland 88
9 Emile Jurgens   Netherlands 87
Ralph Spotts   United States 87
Edward Gleason   United States 87
12 Erland Koch   Germany 86
Karl Fazer   Finland 86
Horst Goeldel   Germany 86
Frank Hall   United States 86
16 William Grosvenor   Great Britain 85
17 Robert Hutcheson   Canada 84
Erich Graf von Bernstorff   Germany 84
John Butt   Great Britain 84
Åke Lundeberg   Sweden 84
21 Charles Palmer   Great Britain 82
Alfred Swahn   Sweden 82
23 Leonardus Syttin   Russian Empire 81
Frantz Rosenberg   Norway 81
25 Hans Lüttich   Germany 77
Charles de Jaubert   France 77
27 André Fleury   France 74
Carsten Henrik Bruun   Norway 74
29 Henri de Castex   France 38
Robert Huber   Finland 38
Hjalmar Frisell   Sweden 38
Emil Collan   Finland 38
George Whitaker   Great Britain 38
34 Victor Wallenberg   Sweden 37
35 Georges de Crequi-Montfort   France 36
Walter Bodneck   Russian Empire 36
Daniel McMahon   United States 36
38 Edward Benedicks   Sweden 34
39 George Pinchard   Great Britain 33
40 Johan Ekman   Sweden 31
41 Édoard Creuzé   France 14
Charles W. Billings   United States 14
Herman Eriksson   Sweden 14
John H. Hendrickson   United States 14
45 James Kenyon   Canada 13
William Davies   Canada 13
Edvard Bacher   Finland 13
René Texier   France 13
Alexander Maunder   Great Britain 13
Herman Nyberg   Sweden 13
51 Henri le Marié   France 12
Pavel Lieth   Russian Empire 12
53 Alfred Black   Great Britain 11
Emil Fabritius   Finland 11
Boris Pertel   Russian Empire 11
56 John Goodwin   Great Britain 10
Oscar Swahn   Sweden 10
Otto Bökman   Sweden 10
Carl Wollert   Sweden 10
Nils Klein   Sweden 10
61 Alfred Stabell   Norway 3

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Trap". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b Bergvall 1913, p. 1065
  3. ^ a b c "Trap, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ^ Bergvall 1913, p. 1063
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