Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol 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 (including the "muzzle-loading pistol" in 1896, the 20 metre pistol in 1900, 30 metre "dueling pistol" in 1912, and 30 metre "revolver" in 1920). The competition was held on 28 June 1924 at the shooting ranges at Versailles. 55 shooters from 17 nations competed.[2] Nations were limited to four shooters each. Henry Bailey won the United States' second consecutive championship in the event (though separated by 12 years). Sweden also earned the same medal as in 1912, with Vilhelm Carlberg's silver. Lennart Hannelius took bronze in Finland's debut in the event.

Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
VenueLe Stand de Tir de Versailles
Date28 June
Competitors55 from 17 nations
Winning score18
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henry Bailey
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vilhelm Carlberg
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lennart Hannelius
 Finland
← 1920[1]
1932 →

Background

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This was the fifth appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was open to women from 1968 to 1980.[3] The first five events were quite different, with the 1924 competition being the first that closely resembled a modern rapid fire pistol competition. The scoring system in 1924 was quite different from current scoring, however.

Eleven nations competed in the event for the first time: Argentina, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Finland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Portugal. France, Great Britain, Greece, and the United States each made their third appearance in the event, tied for most of any nation.

Switzerland withdrew due to their pistols having too much recoil and their team being unable to afford the pistols used by other teams.[4]

Competition format

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The format was 18 shots in 3 series of 6 shots each. For each series, there were six separate standing silhouette targets that appeared for 10 seconds; the score for the string was how many targets were hit (there were no scoring rings). Maximum score was thus 18, 1 per shot. Ties were broken through additional series of shots, with the time reduced to 8 seconds per series. One series was shot at a time until the tie was broken.[4][5]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Saturday, 28 June 1924 Final

Results

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A maximum of four competitors per nation were allowed. Three strings of six targets shot within ten seconds for a total of 18 targets. Afterwards for shoot-offs a string of six shots within eight seconds for six targets will keep being repeated until all ties are broken. The exact results of the shoot offs are unknown except order of elimination and the gold medal shoot-off.

Seven shoot-offs were needed to determine the gold medalist. Bailey's gun jammed after his first shot, but he coolly pulled the spent case out of the breech, and got off the five shots required in what remained of his eight-second time limit.[6][4]

Rank Shooter Nation Total Notes
  Henry Bailey   United States 18 Won in seventh tie-breaker (6 hits)
  Vilhelm Carlberg   Sweden 18 Eliminated in seventh tie-breaker (4 hits)
  Lennart Hannelius   Finland 18 Eliminated in fifth tie-breaker
4 Lorenzo Amaya   Argentina 18 Eliminated in fourth tie-breaker
5 Matías Osinalde   Argentina 18 Eliminated in third tie-breaker
6 Arnaud de Castelbajac   France 18 Eliminated in second tie-breaker
7 Unio Sarlin   Finland 18 Eliminated in second tie-breaker
8 Einar Liberg   Norway 18 Eliminated in second tie-breaker
9 André de Schonen   France 17
Bernard Betke   United States 17
William Frazer   United States 17
William Whaling   United States 17
Charles Bounton   Great Britain 17
Marian Borzemski   Poland 17
Eric Carlberg   Sweden 17
António Martins   Portugal 17
Francisco Mendonça   Portugal 17
Manuel Solis   Mexico 17
Krikor Agathon   Egypt 17
Jean Theslöf   Finland 17
21 Charles Riotteau   France 16
Charles Mackie   Great Britain 16
Jalo Autonen   Finland 16
Víctor Bigand   Argentina 16
François Marits   Netherlands 16
Georges de Crequi-Montfort   France 16
Stanisław Kowalczewski   Poland 16
Walerian Maryański   Poland 16
Alexandros Theofilakis   Greece 16
30 Sten Forselius   Sweden 15
Rezső Velez   Hungary 15
António Montez   Portugal 15
Tirso Hernández   Mexico 15
Dingenis de Wilde   Netherlands 15
Sikke Bruinsma   Netherlands 15
Carlos Balestrini   Argentina 15
37 Emilio Piersantelli   Italy 14
Georgios Moraitinis   Greece 14
Emil Werner   Czechoslovakia 14
40 Philip Griffiths   Great Britain 13
Victor Robert   Belgium 13
François Lafortune, Sr.   Belgium 13
Ioannis Theofilakis   Greece 13
António Ferreira   Portugal 13
Jan van Balkum   Netherlands 13
Josef Pavlík   Czechoslovakia 13
47 Elemér Takács   Hungary 12
Bolesław Gościewicz   Poland 12
Jaroslav Mach   Czechoslovakia 12
50 Jacques Thuriaux   Belgium 11
51 Giovanni Scarella   Italy 8
Paul Van Asbroeck   Belgium 8
53 Sándor Prokopp   Hungary 7
Georgios Vafeiadis   Greece 7
Josef Kruz   Czechoslovakia 7

References

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  1. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Shooting at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ^ Official Report, p. 574.
  6. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 367. ISBN 0140066322.
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