Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

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.

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
← 1920
1952 →

Background

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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

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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

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

World record
Olympic record   James Graham (USA) 96 Stockholm, Sweden 2–4 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

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

Results

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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]

Rank Shooter Nation Total
  Gyula Halasy   Hungary 98
  Konrad Huber   Finland 98
  Frank Hughes   United States 97
4 Robert Montgomery   Canada 97
5 Louis D'Heur   Belgium 96
6 Samuel Vance   Canada 96
George Beattie   Canada 96
Samuel Sharman   United States 96
9 Heinrich Bartosch   Austria 95
Louis Deloy   France 95
11 Werner Ekman   Finland 94
Ole Lilloe-Olsen   Norway 94
Enoch Jenkins   Great Britain 94
14 Hans Schödl   Austria 93
Fredric Landelius   Sweden 93
16 Axel Ekblom   Sweden 92
Oluf Wesmann-Kjær   Norway 92
18 Wilford Fawcett   United States 91
19 Eivind Holmsen   Norway 90
Martin Stenersen   Norway 90
Gusztáv Szomjas   Hungary 90
László Szomjas   Hungary 90
Giacomo Serra   Italy 90
24 Fred Etchen   United States 89
Georg Nordblad   Finland 89
John O'Leary   Great Britain 89
Erik Lundquist   Sweden 89
Erich Zoigner   Austria 89
29 August Baumgartner   Austria 88
Magnus Hallman   Sweden 88
Albert Bosquet   Belgium unknown
Émile Dupont   Belgium unknown
Louis Van Tilt   Belgium unknown
Hans Jacobsen   Denmark unknown
José María de Palleja   Spain unknown
Toivo Tikkanen   Finland unknown
Jacques d'Imecourt   France unknown
Cyril Mackworth-Praed   Great Britain unknown
Sándor Lumniczer   Hungary unknown
Nicola Rebisso   Italy unknown
Giacomo Rossi   Italy unknown
Kurt Riedl   Czechoslovakia unknown
František Schuster   Czechoslovakia unknown
Antonín Siegl   Czechoslovakia unknown

References

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  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. ^ a b c d "Trap, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Megrohanták az amerikaiak a győzelme után Halasyt, a titkát kutatták". index.hu. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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