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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
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 1924Wednesday, 9 July 1924Thursday, 10 July 1924 First stageSecond stageFinal stage
Results
The event consisted of two rounds on two consecutive days. In each round every competitor had 50 shots.
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. There was also a shoot-off for bronze, won by Hughes.
Rank Shooter Nation Total Gyula Halasy 98 Konrad Huber 98 Frank Hughes 97 4 Robert Montgomery 97 5 Louis D'Heur 96 6 Samuel Vance 96 George Beattie 96 Samuel Sharman 96 9 Heinrich Bartosch 95 Louis Deloy 95 11 Werner Ekman 94 Ole Lilloe-Olsen 94 Enoch Jenkins 94 14 Hans Schödl 93 Fredric Landelius 93 16 Axel Ekblom 92 Oluf Wesmann-Kjær 92 18 Wilford Fawcett 91 19 Eivind Holmsen 90 Martin Stenersen 90 Gusztáv Szomjas 90 László Szomjas 90 Giacomo Serra 90 24 Fred Etchen 89 Georg Nordblad 89 John O'Leary 89 Erik Lundquist 89 Erich Zoigner 89 29 August Baumgartner 88 Magnus Hallman 88 — Albert Bosquet unknown Émile Dupont unknown Louis Van Tilt unknown Hans Jacobsen unknown José María de Palleja unknown Toivo Tikkanen unknown Jacques d'Imecourt unknown Cyril Mackworth-Praed unknown Sándor Lumniczer unknown Nicola Rebisso unknown Giacomo Rossi unknown Kurt Riedl unknown František Schuster unknown Antonín Siegl unknown
References
External links Official Report