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]
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]
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 formatedit
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]
Recordsedit
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.
Scheduleedit
Date
Time
Round
Tuesday, 2 July 1912
First stage
Wednesday, 3 July 1912
Second stage
Thursday, 4 July 1912
Final stage
Resultsedit
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]
Bergvall, Erik, ed. (1913). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912(PDF). Translated by Adams-Ray, Edward. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 January 2007.
December 18, 2023
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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 trapat the Games of the V OlympiadGold medalist James GrahamVenueRasundaDates2 4 JulyCompetitors61 from 11 nationsWinning score96 ORMedalistsJames Graham United StatesAlfred Goeldel GermanyHarry Blau Russian Empire 19081920 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 6 References 7 External linksBackground editThis 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 editShooter 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 editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World recordOlympic record New formatJames Graham set the initial Olympic record for the 100 shot event with 96 points Schedule editDate Time RoundTuesday 2 July 1912 First stageWednesday 3 July 1912 Second stageThursday 4 July 1912 Final stageResults editThe 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 nbsp James Graham nbsp United States 96 nbsp Alfred Goeldel nbsp Germany 94 nbsp Haralds Blaus nbsp Russian Empire 914 Harold Humby nbsp Great Britain 88Albert Preuss nbsp Germany 88Anastasios Metaxas nbsp Greece 88Franz von Zedlitz und Leipe nbsp Germany 88Adolf Schnitt nbsp Finland 889 Emile Jurgens nbsp Netherlands 87Ralph Spotts nbsp United States 87Edward Gleason nbsp United States 8712 Erland Koch nbsp Germany 86Karl Fazer nbsp Finland 86Horst Goeldel nbsp Germany 86Frank Hall nbsp United States 8616 William Grosvenor nbsp Great Britain 8517 Robert Hutcheson nbsp Canada 84Erich Graf von Bernstorff nbsp Germany 84John Butt nbsp Great Britain 84Ake Lundeberg nbsp Sweden 8421 Charles Palmer nbsp Great Britain 82Alfred Swahn nbsp Sweden 8223 Leonardus Syttin nbsp Russian Empire 81Frantz Rosenberg nbsp Norway 8125 Hans Luttich nbsp Germany 77Charles de Jaubert nbsp France 7727 Andre Fleury nbsp France 74Carsten Henrik Bruun nbsp Norway 7429 Henri de Castex nbsp France 38Robert Huber nbsp Finland 38Hjalmar Frisell nbsp Sweden 38Emil Collan nbsp Finland 38George Whitaker nbsp Great Britain 3834 Victor Wallenberg nbsp Sweden 3735 Georges de Crequi Montfort nbsp France 36Walter Bodneck nbsp Russian Empire 36Daniel McMahon nbsp United States 3638 Edward Benedicks nbsp Sweden 3439 George Pinchard nbsp Great Britain 3340 Johan Ekman nbsp Sweden 3141 Edoard Creuze nbsp France 14Charles W Billings nbsp United States 14Herman Eriksson nbsp Sweden 14John H Hendrickson nbsp United States 1445 James Kenyon nbsp Canada 13William Davies nbsp Canada 13Edvard Bacher nbsp Finland 13Rene Texier nbsp France 13Alexander Maunder nbsp Great Britain 13Herman Nyberg nbsp Sweden 1351 Henri le Marie nbsp France 12Pavel Lieth nbsp Russian Empire 1253 Alfred Black nbsp Great Britain 11Emil Fabritius nbsp Finland 11Boris Pertel nbsp Russian Empire 1156 John Goodwin nbsp Great Britain 10Oscar Swahn nbsp Sweden 10Otto Bokman nbsp Sweden 10Carl Wollert nbsp Sweden 10Nils Klein nbsp Sweden 1061 Alfred Stabell nbsp Norway 3References edit 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 a b Bergvall 1913 p 1065 a b c Trap Men Olympedia Retrieved 11 June 2021 Historical Results issf sports org International Shooting Sport Federation Retrieved 11 June 2021 Bergvall 1913 p 1063External links editBergvall Erik ed 1913 The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 PDF Translated by Adams Ray Edward Stockholm Wahlstrom amp Widstrand Retrieved 17 March 2023 Wudarski Pawel 1999 Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich in Polish Retrieved 26 January 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics Men 27s trap amp oldid 1145199329, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
