The men's trap was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 25 and 26 July 1952 at the shooting ranges in Helsinki. 40 shooters from 22 nations competed.[1] Each nation could have up to 2 shooters.[2] The event was won by George Genereux of Canada, the nation's first victory (and first medal) in the event since 1908. Sweden, which had never before medaled in the men's trap, took two medals this Games, with Knut Holmqvist earning silver and Hans Liljedahl bronze.
Men's trap
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Gold medalist George Genereux during the competition
This was the sixth appearance of what had been 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. As with most shooting events, it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980; the trap remained open to women through 1992. Very few women participated these years. The event returned to being men-only for 1996, though the new double trap had separate events for men and women that year. In 2000, a separate women's event was added and it has been contested at every Games since. There was also a men's team trap event held four times from 1908 to 1924.[3][4]
Unsurprisingly, none of the shooters from the 1924 Games (the last edition of the trap) returned. The reigning World Champion from the 1952 ISSF World Shooting Championships, Argentina's Pablo Grossi, did not compete in Helsinki; the silver and bronze medalists (17-year-old George Genereux of Canada and Knut Holmqvist of Sweden, respectively) did.[5]
Argentina, Bulgaria, Egypt, Monaco, Poland, Puerto Rico, Soviet Union, and Switzerland each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its sixth appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the event to that point.
Competition formatedit
The trap competitions prior to World War II had featured 100 target competitions, with winners reaching scores of 98. When trap returned to the Olympics in these Games, it used 200 targets in two courses of 100. Each course consisted of 4 series of 25 targets.[6][5]
Recordsedit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record
Olympic record
New format
George Genereux set the initial Olympic record for the 200-shot event with 192 points.
Scheduleedit
Date
Time
Round
Friday, 25 July 1952
9:00
Course 1
Saturday, 26 July 1952
9:00
Course 2
Resultsedit
The end of the first day had Liljedahl and Aasnæs leading at 96, followed closely by Genereux, Čapek, and Holmqvist at 95. Aasnæs dropped early in the second course. Liljedahl still held the 1-point lead over Genereux and Holmqvist after 150 shots, but Genereux took the lead with a perfect 25-hit series from targets to 151 to 175 while Liljedahl hit only 21. Holmqvist hit 24 during that run, falling behind Genereux by 1 but ahead of Liljedahl by 2. Genereux's 24 out of the last 25 ensured that Liljedahl could not catch him; Holmqvist needed to be perfect to move back up to tied with the Canadian, but only equaled Genereux's 24 in the final 25 shots.[5][2][6]
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The men s trap was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme It was the sixth appearance of the event The competition was held on 25 and 26 July 1952 at the shooting ranges in Helsinki 40 shooters from 22 nations competed 1 Each nation could have up to 2 shooters 2 The event was won by George Genereux of Canada the nation s first victory and first medal in the event since 1908 Sweden which had never before medaled in the men s trap took two medals this Games with Knut Holmqvist earning silver and Hans Liljedahl bronze Men s trapat the Games of the XV OlympiadGold medalist George Genereux during the competitionVenueHelsinki FinlandDates25 26 JulyCompetitors40 from 22 nationsWinning score192 ORMedalistsGeorge Genereux CanadaKnut Holmqvist SwedenHans Liljedahl Sweden 19241956 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the sixth appearance of what had been 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 As with most shooting events it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980 the trap remained open to women through 1992 Very few women participated these years The event returned to being men only for 1996 though the new double trap had separate events for men and women that year In 2000 a separate women s event was added and it has been contested at every Games since There was also a men s team trap event held four times from 1908 to 1924 3 4 Unsurprisingly none of the shooters from the 1924 Games the last edition of the trap returned The reigning World Champion from the 1952 ISSF World Shooting Championships Argentina s Pablo Grossi did not compete in Helsinki the silver and bronze medalists 17 year old George Genereux of Canada and Knut Holmqvist of Sweden respectively did 5 Argentina Bulgaria Egypt Monaco Poland Puerto Rico Soviet Union and Switzerland each made their debut in the event Great Britain made its sixth appearance the only nation to have competed at each edition of the event to that point Competition format editThe trap competitions prior to World War II had featured 100 target competitions with winners reaching scores of 98 When trap returned to the Olympics in these Games it used 200 targets in two courses of 100 Each course consisted of 4 series of 25 targets 6 5 Records editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record Olympic record New format George Genereux set the initial Olympic record for the 200 shot event with 192 points Schedule editDate Time Round Friday 25 July 1952 9 00 Course 1 Saturday 26 July 1952 9 00 Course 2Results editThe end of the first day had Liljedahl and Aasnaes leading at 96 followed closely by Genereux Capek and Holmqvist at 95 Aasnaes dropped early in the second course Liljedahl still held the 1 point lead over Genereux and Holmqvist after 150 shots but Genereux took the lead with a perfect 25 hit series from targets to 151 to 175 while Liljedahl hit only 21 Holmqvist hit 24 during that run falling behind Genereux by 1 but ahead of Liljedahl by 2 Genereux s 24 out of the last 25 ensured that Liljedahl could not catch him Holmqvist needed to be perfect to move back up to tied with the Canadian but only equaled Genereux s 24 in the final 25 shots 5 2 6 Rank Shooter Nation Total nbsp George Genereux nbsp Canada 192 nbsp Knut Holmqvist nbsp Sweden 191 nbsp Hans Liljedahl nbsp Sweden 190 4 Frantisek Capek nbsp Czechoslovakia 188 5 Konrad Huber nbsp Finland 188 6 Ioannis Koutsis nbsp Greece 187 7 Galliano Rossini nbsp Italy 187 8 Italo Bellini nbsp Italy 186 9 Jozef Kiszkurno nbsp Poland 185 10 Ivan Isayev nbsp Soviet Union 185 11 Hans Aasnaes nbsp Norway 185 12 Seifollah Ghaleb nbsp Egypt 184 13 Roy Cole nbsp Canada 184 14 Enoch Jenkins nbsp Great Britain 183 15 Yury Nikandrov nbsp Soviet Union 183 16 Ivan Ivanov nbsp Bulgaria 182 17 Youssef Fares nbsp Egypt 181 18 Andre Taupin nbsp France 181 19 Igor Treybal nbsp Czechoslovakia 181 20 Olgierd Darzynkiewicz nbsp Poland 181 21 Albert Fichefet nbsp Belgium 178 22 Laszlo Szapary nbsp Austria 178 23 Kurt Schobel nbsp Germany 175 24 Panagiotis Linardakis nbsp Greece 175 25 Juan de Giacomo nbsp Argentina 175 26 Claude Lagarde nbsp France 173 27 Rafael de Juan nbsp Spain 173 28 Gaston Van Roy nbsp Belgium 169 29 Sven Erik Rosenlew nbsp Finland 168 30 Khristo Shopov nbsp Bulgaria 168 31 Allan Christensen nbsp Denmark 165 32 Georges Robini nbsp Monaco 165 33 Antonio Vega nbsp Spain 164 34 Louis Cavalli nbsp Switzerland 159 35 Charles Lucas nbsp Great Britain 159 36 Pierre Andre Fluckiger nbsp Switzerland 159 37 Svein Helling nbsp Norway 148 38 Marcel Rue nbsp Monaco 146 39 Jose Angel Galinanes nbsp Puerto Rico 117 40 Fulvio Rocchi nbsp Argentina 109References edit Shooting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games Men s Trap sports 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