Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

Men's trap
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Gold medalist James Graham
VenueRåsunda
Dates2–4 July
Competitors61 from 11 nations
Winning score96 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) James Graham  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alfred Goeldel  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harry Blau  Russian Empire
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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]

Background

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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]

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

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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]

Records

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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.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Tuesday, 2 July 1912 First stage
Wednesday, 3 July 1912 Second stage
Thursday, 4 July 1912 Final stage

Results

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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]

Rank Shooter Nation Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) James Graham  United States 96
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alfred Goeldel  Germany 94
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Haralds Blaus  Russian Empire 91
4 Harold Humby  Great Britain 88
Albert Preuß  Germany 88
Anastasios Metaxas  Greece 88
Franz von Zedlitz und Leipe  Germany 88
Adolf Schnitt  Finland 88
9 Emile Jurgens  Netherlands 87
Ralph Spotts  United States 87
Edward Gleason  United States 87
12 Erland Koch  Germany 86
Karl Fazer  Finland 86
Horst Goeldel  Germany 86
Frank Hall  United States 86
16 William Grosvenor  Great Britain 85
17 Robert Hutcheson  Canada 84
Erich Graf von Bernstorff  Germany 84
John Butt  Great Britain 84
Åke Lundeberg  Sweden 84
21 Charles Palmer  Great Britain 82
Alfred Swahn  Sweden 82
23 Leonardus Syttin  Russian Empire 81
Frantz Rosenberg  Norway 81
25 Hans Lüttich  Germany 77
Charles de Jaubert  France 77
27 André Fleury  France 74
Carsten Henrik Bruun  Norway 74
29 Henri de Castex  France 38
Robert Huber  Finland 38
Hjalmar Frisell  Sweden 38
Emil Collan  Finland 38
George Whitaker  Great Britain 38
34 Victor Wallenberg  Sweden 37
35 Georges de Crequi-Montfort  France 36
Walter Bodneck  Russian Empire 36
Daniel McMahon  United States 36
38 Edward Benedicks  Sweden 34
39 George Pinchard  Great Britain 33
40 Johan Ekman  Sweden 31
41 Édoard Creuzé  France 14
Charles W. Billings  United States 14
Herman Eriksson  Sweden 14
John H. Hendrickson  United States 14
45 James Kenyon  Canada 13
William Davies  Canada 13
Edvard Bacher  Finland 13
René Texier  France 13
Alexander Maunder  Great Britain 13
Herman Nyberg  Sweden 13
51 Henri le Marié  France 12
Pavel Lieth  Russian Empire 12
53 Alfred Black  Great Britain 11
Emil Fabritius  Finland 11
Boris Pertel  Russian Empire 11
56 John Goodwin  Great Britain 10
Oscar Swahn  Sweden 10
Otto Bökman  Sweden 10
Carl Wollert  Sweden 10
Nils Klein  Sweden 10
61 Alfred Stabell  Norway 3

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b Bergvall 1913, p. 1065
  3. ^ a b c "Trap, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ^ Bergvall 1913, p. 1063
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