The men's 20 metre rapid fire (or military) pistol was one of the competitions in the
1900 Summer Olympics shooting events in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. It was held from August 1 to August 4, 1900. Six athletes from 2 nations competed. This event was contested for prize money by professionals.
It is no longer included in the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
website's database of Olympic medal events.
Five of the six shooters were from France; the host nation swept the medals as
Maurice Larrouy won with
Léon Moreaux
Léon Ernest Moreaux (10 March 1852 in Féron – 11 November 1921 in Rennes) was a French sports shooter and Olympian who competed in pistol and rifle shooting in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Having taken up the sport of ...
second and
Eugène Balme
Eugène Jean François Balme (22 November 1874 – 24 February 1914) was a French sport shooter who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics.
In 1900 at Paris he won the bronze medal in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event. ...
third.
Background
This was the second appearance of what would become standardised as the men's
ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol
25 meter rapid fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events and is shot with .22 LR pistols. The event has been a part of the Olympic program ever since the beginning in 1896, although its rules changed greatly before World War II, after which ...
event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. There is no women's equivalent on the Olympic programme, as of 2021.
The 1900 event was very different from the
1896 event; it was open to professionals, shot at a distance of 20 metres instead of 25 metres, used 6 shots instead of 30, had targets with 10 points rather than 6 points, dropped the multiplicative scoring method, and had completely different requirements for the pistols used.
Competition format
The competition had each shooter fire 6 shots at 20 metres. The targets had 10 scoring rings. The maximum score was 60 points. Tie-breaking procedures are unknown.
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Schedule
Results
The format was one series of six shots for a possible 60 points.
References
* De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Shooting 1900". Accessed 3 March 2006. Available electronically a
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Men's pistol rapid fire
Men's 1896