The men's

ISSF Olympic trap Olympic Trap is a shooting sport discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international tra ...

was one of the shooting competitions in the

shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, many shooting events were featured within the concurrent 1900 Exposition Universelle, but only eight events currently are considered as "Olympic" by IOC. Before July 2021 the International Olympic Committee ...

events in

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. It was held from Sunday, July 15 to Tuesday, July 17, 1900. Thirty-one athletes from four nations competed. Roger de Barbarin took gold, René Guyot silver, and

Justinien de Clary Count Clary (born Justinien Charles Xavier Bretonneau; 20 April 1860 – 13 June 1933) was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olymp ...

bronze. There was a shoot-off between de Barbarin and Guyot (which the former won 13–12), which de Clary did not compete in despite having scored the same as the other two in the main round.

Background

This was the first appearance of what would become standardised as the men's

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.

Competition format

Each shooter fired 20 shots, with a point per hit. There was a shoot-off for first place.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Roger de Barbarin, René Guyot, and

set the initial Olympic record with 17 points.

Schedule

Results

Each shooter fired at 20 targets, scoring 1 point for each target hit. Roger de Barbarin beat René Guyot 13 to 12 in a shoot-off. It was not known why

was not part of that shoot-off, nor are scores beyond 14th place known.

References

International Olympic Committee
medal winners database * De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Shooting 1900". Accessed 3 March 2006. Available electronically a

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