The men's trap was a

shooting sports Shooting sports is a group of competitive sport, competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airgun ...

event held as part of the

Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, 21 events in shooting were contested. The competitions were held from 22 July 1920 to 3 August 1920. Medal summary Participating nations A total of 234 shooters from 18 nations competed at the Antwe ...

programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 23 and 24 July 1920 and 18 shooters from seven nations competed. The United States swept the podium (indeed, the five Americans took the top five places); it was the second sweep in the men's trap (France had done it in 1900).

Mark Arie Mark Peter Arie (March 27, 1882 – November 19, 1958) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. He won a gold medal in the trap shooting Trap shooting, or trapshooting in North America, is ...

took the gold medal, the second consecutive victory by an American.

Frank Troeh Frank Merlin Troeh (February 19, 1882 – December 24, 1968) was an Olympian who won a silver and a gold medal in trap shooting for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Troeh grew up in North Dakota. He moved t ...

earned silver, while Frank Wright finished with bronze. Arie also received Lord Westbury's Cup, a challenge prize previously awarded in 1908 and 1912 to the winners of those years' men's trap competitions.

Background

This was the fourth appearance of what would become standardised as 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 ...

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. None of the top shooters from the pre-war 1912 Games returned. The American team included

, "one of the most colorful and popular shooters in American history." No nations made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its fourth appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the event to that point.

Competition format

Shooter faced up to 100 clay pigeons over the course of four stages. The firing line was 15 metres away from the traps. Two shots were allowed per clay pigeon. The first stage consisted of 35 targets. The top 50% of shooters advanced to the second stage. That stage had 35 targets again. 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 third stage had 20 targets. Each of the first three stages used a known-trap, unknown-angle format. The fourth stage had only 10 targets, with an unknown trap.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

Results

The maximum score was 100.

References

External links

* Official Report * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting At The 1920 Summer Olympics - Men's Trap Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics Trap at the Olympics