Le Stand de Tir de Versailles
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Le Stand de Tir de Versailles ( en, Versailles Shooting Stand) is a firing range located in Versailles, France in the Le Parc des Sports de Versailles ( en, Versailles Sports Park). For the
1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
in neighboring Paris, it hosted all of the sport shooting events except
trap shooting Trap shooting, or trapshooting in North America, is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting, which is shooting shotguns at clay targets. The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. They are disting ...
which took place at Issy-les-Moulineaux, and the shooting portion of the
modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anci ...
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1924 Olympics official report.
pp. 489, 548. Venues of the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathlon venues Olympic shooting venues Shooting ranges in France Sports venues in Yvelines {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub