The men's
ISSF Olympic trap
Olympic trap is a shooting sports 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 tr ...
was one of the shooting competitions in the
shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, many Shooting sports, shooting events were featured within the concurrent Exposition Universelle (1900), 1900 Exposition Universelle, but only eight events currently are considered as "Olympic" by Internatio ...
events in
Paris
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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
Émile Roger Thomas de Barbarin (4 June 1860 – 4 March 1925) 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 Olympics in Paris and won ...
took gold,
René Guyot
René Guyot (born 1881) was a Belgian sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal
A silver medal, ...
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 Olympi ...
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.
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Background
This was the first appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF Olympic trap
Olympic trap is a shooting sports 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 tr ...
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.[
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Roger de Barbarin
Émile Roger Thomas de Barbarin (4 June 1860 – 4 March 1925) 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 Olympics in Paris and won ...
, René Guyot
René Guyot (born 1881) was a Belgian sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal
A silver medal, ...
, 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 Olympi ...
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
Émile Roger Thomas de Barbarin (4 June 1860 – 4 March 1925) 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 Olympics in Paris and won ...
beat René Guyot
René Guyot (born 1881) was a Belgian sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal
A silver medal, ...
13 to 12 in a shoot-off. It was not known why 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 Olympi ...
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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Men's trap shooting
Trap at the Olympics