Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

The men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event (25m in 1896 and 1906, 20m military pistol in 1900, and 30m military pistol in 1912 and 1920). The competition was held on 28 June 1924 at the shooting ranges at Versailles. 55 shooters from 17 nations competed.[1]

Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueLe Stand de Tir de Versailles
Date28 June
Competitors55 from 17 nations
Medalists
Henry Bailey  United States
Vilhelm Carlberg  Sweden
Lennart Hannelius  Finland
Shooting at the
1924 Summer Olympics
25 m rapid fire pistolmen
50 m rifle, pronemen
600 m free riflemen
Team free riflemen
100 m running deer, single shotsmen
Team 100 m running deer, single shotsmen
100 m running deer, double shotsmen
Team 100 m running deer, double shotsmen
Trapmen
Team clay pigeonsmen

Results

A maximum of four competitors per nation were allowed. Three strings of six targets shot within ten seconds for a total of 18 targets. Afterwards for shoot-offs a string of six shots within eight seconds for six targets will keep being repeated until all ties are broken. The exact results of the shoot offs are unknown except order of elimination and the gold medal shoot-off.

PlaceShooterTotal
1 Henry Bailey (USA)54 (60)
2 Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE)54 (58)
3 Lennart Hannelius (FIN)42
4 Lorenzo Amaya (ARG)36
5 Matías Osinalde (ARG)30
6 Arnaud de Castelbajac (FRA)24
7 Unio Sarlin (FIN)24
8 Einar Liberg (NOR)24
9 André de Schonen (FRA)17
 Bernard Betke (USA)17
 William Frazer (USA)17
 William Whaling (USA)17
 Charles Bounton (GBR)17
 Marian Borzemski (POL)17
 Eric Carlberg (SWE)17
 António Martins (POR)17
 Francisco Mendonça (POR)17
 Manuel Solis (MEX)17
 Krikor Agathon (EGY)17
 Jean Theslöf (FIN)17
21 Charles Riotteau (FRA)16
 Charles Mackie (GBR)16
 Jalo Autonen (FIN)16
 Víctor Bigand (ARG)16
 François Marits (NED)16
 Georges de Crequi-Montfort (FRA)16
 Stanisław Kowalczewski (POL)16
 Walerian Maryański (POL)16
 Alexandros Theofilakis (GRE)16
30 Sten Forselius (SWE)15
 Rezső Velez (HUN)15
 António Montez (POR)15
 Teodoro Hernández (MEX)15
 Dingenis de Wilde (NED)15
 Sikke Bruinsma (NED)15
 Carlos Balestrini (ARG)15
37 Emilio Piersantelli (ITA)14
 Georgios Moraitinis (GRE)14
 Emil Werner (TCH)14
40 Peter Griffiths (GBR)13
 Victor Robert (BEL)13
 François Lafortune (BEL)13
 Ioannis Theofilakis (GRE)13
 António Ferreira (POR)13
 Jan van Balkum (NED)13
 Josef Pavlík (TCH)13
47 Elemér Takács (HUN)12
 Bolesław Gościewicz (POL)12
 Jaroslav Mach (TCH)12
50 Jacques Thuriaux (BEL)11
51 Giovanni Scarella (ITA)8
 Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL)8
53 Sándor Prokopp (HUN)7
 Georgios Vafeiadis (GRE)7
 Josef Kruz (TCH)7

Seven shoot-offs were needed to determine the gold medallist. Bailey's gun jammed after his first shot, but he coolly pulled the spent case out of the breech, and got off the five shots required in what remained of his eight second time limit.[2]

References
  1. "Shooting at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 367. ISBN 0140066322.
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