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Trap, Single Shot, 16 metres, Men

Date26 April 1906
StatusIntercalated
LocationSkopeftirion, Kallithea
Participants12 from 4 countries
Format30 clays sent from 4 traps at 16 metres. 15 clays thrown from the lower traps, 15 clays thrown from the higher traps. 30 possible.

Only 12 shooters started from four nations. Thirty clays were sent from four traps at 16 metres, with 15 clays thrown from the lower traps, and 15 clays thrown from the higher traps. Britain’s Gerald Merlin tied with Greece’s Ioannis Peridis with 24 clays broken. They shot off the tie, but tied again in the first with 4 of 5 clays broken. In the second shoot-off, Merlin won 4-3, to win the gold medal.

PosCompetitorNOCPointsShoot-Off
1Gerald MerlinGBR244/4Gold
2Ioannis PeridisGRE244/3Silver
3Sidney MerlinGBR23Bronze
4Maurice FaureFRA22
5Konstantinos ThanopoulosGRE16
6Ioannis DrosopoulosGRE14
7Sándor, Gróf Török de SzendrőHUN12
8Dimitrios PetropoulosGRE7
DNFAnastasios MetaxasGRE
DNFRaoul, Comte de BoigneFRA
DNFVasileios StaisGRE
DNFGeorges FouconnierFRA