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. The competition was held on 28 June 1924 at the shooting ranges at Versailles. 55 shooters from 17 nations competed.

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
154
254
342
436
530
624
724
824
917
917
917
917
917
917
917
917
917
917
917
917
2116
2116
2116
2116
2116
2116
2116
2116
2116
3015
3015
3015
3015
3015
3015
3015
3714
3714
3714
4013
4013
4013
4013
4013
4013
4013
4712
4712
4712
5011
518
518
537
537
537

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.