Shooting
Twenty-two sport shooters represented France in 1924. It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport; France was one of three countries (along with Denmark and Great Britain) to have competed in each Olympic shooting contest. French shooters took two medals: Coquelin won the gold in the prone rifle and was a member of the five-man team which took silver in the team rifle.
| Shooter | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | ||
| Michel Adelon | 100 m deer, single shots | 28 | 23 |
| 100 m deer, double shots | 52 | 21 | |
| Georges Bordier | 50 m rifle, prone | 383 | 31 |
| André Chauvet | 100 m deer, single shots | 26 | 26 |
| 100 m deer, double shots | 51 | 22 | |
| Pierre Coquelin de Lisle | 50 m rifle, prone | 398 | 1 ! |
| Albert Courquin | 600 m free rifle | 90 | 6 |
| André de Castelbajac | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 18 | 6 |
| Georges de Crequi-Montfort | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 16 | 21 |
| André de Schonen | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 17 | 9 |
| Léon Deloy | Trap | 95 | 9 |
| Jacques d'Imecourt | Trap | Unknown | 31–44 |
| Eugène Duflot | 100 m deer, single shots | 27 | 24 |
| 100 m deer, double shots | 40 | 28 | |
| Jules Mahieu | 100 m deer, single shots | 32 | 17 |
| 100 m deer, double shots | 42 | 25 | |
| Charles Riotteau | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 16 | 21 |
| Georges Roes | 600 m free rifle | Did not finish | |
| Émile Rumeau | 50 m rifle, prone | 387 | 20 |
| 600 m free rifle | 86 | 10 | |
| Paul Colas Albert Courquin Pierre Hardy Georges Roes Émile Rumeau |
Team free rifle | 646 | 2 ! |
| Georges de Baudus Jean de Beaumont Louis de Bourbon-Busset Marcel de Lambertye Léon Deloy René Texier |
Team clay pigeons | Unknown | 31–44 |
Read more about this topic: France At The 1924 Summer Olympics
Famous quotes containing the word shooting:
“Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee,
The shooting stars attend thee;”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
“My time has come.
There are twenty people in my belly,
there is a magnitude of wings,
there are forty eyes shooting like arrows,
and they will all be born.
All be born in the yellow wind.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)