[1] This was the first appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF Olympic trap event.

[1] Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Roger de Barbarin, René Guyot, and Justinien de Clary set the initial Olympic record with 17 points.

Roger de Barbarin beat René Guyot 13 to 12 in a shoot-off.

It was not known why Justinien de Clary was not part of that shoot-off, nor are scores beyond 14th place known.