Henry Bailey won the United States' second consecutive championship in the event (though separated by 12 years).

Eleven nations competed in the event for the first time: Argentina, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Finland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Portugal.

France, Great Britain, Greece, and the United States each made their third appearance in the event, tied for most of any nation.

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.