Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, 9 shooting events were included. Many other shooting events were featured in Paris at about the same time, but only 9 events are considered Olympic by the International Olympic Committee. The competitions were held from August 3, 1900 to August 5, 1900.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Maurice Larrouy France (FRA)	Léon Moreaux France (FRA)	Eugène Balme France (FRA)
50 metre free pistol, individual	Karl Röderer Switzerland (SUI)	Achille Paroche France (FRA)	Konrad Stäheli Switzerland (SUI)
50 metre free pistol, team	Switzerland (SUI) Friedrich Lüthi Paul Probst Louis Richardet Karl Röderer Konrad Stäheli	France (FRA) Louis Duffoy Maurice Lecoq Léon Moreaux Achille Paroche Trinité	Netherlands (NED) Solko van den Bergh Antonius Bouwens Dirk Boest Gips Henrik Sillem Anthony Sweijs
300 metre free rifle, standing	Lars Jørgen Madsen Denmark (DEN)	Ole Østmo Norway (NOR)	Charles Paumier Belgium (BEL)
300 metre free rifle, kneeling	Konrad Stäheli Switzerland (SUI)	Emil Kellenberger Switzerland (SUI)  Anders Peter Nielsen Denmark (DEN)	None awarded
300 metre free rifle, prone	Achille Paroche France (FRA)	Anders Peter Nielsen Denmark (DEN)	Ole Østmo Norway (NOR)
300 metre free rifle, 3 positions	Emil Kellenberger Switzerland (SUI)	Anders Peter Nielsen Denmark (DEN)	Paul van Asbroeck Belgium (BEL)  Ole Østmo Norway (NOR)
300 metre free rifle, team	Switzerland (SUI) Franz Böckli Alfred Grütter Emil Kellenberger Louis Richardet Konrad Stäheli	Norway (NOR) Olaf Frydenlund Hellmer Hermandsen Ole Østmo Ole Sæther Tom Seeberg	France (FRA) Auguste Cavadini Maurice Lecoq Léon Moreaux Achille Paroche René Thomas
Trap shooting	Roger de Barbarin France (FRA)	René Guyot France (FRA)	Justinien de Clary France (FRA)

Non-Olympic events

The following are not included in the official IOC Olympic results list:

Live pigeon shooting - 20 franc entrance fee

Place	Athlete	Pigeons
1	Donald Mackintosh (AUS)	22
2	Marquis D E Villaviciosa (ESP)	21
3	Murphy (USA)	19

Live pigeon shooting - 200 franc entrance fee

Place	Athlete	Pigeons
1	Léon de Lunden (BEL)	21
2	Maurice Faure (FRA)	20
3	Donald MacKintosh (AUS)	18
	Crittenden Robinson (USA)	18

Running game target

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Louis Debray (FRA)	20
	Pierre Nivet (FRA)	20
3	Comte de Lambert (FRA)	19

Participating nations

A total of 75 shooters from 9 nations competed at the Paris Games:

• Belgium (10)
• Denmark (5)
• France (37)
• Germany (1)
• Great Britain (1)
• Netherlands (7)
• Norway (5)
• Romania (1)
• Switzerland (8)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland (SUI)	5	1	1	7
2	France (FRA)	3	4	3	10
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	3	0	4
4	Norway (NOR)	0	2	2	4
5	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	2	2
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1

References

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Shooting 1900". Accessed 2 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0. 

Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
25 metre rapid fire pistol	men
50 metre free pistol	men
50 metre free pistol, team	men
Trap shooting	men
300 metre free rifle, standing	men
300 metre free rifle, kneeling	men
300 metre free rifle, prone	men
300 metre free rifle, three positions	men
300 metre free rifle, team	men