Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, team

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Men's team 300 metre free rifle
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
VenueBisley rifle range
Dates9–10 July
Competitors54 from 9 nations
Winning score5055
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Norway (NOR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden (SWE)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France (FRA)
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Shooting at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Rifle
1000 yard free riflemen
300 m free riflemen
Team free riflemen
Team military riflemen
Stationary target small-bore riflemen
Moving target small-bore riflemen
Disappearing target small-bore riflemen
Team small-bore riflemen
Pistol
Individual pistolmen
Team pistolmen
Shotgun
Individual trapmen
Team trapmen
Running deer
Single-shot running deermen
Double-shot running deermen
Team single-shot running deermen

The men's team free rifle at 300 metres was one of 15 events on the shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday, 9 July 1908 and was extended after sunset to Friday, 10 July 1908 — it was the first shooting event of the Games.[1] Fifty-four sport shooters from nine nations competed.[2] The event was won by the team from Norway, improving on their second-place finish in 1900. Sweden made its debut in the event, taking silver. France repeated as bronze medalists.

Ole Sæther was the first man to earn multiple medals in the event, having been on the 1900 Norwegian team as well as this year's squad.

Background[edit]

This was the second appearance of the men's 300 metre team rifle event, which was held 4 times between 1900 and 1920.[3]

The teams used different rifles. France shot with a Swiss Martini; Denmark used a Crag-Jørgensen; Greece and the Netherlands shot with a Mannlicher; Sweden used a government-issue Mauser; and Finland shot with a Mofferd. Norway used private match rifles. Due to winds blowing against the players, teams with light rifles faced more difficulty.[1][4]

Reigning Olympic champions Switzerland did not return. Finland, Great Britain, Greece, and Sweden each made their debut in the event. Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Norway each made their second appearance.

Competition format[edit]

The competition had each shooter fire 120 shots, 40 shots in each of three positions: prone, kneeling, and standing. The target was 1 metre in diameter, with 10 scoring rings; targets were set at a distance of 300 metres. The six team members' scores were then summed. Thus, the maximum score possible was 7200 points. The scores for the team event were separate from the individual event this time.[4]

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Round
Thursday, 9 July 1908
Friday, 10 July 1908		 Final

Results[edit]

Teams consisted of six shooters, with each shooter firing 120 shots at the target 300 metres distant. 40 shots were fired from each of three positions—standing, kneeling, and prone. A bulls-eye counted for 10 points, and thus the highest possible score for each shooter was 1200 points, with the team maximum being 7200.

Rank Nation Shooter Score
Standing Kneeling Prone Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Norway Team total 1549 1651 1855 5055
Albert Helgerud 259 303 312 874
Ole Sæther 274 281 310 865
Gudbrand Skatteboe 247 277 317 841
Olaf Sæther 237 283 320 840
Julius Braathe 249 272 305 826
Einar Liberg 283 235 291 809
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Team total 1267 1566 1878 4711
Gustaf Adolf Jonsson 238 289 313 840
Per-Olof Arvidsson 233 268 311 812
Axel Jansson 228 263 310 801
Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg 210 238 312 760
Claës Rundberg 160 265 334 759
Janne Gustafsson 198 243 298 739
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France Team total 1250 1539 1863 4652
Léon Johnson 225 313 298 836
Eugène Balme 230 250 321 801
André Parmentier 206 264 303 773
Albert Courquin 203 235 330 768
Maurice Lecoq 222 240 294 756
Raoul de Boigne 164 237 317 718
4  Denmark Team total 1244 1534 1765 4543
Niels Andersen 163 249 313 725
Lars Jørgen Madsen 240 297 279 816
Ole Olsen 214 257 283 754
Niels Christian Christensen 209 249 294 752
Christian Pedersen 227 224 297 748
Hans Schultz 191 258 299 748
5  Belgium Team total 1229 1507 1773 4509
Charles Paumier du Verger 217 296 313 826
Paul Van Asbroeck 222 237 328 787
Ernest Ista 224 270 292 786
Henri Sauveur 206 241 319 766
Joseph Geens 215 259 266 740
Édouard Poty 145 204 255 604
6  Great Britain Team total 999 1519 1837 4355
Jesse Wallingford 188 284 317 789
Harold Hawkins 201 268 307 776
Charles Churcher 162 270 328 760
Thomas Raddall 195 246 313 754
James Bostock 126 246 296 668
Robert Brown 127 205 276 608
7  Netherlands Team total 965 1427 1738 4130
Gerard van den Bergh 176 273 302 751
Christiaan Brosch 179 234 295 708
Cornelis van Altenburg 149 249 291 689
Antonie de Gee 164 254 266 684
Uilke Vuurman 145 231 277 653
Jan Brussaard 152 186 307 645
8  Finland Team total 1182 1324 1456 3962
Frans Nässling 222 253 242 717
Gustaf Nyman 199 249 252 700
Heikki Huttunen 184 221 239 644
Voitto Kolho 209 216 217 642
Emil Nässling 181 190 266 637
Huvi Tuiskunen 187 195 240 622
9  Greece Team total 848 1311 1630 3789
Ioannis Theofilakis 162 248 302 712
Matthias Triantafyllidis 149 227 277 653
Alexandros Theofilakis 160 216 269 645
Georgios Orphanidis 117 242 263 622
Defkalion Rediadis 155 190 274 619
Frangiskos Mavrommatis 105 188 245 538

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (13 May 2009). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events. McFarland & Company. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-7864-4068-9. OL 28448614M. Wikidata Q105480243.
  2. ^ "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Team". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Historical Results". ISSF. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Team, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

External links[edit]

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Shooting 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
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