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Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard pistol

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Men's 50 yard pistol
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
United States team; bronze medalist Gorman seated at far left
VenueBisley rifle range
Date10 July
Competitors43 from 7 nations
Winning score490
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Van Asbroeck
 Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Réginald Storms
 Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) James Gorman
 United States
← 1900
1912 →

The men's individual revolver and pistol competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1] The competition was held on Friday, 10 July 1908. Each nation could enter up to 12 shooters.[2] Forty-three sport shooters from seven nations competed. Nations were limited to 12 shooters each.[3] The event was won by Paul Van Asbroeck of Belgium, with his countryman Réginald Storms taking silver. They were the first medals for Belgian shooters in the free pistol. American James Gorman finished with the bronze medal after an unsuccessful protest, claiming he had put one bullet through a previous hole.[4]

Background

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This was the third appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was open to women from 1968 to 1980. 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.[5][4]

Great Britain and Sweden each made their debut in the event. Belgium, France, Greece, the Netherlands, and the United States each made their second appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Van Asbroeck used a Sauveur HS-6.

Competition format

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The competition had each shooter fire 60 shots, in 10 series of 6 shots each, at a distance of 50 yards. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible was 600 points. Any revolver or pistol could be used; only open sights were allowed. Any ammunition with a metal cartridge case could be used.[4]

Records

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

World record
Olympic record  Karl Röderer (SUI) 503 Paris, France 1 August 1900

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Friday, 10 July 1908 Final

Results

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Sixty shots were fired at a distance of 50 yards. Each hit counted between 1 and 10 points, for a total maximum score of 600.

Rank Shooter Nation Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Van Asbroeck  Belgium 490
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Réginald Storms  Belgium 487
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) James Gorman  United States 485
4 Charles Axtell  United States 480
5 Jesse Wallingford  Great Britain 467
6 André Barbillat  France 466
7 William Ellicott  Great Britain 458
8 Irving Calkins  United States 457
9 John Dietz  United States 455
10 André Regaud  France 451
11 Geoffrey Coles  Great Britain 449
12 Jacob van der Kop  Netherlands 447
13 Henry Lynch-Staunton  Great Britain 443
14 William Russell Lane-Joynt  Great Britain 442
15 René Englebert  Belgium 441
16 William Newton  Great Britain 440
17 Léon Moreaux  France 438
18 Franz-Albert Schartau  Sweden 436
19 Thomas LeBoutillier  United States 436
20 Vilhelm Carlberg  Sweden 432
21 Reginald Sayre  United States 430
22 Jean Depassio  France 427
23 Charles Wirgman  Great Britain 425
24 Piet ten Bruggen Cate  Netherlands 421
25 Frangiskos Mavrommatis  Greece 419
26 Alexandros Theofilakis  Greece 409
27 Johan Hübner von Holst  Sweden 408
28 Peter Jones  Great Britain 407
29 Ioannis Theofilakis  Greece 406
30 Léon Lécuyer  France 401
31 J. Nelson Fevre  Great Britain 399
32 Defkalion Rediadis  Greece 397
33 Eric Carlberg  Sweden 396
34 Maurice Robion du Pont  France 391
35 Otto von Rosen  Sweden 386
36 Jan de Blécourt  Netherlands 381
37 Jacques Pinchart  Belgium 372
38 Walter W. Winans  United States 368
39 Henry Munday  Great Britain 358
40 Gerard van den Bergh  Netherlands 343
41 Christiaan Brosch  Netherlands 337
42 John Bashford  Great Britain 329
43 Antonie de Gee  Netherlands 226

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 yards". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 38.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 535.
  4. ^ a b c "Free Pistol, 50 Yards, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

Sources

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  • 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 11 May 2006.