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

Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue Bisley rifle range
Date 11 July
Competitors 51 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Albert Helgerud  Norway
2nd, silver medalist(s) Harry Simon  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ole Sæther  Norway

The men's free rifle at 300 metres was one of 15 events on the shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, 11 July 1908. Fifty-one sport shooters from ten nations competed.[1]

Results

Each shooter fired 120 shots at the target 300 metres distant. Forty shots were fired from each of three positions—standing, kneeling, and prone. Each hit could score between 1 and 10 points, with the highest possible score being 1200 points.

PlaceShooterScore
StandingKneelingProneTotal
1 Albert Helgerud (NOR)277292340909
2 Harry Simon (USA)228294365887
3 Ole Sæther (NOR)272284327883
4 Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg (SWE)251285338874
5 Janne Gustafsson (SWE)265283324872
6 Julius Braathe (NOR)257291303851
7 Axel Jansson (SWE)235296312843
8 Léon Johnson (FRA)250282303835
9 Olaf Sæther (NOR)240291299830
10 Jesse Wallingford (GBR)201303324828
11 Maurice Blood (GBR)201290334825
12 Per-Olof Arvidsson (SWE)236277310823
13 Georg Erdmann (NOR)234277310821
14 Lars Jørgen Madsen (DEN)236294283813
15 Gustaf Adolf Jonsson (SWE)226267319812
16 Edward Green (USA)190276326792
17 Voitto Kolho (FIN)231269288788
18 Christian Pedersen (DEN)191278311780
19 Kolbjørn Kvam (NOR)234267276777
20 Alexander Jackson (GBR)187249335771
21 Hans Schultz (DEN)223257289769
22 Pieter van Waas (NED)188285295768
23 Fredrik Mossberg (SWE)174288299761
24 Olivius Skymoen (NOR)206240314760
25 Paul Colas (FRA)231233293759
26 Robert Hawkins (GBR)189273301752
 Per Olaf Olsen (NOR)222237293752
28 Erik Ohlsson (SWE)174271306751
29 John Hession (USA)176233337746
30 Frans Nässling (FIN)221244268733
31 Maurice Lecoq (FRA)196280254730
32 Piet ten Bruggen Cate (NED)216238271726
33 Niels Laursen (DEN)202224286712
34 André Angelini (FRA)154247305706
35 Ernest Ista (BEL)169232300701
36 Fernand Rey (BEL)169245284698
37 Huvi Tuiskunen (FIN)193246256697
38 Heikki Huttunen (FIN)204212270686
39 Lauri Kolho (FIN)171236265672
40 Henry Chaney (GBR)140240291671
41 Emil Nässling (FIN)204234219657
42 Poul Liebst (DEN)187197261645
43 Sándor Prokopp (HUN)144236247627
44 Gustav Nyman (FIN)200166249615
45 Karl Reilin (FIN)217174193584
46 Heikki Hallamaa (FIN)165181230576
47 Mathias Glomnes (NOR)—250313563
48 Niels Christian Christensen (DEN)202—299501
49 István Móricz (HUN)122179189490
50 Ossian Jörgensen (SWE)—112308420
51 Lorents Jensen (DEN)46—275321

References

  1. ↑ "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  • 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 8 May 2006.
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