Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 meter team running deer, single shots

The men's 100 meter team running deer, single shots was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. The competition was held on Thursday, 4 July 1912.[1]

100 meter team running deer, single shots
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueRåsunda
Date4 July
Competitors20 from 5 nations
Medalists
 Sweden (SWE)
Per-Olof Arvidsson, Åke Lundeberg, Alfred Swahn, Oscar Swahn
 United States (USA)
William Leushner, William Libbey, William McDonnell, Walter Winans
 Finland (FIN)
Axel Fredrik Londen, Ernst Rosenqvist, Nestori Toivonen, Iivar Väänänen

Twenty sport shooters from five nations competed.

Oscar Swahn was 64 years and 258 days old when he won gold as part of the Swedish team. This remains the record for the oldest person to win Olympic gold.[2]

Results

PlaceTeamInd. scoreTeam score
1 Sweden (SWE)151
Oscar Swahn43
Åke Lundeberg39
Alfred Swahn37
Per-Olof Arvidsson32
2 United States (USA)132
Walter Winans39
William Leushner38
William Libbey37
William McDonnell18
3 Finland (FIN)123
Nestori Toivonen38
Iivar Väänänen30
Axel Fredrik Londen29
Ernst Rosenqvist26
4 Austria (AUT)115
Peter Paternelli34
Adolf Michel33
Heinrich Elbogen29
Eberhard Steinböck19
5 Russia (RUS)108
Vasily Skrotsky36
Dmitri Barkov26
Harry Blau23
Aleksandr Dobryansky23

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot, Team". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. "Oldest Olympic gold medallist". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 January 2007.
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