Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre team running deer, double shots

The men's 100 meter team running deer, double shots was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance for the event. In 1908 and 1912 running deer team event were only held for single shots. The competition was held on 27 July 1920. 20 shooters from four nations competed.[1]

Men's 100 meter team running deer, double shots
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueHoogboom Military Camp
Date27 July
Competitors20 from 4 nations
Medalists
Thorstein Johansen, Einar Liberg, Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Harald Natvig, Hans Nordvik
 Norway
Edward Benedicks, Bengt Lagercrantz, Fredric Landelius, Alfred Swahn, Oscar Swahn
 Sweden
Yrjö Kolho, Toivo Tikkanen, Nestori Toivonen, Vilho Vauhkonen, Karl Magnus Wegelius
 Finland

Swedish team member Oscar Swahn was 72 years 280 days old when he won silver in this event, setting a never-beaten record for the oldest Olympic medallist.[2]

Results

The scores of the five shooters were summed to give a team score.

PlaceShooterScore
1
 Norway (NOR)343
Ole Lilloe-Olsen77
Thorstein Johansen74
Harald Natvig68
Einar Liberg62
Hans Nordvik62
2
 Sweden (SWE)336
Fredric Landelius70
Alfred Swahn69
Oscar Swahn68
Bengt Lagercrantz65
Edward Benedicks64
3
 Finland (FIN)285
Toivo Tikkanen69
Karl Magnus Wegelius64
Nestori Toivonen57
Yrjö Kolho54
Vilho Vauhkonen41
4
 United States (USA)282
Lloyd Spooner66
Willis A. Lee58
Lawrence Nuesslein56
Carl Osburn52
Thomas Brown50

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Double Shot, Team". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. "Oldest Olympic medallist". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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