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

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)
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

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

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

Results

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.

RankNationShooterScore
StandingKneelingProneTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s) NorwayTeam total1549165118555055
Albert Helgerud259303312874
Ole Sæther274281310865
Gudbrand Skatteboe247277317841
Olaf Sæther237283320840
Julius Braathe249272305826
Einar Liberg283235291809
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SwedenTeam total1267156618784711
Gustaf Adolf Jonsson238289313840
Per-Olof Arvidsson233268311812
Axel Jansson228263310801
Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg210238312760
Claës Rundberg160265334759
Janne Gustafsson198243298739
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) FranceTeam total1250153918634652
Léon Johnson225313298836
Eugène Balme230250321801
André Parmentier206264303773
Albert Courquin203235330768
Maurice Lecoq222240294756
Raoul de Boigne164237317718
4 DenmarkTeam total1244153417654543
Niels Andersen163249313725
Lars Jørgen Madsen240297279816
Ole Olsen214257283754
Niels Christian Christensen209249294752
Christian Pedersen227224297748
Hans Schultz191258299748
5 BelgiumTeam total1229150717734509
Charles Paumier du Verger217296313826
Paul Van Asbroeck222237328787
Ernest Ista224270292786
Henri Sauveur206241319766
Joseph Geens215259266740
Édouard Poty145204255604
6 Great BritainTeam total999151918374355
Jesse Wallingford188284317789
Harold Hawkins201268307776
Charles Churcher162270328760
Thomas Raddall195246313754
James Bostock126246296668
Robert Brown127205276608
7 NetherlandsTeam total965142717384130
Gerard van den Bergh176273302751
Christiaan Brosch179234295708
Cornelis van Altenburg149249291689
Antonie de Gee164254266684
Uilke Vuurman145231277653
Jan Brussaard152186307645
8 FinlandTeam total1182132414563962
Frans Nässling222253242717
Gustaf Nyman199249252700
Heikki Huttunen184221239644
Voitto Kolho209216217642
Emil Nässling181190266637
Huvi Tuiskunen187195240622
9 GreeceTeam total848131116303789
Ioannis Theofilakis162248302712
Matthias Triantafyllidis149227277653
Alexandros Theofilakis160216269645
Georgios Orphanidis117242263622
Defkalion Rediadis155190274619
Frangiskos Mavrommatis105188245538

References
  1. 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. "Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Team, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  • 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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