Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.[1]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1000 yd free rifle
details
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Joshua Millner (GBR) File:US flag 45 stars.svg Kellogg Casey (USA) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Maurice Blood (GBR)
300 m free rifle, three positions
details
File:Flag of Norway.svg Albert Helgerud (NOR) File:US flag 45 stars.svg Harry Simon (USA) File:Flag of Norway.svg Ole Sæther (NOR)
300 m free rifle, team
details
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (NOR)
Julius Braathe
Albert Helgerud
Einar Liberg
Olaf Sæther
Ole Sæther
Gudbrand Skatteboe
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (SWE)
Per-Olof Arvidsson
Janne Gustafsson
Axel Jansson
Gustaf Adolf Jonsson
Claës Rundberg
Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg
File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)
Eugène Balme
Raoul de Boigne
Albert Courquin
Léon Johnson
Maurice Lecoq
André Parmentier
Team military rifle
details
File:US flag 45 stars.svg United States (USA)
Charles Benedict
Kellogg Casey
Ivan Eastman
William Leuschner
William Martin
Charles Winder
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR)
Arthur Fulton
John Martin
Harcourt Ommundsen
Walter Padgett
Philip Richardson
Fleetwood Varley
File:Flag of Canada (1868–1921).svg Canada (CAN)
Charles Crowe
William Eastcott
Harry Kerr
Dugald McInnis
William Smith
Bertram Williams
Stationary target small-bore rifle
details
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Arthur Carnell (GBR) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Harold Humby (GBR) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg George Barnes (GBR)
Moving target small-bore rifle
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File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg John Fleming (GBR) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Maurice Matthews (GBR) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg William Marsden (GBR)
Disappearing target small-bore rifle
details
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg William Styles (GBR) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Harold Hawkins (GBR) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Edward Amoore (GBR)
Team small-bore rifle
details
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR)
Edward Amoore
Harold Humby
Maurice Matthews
William Pimm
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (SWE)
Eric Carlberg
Vilhelm Carlberg
Johan Hübner von Holst
Franz-Albert Schartau
File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)
Henri Bonnefoy
Paul Colas
Léon Lécuyer
André Regaud
Single-shot running deer
details
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Oscar Swahn (SWE) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Ted Ranken (GBR) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Alexander Rogers (GBR)
Double-shot running deer
details
File:US flag 45 stars.svg Walter Winans (USA) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Ted Ranken (GBR) File:Flag of Sweden.svg Oscar Swahn (SWE)
Team single-shot running deer
details
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (SWE)
Arvid Knöppel
Ernst Rosell
Alfred Swahn
Oscar Swahn
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR)
William Ellicott
William Russell Lane-Joynt
Charles Nix
Ted Ranken
none awarded
Individual pistol
details
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Réginald Storms (BEL) File:US flag 45 stars.svg James Gorman (USA)
Team pistol
details
File:US flag 45 stars.svg United States (USA)
Charles Axtell
Irving Calkins
John Dietz
James Gorman
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (BEL)
René Englebert
Charles Paumier du Verger
Réginald Storms
Paul Van Asbroeck
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR)
Geoffrey Coles
William Ellicott
Henry Lynch-Staunton
Jesse Wallingford
Individual trap shooting
details
File:Flag of Canada (1868–1921).svg Walter Ewing (CAN) File:Flag of Canada (1868–1921).svg George Beattie (CAN) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Alexander Maunder (GBR)
File:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Anastasios Metaxas (GRE)[2]
Team trap shooting
details
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR)
Percy Easte
Alexander Maunder
Frederic Moore
Charles Palmer
John Pike
John Postans
File:Flag of Canada (1868–1921).svg Canada (CAN)
George Beattie
Walter Ewing
Mylie Fletcher
David McMackon
George Vivian
Arthur Westover
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR)
John Butt
Henry Creasey
Bob Hutton
William Morris
George Skinner
George Whitaker

Participating nations

A total of 215 shooters from 14 nations competed at the London Games:[1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR)67821
2File:US flag 45 stars.svg United States (USA)3216
3File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (SWE)2215
4File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (NOR)2013
5File:Flag of Canada (1868–1921).svg Canada (CAN)1214
6File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (BEL)1203
7File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)0022
8File:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Greece (GRE)0011
Totals (8 entries)15151545

Late arrival of the Russian team

Some sources claim that the Russian shooting team was 13 days late to the Olympics due to the Russian Empire still using the Julian calendar as opposed to the rest of Europe, which used the Gregorian system.[3] The official report does not mention Russia, and it does mention Italy and Australia as "absent".[4] Other authors doubt of this claim , and underlie that Russia had been living next to Gregorian-calendar Europe for two centuries and was used to the difference [5]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  2. Metaxas is generally credited with a bronze medal; no tie-breaker was held. The 1908 official report at p. 280 lists Metaxas as having tied with Maunder and assigns bronze medals to each. However, Metaxas does not appear in the IOC medal database, which lists only Maunder as sole bronze medalist. Some sources follow this database.
  3. Keown, Eric (1949). Lemon, Mark (ed.). "[unknown]". Punch. 217: 35. Retrieved 28 June 2024. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. "Official Report 1908 page 295". digital.la84.org. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  5. "Was Russia really late for the Olympics in 1908? (It won medals anyway!)". www.rbth.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.

References

  • 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 12 May 2006.