Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics

   

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, fifteen shooting events were contested.

Free rifle, three positions

PosAthlete
1Albert Helgerud (NOR) 909
2Harry Simon (USA) 887
3Ole Sæther (NOR) 883

Free rifle, three positions, teams

PosAthlete
1(NOR) 5055
Albert Helgerud, Ole Sæther, Gudbrand Skatteboe, Olaf Sæther, Einar Liberg, Julius Braathe
2(SWE) 4711
G. Adolf Jonsson, Per-Olof Arvidsson, Axel Jansson, Gustav Adolf Sjöberg, Claes Rundberg, Janne Gustafsson
3(FRA) 4652
Léon Johnson, Eugene Balme, André Parmentier, Albert Courquin, Maurice Lecoq, Raoul de Boigne

Free rifle, 1000 yards

PosAthlete
1Joshua Millner (GBR/IRL) 98
2Kellogg Kennon Casey (USA) 93
3Maurice Blood (GBR) 92

Military rifle, teams

PosAthlete
1(USA) 2531
William Leushner, William Martin, Charles Winder, Kellogg Kennon Casey, Albert Eastman, Charles Benedict
2(GBR) 2497
Harcourt Ommundsen, Fleetwood Varley, Arthur Fulton, Philip Richardson, William Padgett, John Martin
3(CAN) 2439
William Smith, Charles Crowe, Bruce Williams, Dugald McInnis, William Eastcott, S. Harry Kerr

Small bore rifle, prone

PosAthlete
1Arthur Carnell (GBR) 387
2Harold Humby (GBR) 386
3George Barnes (GBR) 385

Philip Plater (GBR) was originally declared as the winner with 391 points. Two days later, Plater was declared as an illegal entrant and the his result was expunged.

Small bore rifle, moving target

PosAthlete
1John Fleming (GBR) 24
2Michael Matthews (GBR) 24
3William Marsden (GBR) 24

Small bore rifle, disappearing target

PosAthlete
1William Styles (GBR) 45
2Harold Hawkins (GBR) 45
3Edward Amoore (GBR) 45

Small bore rifle, teams

PosAthlete
1(GBR) 771
Michael Matthews, Harold Humby, William Pimm, Edward Amoore
2(SWE) 737
Wilhelm Carlberg, Eric Carlberg, Johan Hübner von Holst, Frans Albert Schartau
3(FRA) 710
Paul Colas, André Regaud, Léon Lecuyer, Henri Bonnéfoy

Rapid fire pistol

PosAthlete
1Paul van Asbroeck (BEL) 490
2Réginald Storms (BEL) 487
3James Gorman (USA) 485

Rapid fire pistol, teams

PosAthlete
1(USA) 1914
James Gorman, Ira Calkins, John Dietz, Charles Axtell
2(BEL) 1863
Paul van Asbroeck, Réginald Storms, Charles Paumier du Verger, René Englebert
3(GBR) 1817
Jesse Wallingford, Geoffrey Coles, Henry Lynch-Staunton, Walter Ellicot

Running dear shooting, singles shot

PosAthlete
1Oscar Swahn (SWE) 25
2Thomas Ranken (GBR) 24
3Alexander Rogers (GBR) 24

Running dear shooting, single shot, teams

PosAthlete
1(SWE) 86
Alfred Swahn, Arvid Knöppel, Oscar Swahn, Ernst Rosell
2(GBR) 85
Charles Nix, William Lane-Joynt, Walter Ellicot, Thomas Ranken
-No other teams entered

Running dear shooting, double shot

PosAthlete
1Walter Winans (USA) 46
2Thomas Ranken (GBR) 46
3Oscar Swahn (SWE) 38

Trap

PosAthlete
1Walter Ewing (CAN) 72
2George Beattie (CAN) 60
3Alexander Maunder (GBR) 57
3Anastasiou Metaxas (GRE) 57


Trap, teams

PosAthlete
1(GBR) 407
Alexander Maunder, James Pike, Charles Palmer, John Postans, Frank Moore, Philip Easte
2(CAN) 405
Walter Ewing, George Beattie, Arthur Westover, Mylie Fletcher, George Vivian, Donald McMackon
2(GBR) 372
George Whitaker, Gerald Skinner, John Butt, William Morris, Harold Creasey, Richard Hutton



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