Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's moving target small-bore rifle
Sports shooting at the Olympics
| Men's moving target small-bore rifle at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Bisley rifle range | ||||||||||||
| Date | 11 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's moving target small-bore rifle was one of 15 events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1] Regulation of the equipment used in the event was done through allowing the use of .22 LR or .297/.230 caliber ammunition. Magnifying and telescopic sights were prohibited.[2] The target used was a three-quarter length silhouette, 10 cm (4 in) high and 3.8 cm (1.5 in) wide. It would appear at a distance of 23 m (25 yd), moving across a 3 m (10 ft) range over the course of 4 seconds. A hit on the upper two-thirds of the figure counted for 3 points, while any other hit counted for 1 point. 15 shots were fired per competitor. The maximum score was thus 45 points. Each nation could enter up to 12 shooters.[2]
Results
| Place | Shooter | Score |
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| 1 |  John Fleming (GBR) | 24 |
| 2 | Maurice Matthews (GBR) | 24 |
| 3 | William Marsden (GBR) | 24 |
| 4 | Edward Newitt (GBR) | 24 |
| 5 | Philip Plater (GBR) | 22 |
| 6 | William Pimm (GBR) | 21 |
| 7 | William Milne (GBR) | 21 |
| 8 |  Otto von Rosen (SWE) | 18 |
| 9 | William Styles (GBR) | 17 |
| 10 |  Léon Johnson (FRA) | 13 |
| Arthur Wilde (GBR) | 13 | |
 Walter W. Winans (USA) | 13 | |
| 13 | James Milne (GBR) | 12 |
| 14 | André Mercier (FRA) | 10 |
| 15 | Eric Carlberg (SWE) | 9 |
| Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE) | 9 | |
| Johan Hübner von Holst (SWE) | 9 | |
| Léon Tétart (FRA) | 9 | |
| 19 | Edward Amoore (GBR) | 3 |
| Harold Hawkins (GBR) | 3 | |
| — |  William Hill (ANZ) | Did not finish |
| Franz-Albert Schartau (SWE) | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Moving Target, 25 yards". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ a b Official Report, p. 38.
Sources
- 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.
