Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team single-shot running deer

Sports shooting at the Olympics

Men's team single-shot running deer
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueBisley rifle range
Date10 July
Competitors8 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arvid Knöppel, Ernst Rosell, Alfred Swahn, Oscar Swahn
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) William Ellicott, William Russell Lane-Joynt, Charles Nix, Ted Ranken
 Great Britain
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The men's team single-shot 100 meter running deer competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1] Teams consisted of four shooters. A deer-shaped target made 10 runs of 75 feet (23 meters), with the shooter firing one shot during each run. The runs lasted about 4 seconds each and took place 110 yards (100 meters) distant from the shooter. There were three concentric circles on the target, with the smallest counting for 4 points, the middle for 3, and the outermost for 2. A hit outside the circles but still on the target (except on the haunch) counted for 1 point. The maximum possible score was thus 40 points per shooter, or 160 for the team.

Only 2 teams competed.

Results

Place Nation Shooter Score
1  Sweden (SWE) Team total 86
Alfred Swahn 26
Arvid Knöppel 22
Oscar Swahn 21
Ernst Rosell 17
2  Great Britain (GBR) Team total 85
Charles Nix 27
William Russell Lane-Joynt 22
William Ellicott 18
Ted Ranken 18

References

  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot, Team". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2014.

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 11 May 2006.