Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

Olympic shooting event

Men's 50 metre rifle, prone
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueKaknäs
Date4 July
Competitors41 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frederick Hird  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) William Milne  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henry Burt  Great Britain
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The men's 50 metre rifle from the prone position was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Thursday, 4 July 1912.[2]

Forty-one sport shooters from nine nations competed.

Results

Place Shooter Score
1  Frederick Hird (USA) 194
2  William Milne (GBR) 193
3  Henry Burt (GBR) 192
4  Edward Lessimore (GBR) 192
5  Francis Kemp (GBR) 190
6  Robert Murray (GBR) 190
7  William Leushner (USA) 189
8  Erik Boström (SWE) 189
9  Johan Hübner von Holst (SWE) 189
10  William Pimm (GBR) 189
11  Axel Wahlstedt (SWE) 187
12  Warren Sprout (USA) 187
13  Carl Osburn (USA) 187
14  Joseph Pepé (GBR) 187
15  Fredrik Nyström (SWE) 187
16  Arthur Nordenswan (SWE) 186
17  Eric Carlberg (SWE) 186
18  William McDonnell (USA) 186
19  Ruben Örtegren (SWE) 186
20  Ernst Johansson (SWE) 185
21  Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE) 185
22  Robert Löfman (SWE) 185
23  Ed Anderson (USA) 185
24  David Griffiths (GBR) 184
25  Nikolaos Levidis (GRE) 181
26  Frants Nielsen (DEN) 180
27  William Styles (GBR) 179
28  Erik Odelberg (SWE) 179
29  László Hauler (HUN) 178
30  Arne Sunde (NOR) 176
31  Sándor Török (HUN) 174
32  Ioannis Theofilakis (GRE) 173
33  Aleksandr Dobrzhansky (RUS) 172
34  Frangiskos Mavrommatis (GRE) 172
35  Johannes Jordell (NOR) 172
36  Vladimir Potekin (RUS) 170
37  Iakovos Theofilas (GRE) 167
38  Povl Gerlow (DEN) 167
39  Gideon Ericsson (SWE) 157
40  Ragnvald Maseng (NOR) 156
41  André Regaud (FRA) 125

References

  1. ^ "Historical Results". ISSF. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Any Position, 50 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

External links

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 21 January 2007.