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

Men's double-shot running deer
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueBisley rifle range
Dates9–10 July
Competitors15 from 4 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Walter Winans  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ted Ranken  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oscar Swahn  Sweden
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The men's double-shot 100 meter running deer competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1] A deer-shaped target made 10 runs of 75 feet (23 meters), with the shooter firing two shots 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 80 points. Each nation could enter up to 12 shooters.[2]

Results

Place Shooter Score
1  Walter Winans (USA) 46
2  Ted Ranken (GBR) 46
3  Oscar Swahn (SWE) 38
4  Maurice Blood (GBR) 34
5  Albert Kempster (GBR) 34
6  William Ellicott (GBR) 33
 Alexander Rogers (GBR) 33
8  Ernst Rosell (SWE) 27
9  John Bashford (GBR) 25
10  James Cowan (GBR) 24
11  Charles Nix (GBR) 22
12  Léon Tétart (FRA) 21
13  William Russell Lane-Joynt (GBR) 20
14  Maurice Robion du Pont (FRA) 18
15  Joshua Millner (GBR) 15

References

  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Double Shot". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 39.

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.