Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.[1]
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| Rifle | |
| 1000 yard free rifle | men |
| 300 m free rifle | men |
| Team free rifle | men |
| Team military rifle | men |
| Stationary target small-bore rifle | men |
| Moving target small-bore rifle | men |
| Disappearing target small-bore rifle | men |
| Team small-bore rifle | men |
| Pistol | |
| Individual pistol | men |
| Team pistol | men |
| Shotgun | |
| Individual trap | men |
| Team trap | men |
| Running deer | |
| Single-shot running deer | men |
| Double-shot running deer | men |
| Team single-shot running deer | men |
Medal summary
[edit]Participating nations
[edit]A total of 215 shooters from 14 nations competed at the London Games:[1]
Australasia (1)
Belgium (10)
Canada (22)
Denmark (10)
Finland (9)
France (20)
Germany (1)
Great Britain (67)
Greece (7)
Hungary (2)
Netherlands (17)
Norway (13)
Sweden (19)
United States (17)
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Norway (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
Late arrival of the Russian team
[edit]Some sources claim that the Russian shooting team was 13 days late to the Olympics due to the Russian Empire still using the Julian calendar as opposed to the rest of Europe, which used the Gregorian system.[3] The official report does not mention Russia, and it does mention Italy and Australia as "absent".[4] Other authors doubt of this claim , and underlie that Russia had been living next to Gregorian-calendar Europe for two centuries and was used to the difference [5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ^ Metaxas is generally credited with a bronze medal; no tie-breaker was held. The 1908 official report at p. 280 lists Metaxas as having tied with Maunder and assigns bronze medals to each. However, Metaxas does not appear in the IOC medal database, which lists only Maunder as sole bronze medalist. Some sources follow this database.
- ^ Keown, Eric (1949). Lemon, Mark (ed.). "[unknown]". Punch. 217: 35. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Official Report 1908 page 295". digital.la84.org. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ "Was Russia really late for the Olympics in 1908? (It won medals anyway!)". www.rbth.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
References
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- 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 12 May 2006.
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