Military patrol at the 1924 Winter Olympics
At the 1924 Winter Olympics, in Chamonix, France, a military patrol competition was held. The Olympic results database<ref name=IOC1924Biathlon/> lists the official medal winners for the event, as does the Official Report (1924),<ref name=OffRep1924MilPat01/><ref name=OffRep1924MilPat02/><ref name=OffRep1924MilPat03>Official Report (1924), pp 701-703: EPREUVE No 139 SKI MILITAIRE (Event Number 139 Military Ski). This gives both the rules and the results of the competition. (Note: It is event Number 139 of the combined Winter and Summer Games, but event Number 12 on the programme of the Winter Games).</ref> yet several sources have incorrectly counted this competition as a demonstration event only.<ref name=OffRep1924Demos01>Official Report (1924), pp 618-628: Les démonstrations hors~programme (Demonstrations outside the official programme). This gives a complete account of the demonstration sports. Military Patrol is not among them.</ref> The event was also demonstrated in 1928, 1936, and 1948, but those results are still considered unofficial. A full 36 years would pass before the modern version of the sport, biathlon, became an official Winter Olympic sport. The official website of the IOC now treats Men's Military Patrol at the 1924 Games as a separate discipline, without mixing it with the sports of Skiing or Biathlon.<ref name=IOC1924AllSports>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=IOC1924Biathlon>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, the 1924 Official Report treats it as an event within the sport of skiing.<ref name=OffRep1924MilPat01>Official Report (1924), p 646: Le Programme ... II. — Epreuves par équipes - 12. Ski : Course militaire (20 à 30 kilomètres, avec tir). (The Programme ... II. — Team events - 12. Skiing : Military Race (20 to 30 kilometres, with shooting)).</ref><ref name=OffRep1924MilPat02>Official Report (1924), p 664: CONCOURS DE SKI - Jurys - COURSE MILITAIRE. (Skiing Competitions - Juries - Military Race)</ref>
The competition was held on Tuesday, January 29, 1924. Each team had 4 people and the distance was 25 km. The targets were balloons at 150m. Six teams started the event, but only four finished with Italy and Poland withdrawing due to bad conditions.
Results
| Place | Biathletes | Adjusted Time Template:Refn | Shots On Target |
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| Template:Gold01 | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 3:56:06 | 8 |
| Template:Silver02 | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 4:00:10 | 11 |
| Template:Bronze03 | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 4:18:53 | 2 |
| 4 | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 4:19:54 | 5 |
| — | Template:FlagIOCathlete | DNF | |
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Participating nations
A total of 24 biathletes from six nations competed at the Chamonix Games:
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Medal table
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References
Bibliography
- Official Report (1924) of both Summer and Winter games: Template:Cite book
External links
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