Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Template:Short description Template:Infobox Olympic event 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.<ref name="sports-reference">Template:Cite web</ref>

Competition schedule

Schedule

Event ↓ / Date →	Wed 8			Thu 9			Fri 10			Sat 11
Rifle
Men's 1000 yd free rifle				F
Men's 300 m free rifle, 3 positions										F
Men's 300 m free rifle, team				F			F
Men's military rifle, team							F			F
Men's stationary target small-bore rifle										F
Men's moving target small-bore rifle										F
Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle										F
Men's team small-bore rifle										F
Pistol
Men's 50 yd pistol							F
Men's 50 yard team pistol										F
Shotgun
Men's trap	Q			Q						F
Men's team trap				Q			Q			F
Running deer
Men's single-shot running deer				F
Men's double-shot running deer				F			F
Men's team single-shot running deer							F

Medal summary

A total of 45 medals were won by 8 NOC's.

Events

1000 yd free rifle Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete
300 m free rifle, three positions Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete
300 m free rifle, team Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Julius Braathe Albert Helgerud Einar Liberg Olaf Sæther Ole Sæther Gudbrand Skatteboe	Template:FlagIOCteam Per-Olof Arvidsson Janne Gustafsson Axel Jansson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Claës Rundberg Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg	Template:FlagIOCteam Eugène Balme Raoul de Boigne Albert Courquin Léon Johnson Maurice Lecoq André Parmentier
Team military rifle Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Charles Benedict Kellogg Casey Ivan Eastman William Leuschner William Martin Charles Winder	Template:FlagIOCteam Arthur Fulton John Martin Harcourt Ommundsen Walter Padgett Philip Richardson Fleetwood Varley	Template:FlagIOCteam Charles Crowe William Eastcott Harry Kerr Dugald McInnis William Smith Bertram Williams
Stationary target small-bore rifle Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete
Moving target small-bore rifle Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete
Disappearing target small-bore rifle Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete
Team small-bore rifle Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Edward Amoore Harold Humby Maurice Matthews William Pimm	Template:FlagIOCteam Eric Carlberg Vilhelm Carlberg Johan Hübner von Holst Franz-Albert Schartau	Template:FlagIOCteam Henri Bonnefoy Paul Colas Léon Lécuyer André Regaud
Single-shot running deer Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete
Double-shot running deer Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete
Team single-shot running deer Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Arvid Knöppel Ernst Rosell Alfred Swahn Oscar Swahn	Template:FlagIOCteam William Ellicott William Russell Lane-Joynt Charles Nix Ted Ranken	none awarded
Individual pistol Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete
Team pistol Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Charles Axtell Irving Calkins John Dietz James Gorman	Template:FlagIOCteam René Englebert Charles Paumier du Verger Réginald Storms Paul Van Asbroeck	Template:FlagIOCteam Geoffrey Coles William Ellicott Henry Lynch-Staunton Jesse Wallingford
Individual trap shooting Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete<ref name=Metaxas>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.</ref>
Team trap shooting Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Percy Easte Alexander Maunder Frederic Moore Charles Palmer John Pike John Postans	Template:FlagIOCteam George Beattie Walter Ewing Mylie Fletcher David McMackon George Vivian Arthur Westover	Template:FlagIOCteam John Butt Henry Creasey Bob Hutton William Morris George Skinner George Whitaker

Participating nations

A total of 215 shooters from 14 nations competed at the London Games:<ref name="sports-reference" />

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Late arrival of the Russian team

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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The official report does not mention Russia, and it does mention Italy and Australia as "absent".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Other authors doubt this claim, and note that Russia had been living next to Gregorian-calendar Europe for two centuries and was used to the difference.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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