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{{short description|Sports shooting at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event       = Shooting
| games       = 1900 Summer
| image = Entrée du stand de tir à l'arbalette, à Vincennes, pour l'exposition universelle de 1900.jpg
| caption = Entrance to the target stand
| venue       = [[Satory]]
| dates       = 15 July – 5 August
| num_events  = 9 (9 men, 0 women)
| competitors = 72
| nations     = 8
| prev        = [[Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics|1896]]
| next        = [[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]]
}}
{{ShootingAt1900SummerOlympics}}

At the [[1900 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, many [[Shooting sports|shooting]] events were featured within the concurrent [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|1900 Exposition Universelle]], but only eight events currently are considered as "Olympic" by [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]]. Before July 2021 the [[International Olympic Committee]] has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not.<ref name="KLWT">{{cite book|first1=Karl|last1=Lennartz|first2=Walter|last2=Teutenberg|title=Olympische Spiele 1900 in Paris|publisher=Agon-Sportverlag|location=Kassel, Germany|year=1995|page=147|isbn=3-928562-20-7|quote=In many works, it is read that the IOC later met to decide which events were Olympic and which were not. This is not correct and no decision has ever been made. No discussion of this item can be found in the account of any Session.}}</ref> The competitions were held from 3 August to 5 August and took place at the military sporting complex in [[Satory]] and at [[Boulogne-Billancourt]]. <ref name="Mallon">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=inAwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 | author = Mallon, Bill | year = 1998 | title = The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc. | location = Jefferson, North Carolina | isbn = 978-0-7864-4064-1}}</ref> According to Olympic historian [[Bill Mallon]], one of these nine shooting events (20 metre military pistol) was an event for professionals with prize money and therefore does not meet inclusion criteria for 1900 Olympic Games events.<ref name="Mallon"/>

==Medal summary==

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
| 50 metre free pistol, individual<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre free pistol}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Karl Röderer]]|SUI|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Achille Paroche]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Konrad Stäheli]]|SUI|1900 Summer}}
|-
| 50 metre free pistol, team<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre free pistol, team}}
| {{flagIOCteam|SUI|1900 Summer}}<br />[[Friedrich Lüthi]]<br />[[Paul Probst (sport shooter)|Paul Probst]]<br />[[Louis Richardet]]<br />[[Karl Röderer]]<br />[[Konrad Stäheli]]
| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1900 Summer}}<br />[[Louis Dutfoy]]<br />[[Maurice Lecoq]]<br /> [[Léon Moreaux]]<br />[[Achille Paroche]]<br />[[Jules Trinité]]
| {{flagIOCteam|NED|1900 Summer}}<br />[[Solko van den Bergh]]<br />[[Antonius Bouwens]]<br />[[Dirk Boest Gips]]<br />[[Henrik Sillem]]<br />[[Anthony Sweijs]]
|-
| 300 metre free rifle, standing<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, standing}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lars Jørgen Madsen]]|DEN|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ole Østmo]]|NOR|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Charles Paumier]]|BEL|1900 Summer}}
|-
| 300 metre free rifle, kneeling<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Konrad Stäheli]]|SUI|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Emil Kellenberger]]|SUI|1900 Summer}}
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{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anders Peter Nielsen]]|DEN|1900 Summer}}
|align=center| ''None awarded''
|-
| 300 metre free rifle, prone<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, prone}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Achille Paroche]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anders Peter Nielsen]]|DEN|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ole Østmo]]|NOR|1900 Summer}}
|-
| 300 metre free rifle, 3 positions<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Emil Kellenberger]]|SUI|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anders Peter Nielsen]]|DEN|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Paul Van Asbroeck]]|BEL|1900 Summer}}
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{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ole Østmo]]|NOR|1900 Summer}}
|-
| 300 metre free rifle, team<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, team}}
| {{flagIOCteam|SUI|1900 Summer}}<br />[[Franz Böckli]]<br />[[Alfred Grütter]]<br />[[Emil Kellenberger]]<br />[[Louis Richardet]]<br />[[Konrad Stäheli]]
| {{flagIOCteam|NOR|1900 Summer}}<br />[[Olaf Frydenlund]]<br />[[Helmer Hermandsen]]<br />[[Ole Østmo]]<br />[[Ole Sæther]]<br />[[Tom Seeberg]]
| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1900 Summer}}<br />[[Auguste Cavadini]]<br />[[Maurice Lecoq]]<br />[[Léon Moreaux]]<br />[[Achille Paroche]]<br />[[René Thomas (shooter)|René Thomas]]
|-
| Trap <br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's trap}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Paris 1900 - Shooting - Trap 125 Targets Men Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-1900/results/shooting/trap-125-targets-men|website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Roger de Barbarin]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[René Guyot]]|BEL|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Justinien de Clary]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|}

Event that currently is not considered as "Olympic" by [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]].
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
| 20 metre rapid fire pistol (professionals)<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 metre rapid fire pistol}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Maurice Larrouy (sport shooter)|Maurice Larrouy]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Léon Moreaux]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Eugène Balme]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|}

==Excluded events==
[[File:Maurice Faure, Léon de Lunden & Donald Mackintosh.jpg|thumb|right|Contestants in the live pigeon shoot: [[Maurice Fauré]] (France), [[Léon de Lunden]] (Belgium), [[Donald Mackintosh (shooter)|Donald Mackintosh]] (Australia)]]
Competitors in these events had to kill as many live [[pigeon]]s as possible. Birds were released one at a time from 'traps' in front of the shooters; winners were determined by whoever shot the most birds out of the sky. A shooter was eliminated once they missed two birds. Nearly 300 birds were killed. A prize purse of up to 20,000 [[Franc]]s was awarded to the winners, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topendsports.com/events/discontinued/pigeonshooting.htm|title=Live Pigeon Shooting|publisher=Topend Sports Network|access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref> This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. [[Animal rights]] campaigns were mounted to stop live shooting; in 1902 bans came into force in the United States leading to the introduction of [[clay pigeon shooting|clay pigeons]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Tim|title=Sport: Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know|publisher=Random House|year=2012|ISBN=978-1-4090-7810-4}}</ref> The following results are not included in the IOC Olympic results list:

'''Live pigeon shooting – 20 franc entrance fee'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Place || Athlete || Pigeons
|-
|align=center| 1 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Donald Mackintosh (shooter)|Donald Mackintosh]]|AUS|1900 Summer}} ||align=center|22
|-
|align=center| 2 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Pedro Pidal, 1st Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias|Pedro José Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós]]|ESP|1900 Summer}} ||align=center|21
|-
|align=center| 3 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Edgar Murphy (sport shooter)|Edgar Murphy]]|USA|1900 Summer}}<ref>[https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll17/id/42872/rec/34 The Sporting Life, June 30, 1900, p. 16]</ref> ||align=center|19
|}

'''Live pigeon shooting – 200 franc entrance fee'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Place || Athlete || Pigeons
|-
|align=center| 1 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Léon de Lunden]]|BEL|1900 Summer}} ||align=center|21
|-
|align=center| 2 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Maurice Fauré]]|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||align=center|20
|-
|align=center rowspan=2| 3 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Donald Mackintosh (shooter)|Donald Mackintosh]]|AUS|1900 Summer}} ||align=center|18
|-
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Crittenden Robinson]]|USA|1900 Summer}} ||align=center| 18
|}

'''Running game target'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Place || Athlete || Time
|-
|align=center rowspan=2| 1 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Louis Debray]]|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||align=center|20
|-
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Pierre Nivet]]|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||align=center|20
|-
|align=center| 3 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Comte de Lambert]]|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||align=center|19
|}

==Participating nations==
A total of 72 shooters from 8 nations competed at the Paris Games:{{cn|date=August 2024}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1900 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|DEN|1900 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer|37}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1900 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|1900 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1900 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|ROU|1900 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1900 Summer|8}}

==Medal table==
20 metre military pistol event was an event for professionals with prize money. All three medals in this event were won by the French. It is not included in the IOC website's list of medal results<ref name="oly2">{{cite web|title=Paris 1900 Shooting Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-1900/results/shooting |website=Olympics.com|access-date=2021-08-02}}</ref> and is not included in the table below.
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_text = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOCteam
 | event          = 1900 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_SUI = 5 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 1
 | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 2
 | gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 3 | bronze_DEN = 0
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 2 | bronze_NOR = 2
 | gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 2
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* [http://olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee] medal winners database
* {{cite book|last=De Wael|first=Herman|title=Herman's Full Olympians: Shooting 1900|url=http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/sho1900.html}}  Retrieved 2 March 2006.
* {{cite book | author = Mallon, Bill | year = 1998 | title = The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | location = Jefferson, North Carolina | isbn = 0-7864-0378-0 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/1900olympicgames00mall }}

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