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{{Short description|Sports shooting at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event       = Shooting
| games       = 1908 Summer
| image       = Shooting pictogram.svg
| image_size  = 100px
| venue       = [[National Shooting Centre|Bisley Ranges]] (rifle & pistol)<br/>[[Uxendon Shooting School Club|Uxendon]] (shotgun)
| dates       = 8 – 11 July 1908
| competitors = 215
| nations     = 14
| num_events  = 15
| prev        = [[Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]]
| next        = [[Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]]
}}
[[ISSF shooting events|Shooting]] at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]] saw fifteen [[Shooting sport|shooting]] events.  Most of the events were held at [[Bisley, Surrey]] while the trap shooting events were held at [[Uxendon Shooting School Club|Uxendon]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/SHO/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050309/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/SHO/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games |access-date=2014-02-05 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>

{{ShootingAt1908SummerOlympics}}

==Competition schedule==
{{Olympic schedule legend|sport=shooting}}
{| class="wikitable olympic-schedule shooting"
|+Schedule
! Event ↓ / Date → || colspan=3 | Wed 8|| colspan=3 | Thu 9|| colspan=3 | Fri 10|| colspan=3 | Sat 11 
|-
| colspan=21 class="event"|'''Rifle'''
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000 yard free rifle|Men's 1000 yd free rifle]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F  || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 |
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions|Men's 300 m free rifle, 3 positions]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, team|Men's 300 m free rifle, team]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F  || colspan=3 class="final"|F || colspan=3 |
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's military rifle, team|Men's military rifle, team]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F || colspan=3 class="final"|F
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's stationary target small-bore rifle|Men's stationary target small-bore rifle]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's moving target small-bore rifle|Men's moving target small-bore rifle]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle|Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team small-bore rifle|Men's team small-bore rifle]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F
|-
| colspan=21 class="event"|'''Pistol'''
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard pistol|Men's 50 yd pistol]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F || colspan=3 |
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard team pistol|Men's 50 yard team pistol]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F
|-
| colspan=21 class="event"|'''Shotgun'''
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's trap|Men's trap]] || colspan=3 class="qualifiers"|Q || colspan=3 class="qualifiers"|Q || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F 
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team trap|Men's team trap]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="qualifiers"|Q || colspan=3 class="qualifiers"|Q  || colspan=3 class="final"|F 
|-
| colspan=21 class="event"|'''Running deer'''
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's single-shot running deer|Men's single-shot running deer]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F  || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 |
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's double-shot running deer|Men's double-shot running deer]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F  || colspan=3 class="final"|F || colspan=3 |
|-
| class="event"|[[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team single-shot running deer|Men's team single-shot running deer]] || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 class="final"|F || colspan=3 |
|-
|}

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

===Medal table===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = GBR
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 1908 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_GBR = 6 | silver_GBR = 7 | bronze_GBR = 8| host_GBR = true
 | gold_USA = 3 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 1
 | gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_NOR = 2 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1
 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 1
 | gold_BEL = 1 | silver_BEL = 2 | bronze_BEL = 0
 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 2
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 1
}}

===Events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
| 1000 yd free rifle<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000 yard free rifle}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Joshua Millner]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Kellogg Casey]]|USA|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Maurice Blood]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|-
| 300 m free rifle, three positions<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Albert Helgerud]]|NOR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Harry Simon (sport shooter)|Harry Simon]]|USA|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Ole Sæther]]|NOR|1908 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| 300 m  free rifle, team<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, team}}
| {{flagIOCteam|NOR|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Julius Braathe]]<br />[[Albert Helgerud]]<br />[[Einar Liberg]]<br />[[Olaf Sæther]]<br />[[Ole Sæther]]<br />[[Gudbrand Skatteboe]]
| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Per-Olof Arvidsson]]<br />[[Janne Gustafsson]]<br />[[Axel Jansson]]<br />[[Gustaf Adolf Jonsson]]<br />[[Claës Rundberg]]<br />[[Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg]]
| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Eugène Balme]]<br />[[Raoul de Boigne]]<br />[[Albert Courquin (sport shooter)|Albert Courquin]]<br />[[Léon Johnson]]<br />[[Maurice Lecoq]]<br />[[André Parmentier (sport shooter)|André Parmentier]]
|-valign="top"
| Team military rifle<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's military rifle, team}}
| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Charles Benedict (sport shooter)|Charles Benedict]]<br />[[Kellogg Casey]]<br />[[Ivan Eastman]]<br />[[William Leuschner]]<br />[[William Martin (sport shooter)|William Martin]]<br />[[Charles Winder]]
| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Arthur Fulton (sport shooter)|Arthur Fulton]]<br />[[John Martin (sport shooter)|John Martin]]<br />[[Harcourt Ommundsen]]<br />[[Walter Padgett]]<br />[[Philip Richardson]]<br />[[Fleetwood Varley]]
| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Charles Crowe]]<br />[[William Eastcott]]<br />[[Harry Kerr (sport shooter)|Harry Kerr]]<br />[[Dugald McInnis]]<br />[[William Smith (sport shooter)|William Smith]]<br />[[Bertram Williams (sport shooter)|Bertram Williams]]
|-
| Stationary target small-bore rifle<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's stationary target small-bore rifle}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Arthur Carnell]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Harold Humby]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[George Barnes (sport shooter)|George Barnes]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|-
| Moving target small-bore rifle<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's moving target small-bore rifle}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[John Fleming (sport shooter)|John Fleming]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Maurice Matthews]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[William Marsden (sport shooter)|William Marsden]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|-
| Disappearing target small-bore rifle<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[William Styles]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Harold Hawkins (sport shooter)|Harold Hawkins]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Edward Amoore]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| Team small-bore rifle<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team small-bore rifle}}
| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Edward Amoore]]<br />[[Harold Humby]]<br />[[Maurice Matthews]]<br />[[William Pimm]]
| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Eric Carlberg]]<br />[[Vilhelm Carlberg]]<br />[[Johan Hübner von Holst]]<br />[[Franz-Albert Schartau]]
| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Henri Bonnefoy]]<br />[[Paul Colas]]<br />[[Léon Lécuyer]]<br />[[André Regaud]]
|-
| Single-shot running deer<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's single-shot running deer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Oscar Swahn]]|SWE|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Ted Ranken]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Alexander Rogers (sport shooter)|Alexander Rogers]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|-
| Double-shot running deer<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's double-shot running deer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Walter Winans]]|USA|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Ted Ranken]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Oscar Swahn]]|SWE|1908 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| Team single-shot running deer<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team single-shot running deer}}
| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Arvid Knöppel (sport shooter)|Arvid Knöppel]]<br />[[Ernst Rosell]]<br />[[Alfred Swahn]]<br />[[Oscar Swahn]]
| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br />[[William Ellicott]]<br />[[William Russell Lane-Joynt]]<br />[[Charles Nix]]<br />[[Ted Ranken]]
| none awarded
|-
| Individual pistol<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard free pistol}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Paul Van Asbroeck]]|BEL|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Réginald Storms]]|BEL|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[James Gorman (sport shooter)|James Gorman]]|USA|1908 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| Team pistol<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard free pistol, team}}
| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Charles Axtell]]<br />[[Irving Calkins]]<br />[[John Dietz]]<br />[[James Gorman (sport shooter)|James Gorman]]
| {{flagIOCteam|BEL|1908 Summer}}<br />[[René Englebert]]<br />[[Charles Paumier du Verger]]<br />[[Réginald Storms]]<br />[[Paul Van Asbroeck]]
| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Geoffrey Coles]]<br />[[William Ellicott]]<br />[[Henry Lynch-Staunton]]<br />[[Jesse Wallingford]]
|-
| Individual trap shooting<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's trap}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Walter Ewing]]|CAN|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[George Beattie (shooter)|George Beattie]]|CAN|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Alexander Maunder]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} <br /> {{flagIOCathlete|[[Anastasios Metaxas]]|GRE|1908 Summer}}<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>
|-valign="top"
| Team trap shooting<br />{{DetailsLink|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's trap, team}}
| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br />[[Percy Easte]]<br />[[Alexander Maunder]]<br />[[Frederic Moore (sport shooter)|Frederic Moore]]<br />[[Charles Palmer (sport shooter)|Charles Palmer]]<br />[[John Pike (sport shooter)|John Pike]]<br />[[John Postans]]
| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1908 Summer}}<br />[[George Beattie (shooter)|George Beattie]]<br />[[Walter Ewing]]<br />[[Mylie Fletcher]]<br />[[David McMackon]]<br />[[George Vivian (sport shooter)|George Vivian]]<br />[[Arthur Westover]]
| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br />[[John Butt (sport shooter)|John Butt]]<br />[[Henry Creasey]]<br />[[Bob Hutton]]<br />[[William Morris (British sport shooter)|William Morris]]<br />[[George Skinner (sport shooter)|George Skinner]]<br />[[George Whitaker (sport shooter)|George Whitaker]]
|}

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

* {{flagIOC|ANZ|1908 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1908 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1908 Summer|22}}
* {{flagIOC|DEN|1908 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1908 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1908 Summer|20}}
* {{flagIOC|GER|1908 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer|67}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1908 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1908 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|1908 Summer|17}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1908 Summer|13}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1908 Summer|19}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1908 Summer|17}}

== 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 calendar|Gregorian system]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Keown |first1=Eric |editor1-last=Lemon |editor1-first=Mark |journal=Punch |date=1949 |volume=217 |page=35|title=[unknown]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urkSAAAAIAAJ&q=%221908+the+Russian+team+arrived+several+days+late+for+the+Olympic+Games%22 |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref> 
The official report does not mention Russia, and it does mention Italy and Australia as "absent".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Report 1908 page 295|url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/8511/rec/6|access-date=2022-01-27|website=digital.la84.org|language=en}}</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>{{Cite web|title=Was Russia really late for the Olympics in 1908? (It won medals anyway!)|url=https://www.rbth.com/history/331074-russia-late-for-olympics-1908/amp|access-date=2022-01-27|website=www.rbth.com}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Commons category|Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}
* {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
* {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/sho1908.html | title = Shooting 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | access-date = 12 May 2006}}

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