Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Shooting
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Entree du stand de tir a l'arbalette, a Vincennes, pour l'exposition universelle de 1900.jpg
Entrance to the target stand
Venue Satory
Dates15 July – 5 August
No. of events9 (9 men, 0 women)
Competitors72 from 8 nations
  1896
1908  

At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, many shooting events were featured within the concurrent 1900 Exposition Universelle, but only eight events currently are considered as "Olympic" by IOC. Before July 2021 the International Olympic Committee has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not. [1] The competitions were held from 3 August to 5 August and took place at the military sporting complex in Satory and at Boulogne-Billancourt. [2] 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. [2]

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 metre free pistol, individual
details
Karl Röderer
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Achille Paroche
Flag of France.svg  France
Konrad Stäheli
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
50 metre free pistol, team
details
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)
Friedrich Lüthi
Paul Probst
Louis Richardet
Karl Röderer
Konrad Stäheli
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Louis Dutfoy
Maurice Lecoq
Léon Moreaux
Achille Paroche
Jules Trinité
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Solko van den Bergh
Antonius Bouwens
Dirk Boest Gips
Henrik Sillem
Anthony Sweijs
300 metre free rifle, standing
details
Lars Jørgen Madsen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Ole Østmo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Charles Paumier
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
300 metre free rifle, kneeling
details
Konrad Stäheli
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Emil Kellenberger
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland

Anders Peter Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark

None awarded
300 metre free rifle, prone
details
Achille Paroche
Flag of France.svg  France
Anders Peter Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Ole Østmo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
300 metre free rifle, 3 positions
details
Emil Kellenberger
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Anders Peter Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Paul Van Asbroeck
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

Ole Østmo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

300 metre free rifle, team
details
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)
Franz Böckli
Alfred Grütter
Emil Kellenberger
Louis Richardet
Konrad Stäheli
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
Olaf Frydenlund
Helmer Hermandsen
Ole Østmo
Ole Sæther
Tom Seeberg
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Auguste Cavadini
Maurice Lecoq
Léon Moreaux
Achille Paroche
René Thomas
Trap
details [3]
Roger de Barbarin
Flag of France.svg  France
René Guyot
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Justinien de Clary
Flag of France.svg  France

Event that currently is not considered as "Olympic" by IOC.

EventGoldSilverBronze
20 metre rapid fire pistol (professionals)
details
Maurice Larrouy
Flag of France.svg  France
Léon Moreaux
Flag of France.svg  France
Eugène Balme
Flag of France.svg  France

Excluded events

Contestants in the live pigeon shoot: Maurice Faure (France), Leon de Lunden (Belgium), Donald Mackintosh (Australia) Maurice Faure, Leon de Lunden & Donald Mackintosh.jpg
Contestants in the live pigeon shoot: Maurice Fauré (France), Léon de Lunden (Belgium), Donald Mackintosh (Australia)

Competitors in these events had to kill as many live pigeons 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 Francs was awarded to the winners, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings. [4] 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 pigeons. [5] The following results are not included in the IOC Olympic results list:

Live pigeon shooting – 20 franc entrance fee

PlaceAthletePigeons
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Donald Mackintosh  (AUS)22
2Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Pedro José Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós  (ESP)21
3US flag 45 stars.svg  Edgar Murphy  (USA) [6] 19

Live pigeon shooting – 200 franc entrance fee

PlaceAthletePigeons
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Léon de Lunden  (BEL)21
2Flag of France.svg  Maurice Fauré  (FRA)20
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Donald Mackintosh  (AUS)18
US flag 45 stars.svg  Crittenden Robinson  (USA)18

Running game target

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of France.svg  Louis Debray  (FRA)20
Flag of France.svg  Pierre Nivet  (FRA)20
3Flag of France.svg  Comte de Lambert  (FRA)19

Participating nations

A total of 72 shooters from 8 nations competed at the Paris Games:[ citation needed ]

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 [7] and is not included in the table below.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)5117
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2226
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)1304
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0224
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0123
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0011
Totals (6 entries)89825

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References

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