Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000 yard free rifle

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Men's 1000 yard free rifle
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue Bisley rifle range
Date9 July
Competitors50 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Joshua Millner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Kellogg Casey US flag 45 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Maurice Blood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

The men's free rifle at 1000 yards was one of 15 events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Each shooter fired 20 shots with a rifle at the target 1,000 yards away (914 m; 0.57 mile). A bulls-eye was worth 5 points, so the maximum possible score was 100. [1] Each nation could enter up to 12 shooters. [2]

Results

PlaceShooterScore
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Joshua Millner  (GBR)98
2US flag 45 stars.svg  Kellogg Casey  (USA)93
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Maurice Blood  (GBR)92
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Richard Barnett  (GBR)92
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ted Ranken  (GBR)92
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Thomas Caldwell  (GBR)91
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  John Sellars  (GBR)91
Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Harry Kerr  (CAN)91
9Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Charles Crowe  (CAN)90
Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Fred Utton  (CAN)90
11Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Sydney Brown  (CAN)89
US flag 45 stars.svg  William Leushner  (USA)89
13US flag 45 stars.svg  Charles Benedict  (USA)88
US flag 45 stars.svg  Ivan Eastman  (USA)88
US flag 45 stars.svg  Charles Jeffers  (USA)88
16Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Thomas Fremantle  (GBR)87
Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Dugald McInnes  (CAN)87
US flag 45 stars.svg  Charles Winder  (USA)87
19Flag of France.svg  Raoul de Boigne  (FRA)86
Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Frank Morris  (CAN)86
US flag 45 stars.svg  Harry Simon  (USA)86
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Percy Whitehead  (GBR)86
23Flag of France.svg  André Angelini  (FRA)85
24US flag 45 stars.svg  Edward Green  (USA)84
US flag 45 stars.svg  John Hession  (USA)84
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  John Hopton  (GBR)84
27Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  James Freeborn  (CAN)83
28Flag of Norway.svg  Jørgen Bru  (NOR)82
Flag of France.svg  Paul Colas  (FRA)82
Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Thomas Elmitt  (CAN)82
Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  James Jones  (CAN)82
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alexander Rogers  (GBR)82
33Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Alexander Martin  (CAN)79
34Flag of Sweden.svg  Ossian Jörgensen  (SWE)77
35Flag of France.svg  Léon Hecht  (FRA)75
Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  George Rowe  (CAN)75
37Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  James Steele  (CAN)74
38Flag of France.svg  Daniel Mérillon  (FRA)69
39Flag of France.svg  Léon Moreaux  (FRA)67
40Flag of Norway.svg  Georg Erdmann  (NOR)61
41Flag of Norway.svg  Asmund Enger  (NOR)58
Flag of Norway.svg  Kolbjørn Kvam  (NOR)58
43Flag of Sweden.svg  Erik Ohlsson  (SWE)54
44Flag of Sweden.svg  Fredrik Mossberg  (SWE)48
45Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Alexandros Theofilakis  (GRE)30
46Flag of Sweden.svg  Ernst Rosell  (SWE)27
47Flag of Norway.svg  Mathias Glomnes  (NOR)26
48Flag of France.svg  Léon Tétart  (FRA)21
49Flag of the German Empire.svg  Ernst Wagner-Hohenlobbese  (GER)12
50Flag of Norway.svg  Olivius Skymoen  (NOR)DNF

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References

  1. "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, 1,000 Yards". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. Official Report, p. 37.

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