Shooting at the Games of the V Olympiad | |
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 18 events in shooting were contested. [1]
Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
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Rifle | |
50 m rifle, prone | men |
300 m free rifle, 3 positions | men |
600 m free rifle | men |
300 m free rifle, team | men |
300 m military rifle, 3 positions | men |
Team military rifle | men |
25 m small-bore rifle | men |
25 m team small-bore rifle | men |
50 m team small-bore rifle | men |
Pistol | |
50 m pistol | men |
50 m team pistol | men |
30 m dueling pistol | men |
30 m team dueling pistol | men |
Shotgun | |
Trap | men |
Team clay pigeons | men |
Running deer | |
100 m deer, single shots | men |
100 m deer, double shots | men |
100 m team deer, single shots | men |
A total of 284 sport shooters from 16 nations competed at the Stockholm Games: [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sweden (SWE) | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
2 | United States (USA) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
5 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (10 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 22 July 1912.
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