Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 18 events in shooting were contested.^[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
30 m rapid fire pistol details	Alfred Lane (USA)	Paul Palén (SWE)	Johan Hübner von Holst (SWE)
30 m rapid fire pistol, team details	Sweden (SWE) Eric Carlberg Vilhelm Carlberg Johan Hübner von Holst Paul Palén	Russian Empire (RU1) Amos Kash Nikolai Melnitsky Grigori Panteleimonov Pavel Voyloshnikov	Great Britain (GBR) Hugh Durant Albert Kempster Horatio Poulter Charles Stewart
50 m free pistol, individual details	Alfred Lane (USA)	Peter Dolfen (USA)	Charles Stewart (GBR)
50 m free pistol, team details	United States (USA) John Dietz Peter Dolfen Alfred Lane Harry Sears	Sweden (SWE) Erik Boström Eric Carlberg Vilhelm Carlberg Georg de Laval	Great Britain (GBR) Hugh Durant Albert Kempster Horatio Poulter Charles Stewart
50 m rifle, prone details	Frederick Hird (USA)	William Milne (GBR)	Henry Burt (GBR)
300 metre free rifle, team details	Sweden (SWE) Carl Björkman Erik Blomqvist Mauritz Eriksson Hugo Johansson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Bernhard Larsson	Norway (NOR) Albert Helgerud Einar Liberg Østen Østensen Olaf Sæther Ole Sæther Gudbrand Skatteboe	Denmark (DEN) Niels Andersen Jens Hajslund Laurits Larsen Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Ole Olsen
300 m free rifle, three positions details	Paul Colas (FRA)	Lars Jørgen Madsen (DEN)	Niels Larsen (DEN)
600 m free rifle details	Paul Colas (FRA)	Carl Osburn (USA)	John Jackson (USA)
300 m military rifle, three positions details	Sándor Prokopp (HUN)	Carl Osburn (USA)	Engebret Skogen (NOR)
Team military rifle details	United States (USA) Harry Adams Allan Briggs Cornelius Burdette John Jackson Carl Osburn Warren Sprout	Great Britain (GBR) Henry Burr Arthur Fulton Harcourt Ommundsen Edward Parnell James Reid Edward Skilton	Sweden (SWE) Carl Björkman Tönnes Björkman Mauritz Eriksson Werner Jernström Ole Olsen Bernhard Larsson
25 m small-bore rifle details	Vilhelm Carlberg Sweden	Johan Hübner von Holst Sweden	Gideon Ericsson Sweden
25 m team small-bore rifle details	Sweden (SWE) Gustaf Boivie Eric Carlberg Vilhelm Carlberg Johan Hübner von Holst	Great Britain (GBR) William Milne Joseph Pepé William Pimm William Styles	United States (USA) Frederick Hird William Leushner William McDonnell Warren Sprout
50 m team small-bore rifle details	Great Britain (GBR) Edward Lessimore Robert Murray Joseph Pepé William Pimm	Sweden (SWE) Eric Carlberg Vilhelm Carlberg Arthur Nordenswan Ruben Örtegren	United States (USA) Frederick Hird William Leushner Carl Osburn Warren Sprout
100 m running deer, single shots details	Alfred Swahn Sweden	Åke Lundeberg Sweden	Nestori Toivonen Finland
100 m running deer, double shots details	Åke Lundeberg Sweden	Edward Benedicks Sweden	Oscar Swahn Sweden
100 m team running deer, single shots details	Sweden (SWE) Per-Olof Arvidsson Åke Lundeberg Alfred Swahn Oscar Swahn	United States (USA) William Leushner William Libbey William McDonnell Walter Winans	Finland (FIN) Axel Fredrik Londen Ernst Rosenqvist Nestori Toivonen Iivar Väänänen
Trap details	James Graham United States	Alfred Goeldel Germany	Harry Blau Russian Empire
Trap, team details	United States (USA) Charles Billings Edward Gleason James Graham Frank Hall John H. Hendrickson Ralph Spotts	Great Britain (GBR) John Butt William Grosvenor Harold Humby Alexander Maunder Charles Palmer George Whitaker	Germany (GER) Alfred Goeldel Horst Goeldel Erland Koch Albert Preuß Erich Graf von Bernstorff Franz von Zedlitz und Leipe

Participating nations

A total of 284 sport shooters from 16 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:^[1]

Austria (7)
Canada (3)
Chile (2)
Denmark (14)
Finland (19)
France (19)
Germany (11)
Great Britain (38)
Greece (9)
Hungary (10)
Netherlands (1)
Norway (28)
Russian Empire (26)
South Africa (8)
Sweden (63)
United States (26)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

References

1 2 "Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

External links

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 30 December 2006.

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Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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
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