Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 meter running deer, single shots

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Men's 100 meter running deer, single shots
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Hoogboom Military Camp
Date27 July
Competitors12 from 4 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Otto Olsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Alfred Swahn Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Harald Natvig Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  1912
1924  

The 100 meter running deer, single shots was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance for the event. The competition was held on 27 July 1920. 12 shooters from 4 nations competed. [1]

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Results

PlaceShooterTotalShoot-off
1Flag of Norway.svg  Otto Olsen  (NOR)43
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Alfred Swahn  (SWE)4120
3Flag of Norway.svg  Harald Natvig  (NOR)4119
4Flag of Finland.svg  Yrjö Kolho  (FIN)40
5Flag of Finland.svg  Toivo Tikkanen  (FIN)40
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Fredric Landelius  (SWE)39
7US flag 48 stars.svg  Lawrence Nuesslein  (USA)38
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Oscar Swahn  (SWE)37
-US flag 48 stars.svg  Willis A. Lee  (USA)33
US flag 48 stars.svg  Thomas Brown  (USA)33
US flag 48 stars.svg  Joseph Jackson  (USA)30
US flag 48 stars.svg  Lloyd Spooner  (USA)30

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References

  1. "Shooting at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2014.