Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 18 events in shooting were contested.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
30 m rapid fire pistol
 Alfred Lane (USA)  Paul Palén (SWE)  Johan Hübner von Holst (SWE)
30 m rapid fire pistol, team
 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
 Alfred Lane (USA)  Peter Dolfen (USA)  Charles Stewart (GBR)
50 m free pistol, team
 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
 Frederick Hird (USA)  William Milne (GBR)  Henry Burt (GBR)
300 metre free rifle, team
 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
 Paul Colas (FRA)  Lars Jørgen Madsen (DEN)  Niels Larsen (DEN)
600 m free rifle
 Paul Colas (FRA)  Carl Osburn (USA)  John Jackson (USA)
300 m military rifle, three positions
 Sándor Prokopp (HUN)  Carl Osburn (USA)  Engebret Skogen (NOR)
Team military rifle
 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
Vilhelm Carlberg
 Sweden
Johan Hübner von Holst
 Sweden
Gideon Ericsson
 Sweden
25 m team small-bore rifle
 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
 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
Alfred Swahn
 Sweden
Åke Lundeberg
 Sweden
Nestori Toivonen
 Finland
100 m running deer, double shots
Åke Lundeberg
 Sweden
Edward Benedicks
 Sweden
Oscar Swahn
 Sweden
100 m team running deer, single shots
 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
James Graham
 United States
Alfred Goeldel
 Germany
Harry Blau
 Russian Empire
Trap, team
 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:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden (SWE)76417
2 United States (USA)74314
3 France (FRA)2002
4 Great Britain (GBR)1449
5 Hungary (HUN)1001
6 Denmark (DEN)0123
7 Germany (GER)0112
 Norway (NOR)0112
 Russia (RUS)0112
10 Finland (FIN)0022
Totals (10 entries)18181854

References

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

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