Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	Bisley rifle range
Date	11 July
Competitors	51 from 10 nations
Medalists
Albert Helgerud   Norway   Harry Simon   United States   Ole Sæther   Norway

Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics
1000 yard free rifle	men
300 m free rifle	men
Team free rifle	men
Team military rifle	men
Stationary target small-bore rifle	men
Moving target small-bore rifle	men
Disappearing target small-bore rifle	men
Team small-bore rifle	men
Single-shot running deer	men
Double-shot running deer	men
Team single-shot running deer	men
Individual pistol	men
Team pistol	men
Individual trap	men
Team trap	men

The men's free rifle at 300 metres was one of 15 events on the shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, 11 July 1908. Fifty-one sport shooters from ten nations competed.^[1]

Results

Each shooter fired 120 shots at the target 300 metres distant. Forty shots were fired from each of three positions—standing, kneeling, and prone. Each hit could score between 1 and 10 points, with the highest possible score being 1200 points.

Place	Shooter	Score
		Standing	Kneeling	Prone	Total
1	Albert Helgerud (NOR)	277	292	340	909
2	Harry Simon (USA)	228	294	365	887
3	Ole Sæther (NOR)	272	284	327	883
4	Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg (SWE)	251	285	338	874
5	Janne Gustafsson (SWE)	265	283	324	872
6	Julius Braathe (NOR)	257	291	303	851
7	Axel Jansson (SWE)	235	296	312	843
8	Léon Johnson (FRA)	250	282	303	835
9	Olaf Sæther (NOR)	240	291	299	830
10	Jesse Wallingford (GBR)	201	303	324	828
11	Maurice Blood (GBR)	201	290	334	825
12	Per-Olof Arvidsson (SWE)	236	277	310	823
13	Georg Erdmann (NOR)	234	277	310	821
14	Lars Jørgen Madsen (DEN)	236	294	283	813
15	Gustaf Adolf Jonsson (SWE)	226	267	319	812
16	Edward Green (USA)	190	276	326	792
17	Voitto Kolho (FIN)	231	269	288	788
18	Christian Pedersen (DEN)	191	278	311	780
19	Kolbjørn Kvam (NOR)	234	267	276	777
20	Alexander Jackson (GBR)	187	249	335	771
21	Hans Schultz (DEN)	223	257	289	769
22	Pieter van Waas (NED)	188	285	295	768
23	Fredrik Mossberg (SWE)	174	288	299	761
24	Olivius Skymoen (NOR)	206	240	314	760
25	Paul Colas (FRA)	231	233	293	759
26	Robert Hawkins (GBR)	189	273	301	752
	Per Olaf Olsen (NOR)	222	237	293	752
28	Erik Ohlsson (SWE)	174	271	306	751
29	John Hession (USA)	176	233	337	746
30	Frans Nässling (FIN)	221	244	268	733
31	Maurice Lecoq (FRA)	196	280	254	730
32	Piet ten Bruggen Cate (NED)	216	238	271	726
33	Niels Laursen (DEN)	202	224	286	712
34	André Angelini (FRA)	154	247	305	706
35	Ernest Ista (BEL)	169	232	300	701
36	Fernand Rey (BEL)	169	245	284	698
37	Huvi Tuiskunen (FIN)	193	246	256	697
38	Heikki Huttunen (FIN)	204	212	270	686
39	Lauri Kolho (FIN)	171	236	265	672
40	Henry Chaney (GBR)	140	240	291	671
41	Emil Nässling (FIN)	204	234	219	657
42	Poul Liebst (DEN)	187	197	261	645
43	Sándor Prokopp (HUN)	144	236	247	627
44	Gustav Nyman (FIN)	200	166	249	615
45	Karl Reilin (FIN)	217	174	193	584
46	Heikki Hallamaa (FIN)	165	181	230	576
47	Mathias Glomnes (NOR)	—	250	313	563
48	Niels Christian Christensen (DEN)	202	—	299	501
49	István Móricz (HUN)	122	179	189	490
50	Ossian Jörgensen (SWE)	—	112	308	420
51	Lorents Jensen (DEN)	46	—	275	321

References

1. "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.

External links

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Shooting 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 8 May 2006.