Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.
| Shooting at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Bisley Ranges (rifle & pistol) Uxendon (shotgun) |
| Dates | 8 – 11 July 1908 |
| No. of events | 15 |
| Competitors | 215 from 14 nations |
Competition schedule
| Q | Qualification | F | Final |
| Event ↓ / Date → | Wed 8 | Thu 9 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 1000 yd free rifle | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 300 m free rifle, 3 positions | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 300 m free rifle, team | F | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's military rifle, team | F | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's stationary target small-bore rifle | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's moving target small-bore rifle | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's team small-bore rifle | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pistol | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 50 yd pistol | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 50 yard team pistol | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shotgun | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's trap | Q | Q | F | |||||||||||||||||
| Men's team trap | Q | Q | F | |||||||||||||||||
| Running deer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's single-shot running deer | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's double-shot running deer | F | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's team single-shot running deer | F | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal summary
A total of 45 medals were won by 8 NOC's.
Medal table
* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain* | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Norway | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Belgium | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 yd free rifle | Joshua Millner Great Britain | Kellogg Casey United States | Maurice Blood Great Britain |
| 300 m free rifle, three positions | Albert Helgerud Norway | Harry Simon United States | Ole Sæther Norway |
| 300 m free rifle, team | Norway Julius Braathe Albert Helgerud Einar Liberg Olaf Sæther Ole Sæther Gudbrand Skatteboe | Sweden Per-Olof Arvidsson Janne Gustafsson Axel Jansson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Claës Rundberg Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg | France Eugène Balme Raoul de Boigne Albert Courquin Léon Johnson Maurice Lecoq André Parmentier |
| Team military rifle | United States Charles Benedict Kellogg Casey Ivan Eastman William Leuschner William Martin Charles Winder | Great Britain Arthur Fulton John Martin Harcourt Ommundsen Walter Padgett Philip Richardson Fleetwood Varley | Canada Charles Crowe William Eastcott Harry Kerr Dugald McInnis William Smith Bertram Williams |
| Stationary target small-bore rifle | Arthur Carnell Great Britain | Harold Humby Great Britain | George Barnes Great Britain |
| Moving target small-bore rifle | John Fleming Great Britain | Maurice Matthews Great Britain | William Marsden Great Britain |
| Disappearing target small-bore rifle | William Styles Great Britain | Harold Hawkins Great Britain | Edward Amoore Great Britain |
| Team small-bore rifle | Great Britain Edward Amoore Harold Humby Maurice Matthews William Pimm | Sweden Eric Carlberg Vilhelm Carlberg Johan Hübner von Holst Franz-Albert Schartau | France Henri Bonnefoy Paul Colas Léon Lécuyer André Regaud |
| Single-shot running deer | Oscar Swahn Sweden | Ted Ranken Great Britain | Alexander Rogers Great Britain |
| Double-shot running deer | Walter Winans United States | Ted Ranken Great Britain | Oscar Swahn Sweden |
| Team single-shot running deer | Sweden Arvid Knöppel Ernst Rosell Alfred Swahn Oscar Swahn | Great Britain William Ellicott William Russell Lane-Joynt Charles Nix Ted Ranken | none awarded |
| Individual pistol | Paul Van Asbroeck Belgium | Réginald Storms Belgium | James Gorman United States |
| Team pistol | United States Charles Axtell Irving Calkins John Dietz James Gorman | Belgium René Englebert Charles Paumier du Verger Réginald Storms Paul Van Asbroeck | Great Britain Geoffrey Coles William Ellicott Henry Lynch-Staunton Jesse Wallingford |
| Individual trap shooting | Walter Ewing Canada | George Beattie Canada | Alexander Maunder Great Britain Anastasios Metaxas Greece |
| Team trap shooting | Great Britain Percy Easte Alexander Maunder Frederic Moore Charles Palmer John Pike John Postans | Canada George Beattie Walter Ewing Mylie Fletcher David McMackon George Vivian Arthur Westover | Great Britain John Butt Henry Creasey Bob Hutton William Morris George Skinner George Whitaker |
Participating nations
A total of 215 shooters from 14 nations competed at the London Games:
- Australasia (1)
- Belgium (10)
- Canada (22)
- Denmark (10)
- Finland (9)
- France (20)
- Germany (1)
- Great Britain (67)
- Greece (7)
- Hungary (2)
- Netherlands (17)
- Norway (13)
- Sweden (19)
- United States (17)
Late arrival of the Russian team
Some sources claim that the Russian shooting team was 13 days late to the Olympics due to the Russian Empire still using the Julian calendar as opposed to the rest of Europe, which used the Gregorian system. The official report does not mention Russia, and it does mention Italy and Australia as "absent". Other authors doubt this claim, and note that Russia had been living next to Gregorian-calendar Europe for two centuries and was used to the difference.
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