Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team free rifle explained

Event:	Men's team free rifle
Games:	1924 Summer
Venue:	Camp de Châlons
Dates:	26–27 June
Competitors:	88
Nations:	18
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Raymond Coulter, Joseph Crockett, Morris Fisher, Sidney Hinds, Walter Stokes
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Paul Colas, Albert Courquin, Pierre Hardy, Georges Roes, Émile Rumeau
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Ludovic Augustin, Destin Destine, Eloi Metullus, Astrel Rolland, Ludovic Valborge
Bronzenoc:	HAI

The men's team free rifle was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of a rifle team event but the first with three different distances (400 m, 600 m, and 800 m). The competition was held on 26 and 27 June 1924 at the shooting ranges at Camp de Châlons, Mourmelon. 88 shooters competed for 18 nations.

Results

The scores of the five shooters on each team were summed to give a team score. No further shooting was done. The maximum score was 750. Hungary was allowed to compete with an incomplete team.^[1]

All American shooters finished in top ten position. An individual event would have been won by Morris Fisher followed up by Walter Stokes and the Swedish shooter Hugo Johansson. Sidney Hinds' perfect score of 50 came after he was accidentally shot in the foot during the competition, when a Belgian competitor next to him accidentally discharged his gun when arguing with an official.^[2]

Place	Shooter	400 m		600 m		800 m		Total
Place	Shooter	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
1
align=left bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold	245	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=gold	225	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=gold	206	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=gold	676	bgcolor=gold
	50	1	47	3	45	1	142	1
	49	8	49	1	40	7	138	2
	47	26	45	7	41	4	133	7
	49	8	44	12	39	13	132	8
	50	1	40	36	41	4	131	9
2
align=left bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver	243	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=silver	214	bgcolor=silver	4	bgcolor=silver	187	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=silver	646	bgcolor=silver
	50	1	44	12	40	7	134	6
	48	17	42	24	41	4	131	9
	49	8	41	33	40	7	130	12
	50	1	44	12	32	40	126	23
	46	38	43	20	36	21	125	26
3
align=left bgcolor=cc9966		240	3	220	2	186	3	646
	48	17	44	12	43	3	135	4
	48	17	42	24	39	13	129	15
	49	8	43	20	36	21	128	16
	47	26	45	7	36	21	128	16
	48	17	46	4	32	40	126	23
4
		240	4	210	6	185	4	635
		47	26	44	12	44	2	135	4
		49	8	41	33	38	16	128	16
		47	26	45	7	35	27	127	20
		47	26	43	20	35	27	125	26
		50	1	37	52	33	36	120	38
5
		240	4	208	7	180	5	628
		49	8	43	20	38	16	130	12
		49	8	42	24	37	19	128	16
		46	38	39	40	40	7	125	26
		48	17	44	12	31	46	123	32
		48	17	40	36	34	33	122	34
6
		234	7	215	3	177	6	626
		50	1	45	7	35	27	130	12
		45	45	44	12	38	16	127	20
		46	38	38	47	40	7	124	29
		47	26	46	4	31	46	124	29
		46	38	42	24	33	26	121	37
7
		239	6	211	5	173	7	623
		50	1	48	2	39	13	137	3
		45	45	46	4	40	7	131	9
		47	26	42	24	37	19	126	23
		48	17	36	55	31	46	115	47
		49	8	39	40	26	62	114	49
8
		230	8	204	8	160	9	594
		47	26	42	24	34	33	123	32
		47	26	40	36	35	27	122	34
		46	38	41	33	32	40	119	39
		44	50	42	24	31	46	117	42
		46	38	39	40	28	59	113	50
9
		227	9	197	9	166	8	590
		49	8	42	24	36	21	127	20
		44	50	44	12	36	21	124	29
		48	17	36	55	32	40	116	45
		43	59	39	40	31	46	113	50
		43	59	36	55	31	46	110	54
10
		226	10	195	10	157	10	578
		47	26	45	7	30	55	122	34
		44	50	39	40	36	21	119	39
		48	17	38	47	30	55	116	45
		43	59	37	52	33	36	113	50
		44	50	36	55	28	59	108	56
11
		217	12	186	11	147	12	550
		47	26	39	40	32	40	118	41
		46	38	42	24	29	58	117	42
		45	45	40	36	32	40	117	42
		42	67	33	65	31	46	106	57
	Charles Scheirlinck	37	81	32	67	23	73	92	79
12
		218	11	169	13	139	13	526
		47	26	33	65	35	27	115	47
		45	45	35	60	31	46	111	53
		44	50	38	47	21	78	103	60
		40	75	35	60	25	66	100	69
		42	67	28	79	27	61	97	70
13
		208	13	163	14	153	11	524
		44	50	34	63	31	46	109	55
		39	77	32	67	35	27	106	57
		44	50	30	74	30	55	104	59
		38	78	32	67	33	36	103	60
		43	59	35	60	24	69	102	65
14
		208	13	172	12	121	15	501
		41	72	36	55	26	62	103	60
		42	67	37	52	24	69	103	60
		44	50	32	67	26	63	102	65
		43	59	38	47	20	80	101	67
		38	78	29	78	25	66	92	79
15
		205	16	142	16	130	14	477
		37	81	30	74	34	33	101	67
		42	67	30	74	24	69	96	72
		43	59	25	81	26	62	94	73
		38	78	32	67	23	73	93	76
		45	45	25	81	23	73	93	76
16
		191	17	157	15	110	16	458
		42	67	39	40	22	76	103	60
		41	72	32	67	21	78	94	73
		32	85	38	47	20	80	90	81
		40	75	21	83	25	66	86	82
		36	83	27	80	22	76	85	83
17
		207	15	135	17	85	17	427
		43	59	30	74	24	69	97	70
		44	50	31	73	19	82	94	73
		41	72	34	63	18	83	93	76
		43	59	21	83	12	84	76	84
		36	83	19	85	12	84	67	85
–
		88	-	98	-	90	-	276
		45	-	36	-	32	-	113	-
		43	-	31	-	28	-	102	-
		-	-	31	-	30	-	61	-

External links

Official Report
Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 17 December 2007. pl.

Notes and References

Web site: Shooting at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, 400, 600 and 800 metres, Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034234/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/SHO/mens-free-rifle-400-600-and-800-metres-team.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 26 December 2014 . sports-reference.com.
Book: Wallechinsky . David . The Complete Book of the Olympics . 1984 . Penguin Books . England . 0140066322 . 381 .