Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions explained

Event:Men's 300 metre three positions free rifle
Games:1900 Summer
Venue:Satory
Date:August 3–5
Competitors:30
Nations:6
Longnames:yes
Win Value:930
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Emil Kellenberger
Goldnoc:SUI
Silver:Anders Peter Nielsen
Silvernoc:DEN
Bronze:Paul Van Asbroeck
Bronzenoc:BEL
Bronze2:Ole Østmo
Bronzenoc2:NOR
Next:1908

The 300 m rifle three positions event was one of five free rifle events of the competitions in the Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. They were held from August 3 to August 5, 1900. 30 shooters from 6 nations competed, with five shooters per team. Medals were given for individual high scores in each of the three positions, overall individual high scores, and the scores of the five shooters were summed to give a team score. The three positions event was won by Emil Kellenberger of Switzerland. Anders Peter Nielsen of Denmark took silver, while Ole Østmo of Norway and Paul Van Asbroeck of Belgium tied for bronze.

Background

This was the first appearance of the men's 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.[1] [2] Two of the three world champions since the world championships began in 1897 were competing: Achille Paroche of France (1898) and Lars Jørgen Madsen of Denmark (1899); of the total nine medalists to date, seven competed at the Olympics. The Olympic event doubled as the 1900 world championship.[3]

Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 120 shots, 40 shots in each of three positions: prone, kneeling, and standing. The target was 1 metre in diameter, with 10 scoring rings; targets were set at a distance of 300 metres. Thus, the maximum score possible was 1200 points. Medals were also awarded for team results, adding the individual three-positions scores together. For the only time in Olympic history, medals were awarded for scores in each of the three positions.[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Emil Kellenberger set the initial Olympic record for the 120-shot format at 930 points.

Results

The scores from the three positions were summed, giving a total possible of 1200 points.

Rank Shooter Nation Standing Kneeling Prone Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
292 6 314 2 324 5 930
277 11 314 2 330 2 921
297 4 308 4 312 8 917
299 2 289 15 329 3 917
5 305 1 299 8 301 16 905
6 298 3 297 9 302 15 897
7 268 19 287 16 332 1 887
8 294 5 300 7 289 21 883
9 272 14 306 5 303 14 881
272 14 324 1 285 23 881
11 278 10 286 17 316 7 880
269 17 286 17 325 4 880
13 280 9 290 13 308 10 878
14 261 22 303 6 312 8 876
15 277 11 290 13 308 10 875
16 269 17 297 9 307 12 873
17 275 13 272 21 301 16 848
18 249 25 281 19 317 6 847
19 282 7 265 25 285 23 832
20 239 26 293 12 298 18 830
21 268 19 271 22 284 25 823
22 282 7 269 24 270 28 821
23 265 21 249 29 304 13 818
24 271 16 259 27 287 22 817
25 238 28 296 11 278 26 812
26 254 24 259 27 295 19 808
27 239 26 274 20 292 20 805
28 238 28 271 22 273 27 782
261 22 260 26 261 30 782
30 233 30 210 30 270 28 713

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historical Results . ISSF . 12 December 2020.
  2. The event was open to women in 1968 and 1972.
  3. Web site: Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men . Olympedia . 10 December 2020.

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