Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's double-shot running deer explained

Event:Men's double-shot running deer
Games:1908 Summer
Venue:Bisley rifle range
Dates:9–10 July
Competitors:15
Nations:4
Gold:Walter Winans
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Ted Ranken
Silvernoc:GBR
Bronze:Oscar Swahn
Bronzenoc:SWE
Next:1912

The men's double-shot 100 meter running deer competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1] A deer-shaped target made 10 runs of 75abbr=offNaNabbr=off, with the shooter firing two shots during each run. The runs lasted about 4 seconds each and took place 110abbr=offNaNabbr=off distant from the shooter. There were three concentric circles on the target, with the smallest counting for 4 points, the middle for 3, and the outermost for 2. A hit outside the circles but still on the target (except on the haunch) counted for 1 point. The maximum possible score was thus 80 points. Each nation could enter up to 12 shooters.[2]

Results

Place Shooter Score
1 46
2 46
3 38
4 34
5 34
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33
8 27
9 25
10 24
11 22
12 21
13 20
14 18
15 15

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Double Shot . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205815/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/SHO/mens-running-target-double-shot.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2014-02-21 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Official Report, p. 39.