The men's 300 metre team free rifle was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth and final appearance of the event. The competition was held on 31 July 1920. 70 shooters from 14 nations competed. The event was won by the United States, in its first (and only) appearance in the men's team free rifle. Norway finished with four podium appearances (all at silver or better) in the four appearances of the event, taking silver in 1920. Switzerland earned bronze, its first medal in the event since gold in 1900.
Albert Helgerud and Gudbrand Skatteboe each won their third medal in the event, matching Ole Sæther (1900, 1908, and 1912) for the most ever won; each of those Norwegian shooters had one gold and two silver medals. Østen Østensen earned his second medal, the seventh and last man to achieve multiple medals in the event.
Background
This was the fourth and final appearance of the men's 300 metre team rifle event, which was held 4 times between 1900 and 1920.
Czechoslovakia, Italy, Spain, and the United States each made their debut in the event. Denmark, France, and Norway each made their fourth appearance, having competed in each edition of the event before it was cancelled.
Competition format
The competition had each shooter fire 120 shots, 40 shots in each of three positions: prone, kneeling (or sitting), and standing. The target was 1 metre in diameter, with 10 scoring rings; targets were set at a distance of 300 metres. The five team members' scores were then summed. Thus, the maximum score possible was 6000 points. The scores for the individual and team events were the same.
Schedule
Date Time Round Saturday, 31 July 1920 Final
Results
The scores of the five shooters on each team were the scores from the 300 metre free rifle, three positions event and were summed to give a team score.
Morris Fisher, the individual champion, won his second gold medal.
Rank Nation Shooter Score United States total 4876 Morris Fisher 996 Carl Osburn 980 Lloyd Spooner 975 Willis A. Lee 965 Dennis Fenton 960 Norway total 4748 Østen Østensen 980 Gudbrand Skatteboe 975 Albert Helgerud 955 Olaf Sletten 930 Otto Olsen 908 Switzerland total 4698 Fritz Kuchen 961 Gustave Amoudruz 959 Werner Schneeberger 947 Ulrich Fahrner 925 Bernard Siegenthaler 906 4 Finland total 4668 Voitto Kolho 974 Vilho Vauhkonen 966 Kalle Lappalainen 945 Veli Nieminen 934 Magnus Wegelius 849 5 Denmark total 4644 Niels Larsen 989 Lars Jørgen Madsen 951 Peter Petersen 923 Niels Laursen 903 Anton Andersen 878 6 Sweden total 4591 Mauritz Eriksson 974 Hugo Johansson 961 Erik Blomqvist 924 Viktor Knutsson 896 Leon Lagerlöf 836 7 France total 4487 Achille Paroche 996 Georges Roes 980 André Parmentier 975 Paul Colas 965 Albert Regnier 960 8 Netherlands total 4383 Gerard van den Bergh 939 Antonius Bouwens 909 Jan Brussaard 866 Herman Bouwens 841 Cornelis van Dalen 828 9 Italy total 4371 Alfredo Galli Raffaele Frasca Peppy Campus Franco Micheli Ricardo Ticchi 10 South Africa total 4292 Robert Bodley Fred Morgan Mark Paxton David Smith George Harvey 11 Spain total 4080 José Bento Antonio Bonilla Domingo Rodríguez Luis Calvet Antonio Moreira 12 Belgium total 3936 Paul Van Asbroeck Conrad Adriaenssens Arthur Balbaert Joseph Haesaerts François Heyens 13 Greece total 3910 Alexandros Vrasivanopoulos Alexandros Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Georgios Moraitinis Iason Sappas 14 Czechoslovakia total 3542 Rudolf Jelen Josef Sucharda Václav Kindl Josef Linert Antonín Brych
References
External links Official Report