The 50 metre team free pistol event was one of the competitions in the Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. It was held on 1 August 1900. 20 shooters from 4 nations competed, with five shooters per team. Medals were given for individual high scores, and the scores of the five shooters were summed to give a team score. The winning team was from Switzerland; silver went to France and the Netherlands took bronze.

Background

This was the first appearance of a team version of what would become (for individuals) standardised as the men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The team event was held 4 times, at every Summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held).

Röderer used a Waffenfabrik Bern 1882 Swiss Ordnance Revolver.

Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 60 shots at a distance of 50 metres. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum individual score possible was 600 points; the maximum team score (sum of five individual scores) was 3000 points.

Revolver must have a barrel of 11 cm in length. Ties were broken by greatest number of shots on target (1 or better), then greatest number in the black (7 or better), then by ring (10, 9, 8, etc.).

Schedule

Date Time Round Wednesday, 1 August 1900 8:00 Final

Results

The scores of the five shooters on each team were summed to give a team score. All scores were taken from the individual event; no further shooting was done. The maximum score was 3000.

Rank Nation Shooter Score Switzerland total 2271 Karl Röderer 503 Konrad Stäheli 453 Louis Richardet 448 Friedrich Lüthi 435 Paul Probst 432 France total 2203 Achille Paroche 466 Louis Duffoy 442 Léon Moreaux 435 Jules Trinité 431 Maurice Lecoq 429 Netherlands total 1876 Dirk Boest Gips 437 Henrik Sillem 408 Antonius Bouwens 390 Solko van den Bergh 331 Anthony Sweijs 310 4 Belgium total 1823 Alban Rooman 405 Émile Thèves 404 Victor Robert 351 Pierre Eichhorn 345 Charles Lebègue 318

References

International Olympic Committee medal winners database De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Shooting 1900". Accessed 3 March 2006. Available electronically at .

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