Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.
Competition schedule
+Schedule Event ↓ / Date → Wed 8 Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat 11 RifleMen's 1000 yd free rifle F Men's 300 m free rifle, 3 positions FMen's 300 m free rifle, team F F Men's military rifle, team F FMen's stationary target small-bore rifle FMen's moving target small-bore rifle FMen's disappearing target small-bore rifle FMen's team small-bore rifle FPistolMen's 50 yd pistol F Men's 50 yard team pistol FShotgunMen's trap Q Q F Men's team trap Q Q F Running deerMen's single-shot running deer F Men's double-shot running deer F F Men's team single-shot running deer F
Medal summary A total of 45 medals were won by 8 NOC's.
Medal table
Events 1000 yd free rifle 300 m free rifle, three positions 300 m free rifle, team Julius BraatheAlbert HelgerudEinar LibergOlaf SætherOle SætherGudbrand Skatteboe Per-Olof ArvidssonJanne GustafssonAxel JanssonGustaf Adolf JonssonClaës RundbergGustav-Adolf Sjöberg Eugène BalmeRaoul de BoigneAlbert CourquinLéon JohnsonMaurice LecoqAndré Parmentier Team military rifle Charles BenedictKellogg CaseyIvan EastmanWilliam LeuschnerWilliam MartinCharles Winder Arthur FultonJohn MartinHarcourt OmmundsenWalter PadgettPhilip RichardsonFleetwood Varley Charles CroweWilliam EastcottHarry KerrDugald McInnisWilliam SmithBertram Williams Stationary target small-bore rifle Moving target small-bore rifle Disappearing target small-bore rifle Team small-bore rifle Edward AmooreHarold HumbyMaurice MatthewsWilliam Pimm Eric CarlbergVilhelm CarlbergJohan Hübner von HolstFranz-Albert Schartau Henri BonnefoyPaul ColasLéon LécuyerAndré Regaud Single-shot running deer Double-shot running deer Team single-shot running deer Arvid KnöppelErnst RosellAlfred SwahnOscar Swahn William EllicottWilliam Russell Lane-JoyntCharles NixTed Ranken none awarded Individual pistol Team pistol Charles AxtellIrving CalkinsJohn DietzJames Gorman René EnglebertCharles Paumier du VergerRéginald StormsPaul Van Asbroeck Geoffrey ColesWilliam EllicottHenry Lynch-StauntonJesse Wallingford Individual trap shooting Metaxas is generally credited with a bronze medal; no tie-breaker was held. The 1908 official report at p. 280 lists Metaxas as having tied with Maunder and assigns bronze medals to each. However, Metaxas does not appear in the IOC medal database, which lists only Maunder as sole bronze medalist. Some sources follow this database. Team trap shooting Percy EasteAlexander MaunderFrederic MooreCharles PalmerJohn PikeJohn Postans George BeattieWalter EwingMylie FletcherDavid McMackonGeorge VivianArthur Westover John ButtHenry CreaseyBob HuttonWilliam MorrisGeorge SkinnerGeorge Whitaker
Participating nations A total of 215 shooters from 14 nations competed at the London Games:
Late arrival of the Russian team Some sources claim that the Russian shooting team was 13 days late to the Olympics due to the Russian Empire still using the Julian calendar as opposed to the rest of Europe, which used the Gregorian system. The official report does not mention Russia, and it does mention Italy and Australia as "absent". Other authors doubt this claim, and note that Russia had been living next to Gregorian-calendar Europe for two centuries and was used to the difference.
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