The men's 300 m rifle three positions was one of 15 events on the shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, 11 July 1908. Each nation could enter up to 12 shooters.Official Report, p. 37. Fifty-one sport shooters from ten nations competed. The event was won by Albert Helgerud of Norway, the nation's first victory in the event (after a bronze in 1900). Norway also won bronze, with Ole Sæther finishing third. Between the two Norwegians was Harry Simon, taking silver in the United States' debut.
Background
This was the second appearance of the men's 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.The event was open to women in 1968 and 1972. Lars Jørgen Madsen of Denmark, who had taken fifth in 1900, was competing again. None of the world champions competed.
Finland, Great Britain, Hungary, Sweden, and the United States made their debut in the event. Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Norway each made their second appearance.
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. Any rifle could be used, with an open fore sight and any kind of back sight; any ammunition not "of a dangerous character" could be used. Uninterrupted strings of 10 shots were fired. Unlike in the last Games the event was contested, there were no medals for the individual positions; further, the team event was separated from the individual competition.Official Report, p. 541.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
Date Time Round Saturday, 11 July 1908 Final
Results
Each shooter fired 120 shots at the target 300 metres distant. Forty shots were fired from each of three positions—standing, kneeling, and prone. Each hit could score between 1 and 10 points, with the highest possible score being 1200 points.
Rank Shooter Nation Score Standing Kneeling Prone Total Albert Helgerud 277 292 340 909 Harry Simon 228 294 365 887 Ole Sæther 272 284 327 883 4 Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg 251 285 338 874 5 Janne Gustafsson 265 283 324 872 6 Julius Braathe 257 291 303 851 7 Axel Jansson 235 296 312 843 8 Léon Johnson 250 282 303 835 9 Olaf Sæther 240 291 299 830 10 Jesse Wallingford 201 303 324 828 11 Maurice Blood 201 290 334 825 12 Per-Olof Arvidsson 236 277 310 823 13 Georg Erdmann 234 277 310 821 14 Lars Jørgen Madsen 236 294 283 813 15 Gustaf Adolf Jonsson 226 267 319 812 16 Edward Green 190 276 326 792 17 Voitto Kolho 231 269 288 788 18 Christian Pedersen 191 278 311 780 19 Kolbjørn Kvam 234 267 276 777 20 Arthur Jackson 187 249 335 771 21 Hans Schultz 223 257 289 769 22 Pieter van Waas 188 285 295 768 23 Fredrik Mossberg 174 288 299 761 24 Olivius Skymoen 206 240 314 760 25 Paul Colas 231 233 293 759 26 Robert Hawkins 189 273 301 752 Per Olaf Olsen 222 237 293 752 28 Erik Ohlsson 174 271 306 751 29 John Hession 176 233 337 746 30 Frans Nässling 221 244 268 733 31 Maurice Lecoq 196 280 254 730 32 Piet ten Bruggen Cate 216 238 271 726 33 Niels Laursen 202 224 286 712 34 André Angelini 154 247 305 706 35 Ernest Ista 169 232 300 701 36 Fernand Rey 169 245 284 698 37 Huvi Tuiskunen 193 246 256 697 38 Heikki Huttunen 204 212 270 686 39 Lauri Kolho 171 236 265 672 40 Henry Chaney 140 240 291 671 41 Emil Nässling 204 234 219 657 42 Poul Liebst 187 197 261 645 43 Sándor Prokopp 144 236 247 627 44 Gustaf Nyman 200 166 249 615 45 Karl Reilin 217 174 193 584 46 Heikki Hallamaa 165 181 230 576 47 Mathias Glomnes — 250 313 563 48 Niels Christian Christensen 202 — 299 501 49 Kálmán Móricz 122 179 189 490 50 Ossian Jörgensen — 112 308 420 51 Lorents Jensen 46 — 275 321
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