The men's team free rifle at 300 metres was one of 15 events on the shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday, 9 July 1908 and was extended after sunset to Friday, 10 July 1908 — it was the first shooting event of the Games. Fifty-four sport shooters from nine nations competed. The event was won by the team from Norway, improving on their second-place finish in 1900. Sweden made its debut in the event, taking silver. France repeated as bronze medalists.
Ole Sæther was the first man to earn multiple medals in the event, having been on the 1900 Norwegian team as well as this year's squad.
Background
This was the second appearance of the men's 300 metre team rifle event, which was held 4 times between 1900 and 1920.
The teams used different rifles. France shot with a Swiss Martini; Denmark used a Krag-Jørgensen; Greece and the Netherlands shot with a Mannlicher; Sweden used a government-issue Mauser; and Finland shot with a Mofferd. Norway used private match rifles. Due to winds blowing against the players, teams with light rifles faced more difficulty.
Reigning Olympic champions Switzerland did not return. Finland, Great Britain, Greece, and Sweden each 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. The six team members' scores were then summed. Thus, the maximum score possible was 7200 points. The scores for the team event were separate from the individual event this time.
Schedule
Date Time Round Thursday, 9 July 1908 Friday, 10 July 1908 Final
Results
Teams consisted of six shooters, with each shooter firing 120 shots at the target 300 metres distant. 40 shots were fired from each of three positions—standing, kneeling, and prone. A bulls-eye counted for 10 points, and thus the highest possible score for each shooter was 1200 points, with the team maximum being 7200.
Rank Nation Shooter Score Standing Kneeling Prone Total Team total 1549 1651 1855 5055 Albert Helgerud 259 303 312 874 Ole Sæther 274 281 310 865 Gudbrand Skatteboe 247 277 317 841 Olaf Sæther 237 283 320 840 Julius Braathe 249 272 305 826 Einar Liberg 283 235 291 809 Team total 1267 1566 1878 4711 Gustaf Adolf Jonsson 238 289 313 840 Per-Olof Arvidsson 233 268 311 812 Axel Jansson 228 263 310 801 Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg 210 238 312 760 Claës Rundberg 160 265 334 759 Janne Gustafsson 198 243 298 739 Team total 1250 1539 1863 4652 Léon Johnson 225 313 298 836 Eugène Balme 230 250 321 801 André Parmentier 206 264 303 773 Albert Courquin 203 235 330 768 Maurice Lecoq 222 240 294 756 Raoul de Boigne 164 237 317 718 4 Team total 1244 1534 1765 4543 Niels Andersen 163 249 313 725 Lars Jørgen Madsen 240 297 279 816 Ole Olsen 214 257 283 754 Niels Christian Christensen 209 249 294 752 Christian Pedersen 227 224 297 748 Hans Schultz 191 258 299 748 5 Team total 1229 1507 1773 4509 Charles Paumier du Verger 217 296 313 826 Paul Van Asbroeck 222 237 328 787 Ernest Ista 224 270 292 786 Henri Sauveur 206 241 319 766 Joseph Geens 215 259 266 740 Édouard Poty 145 204 255 604 6 Team total 999 1519 1837 4355 Jesse Wallingford 188 284 317 789 Harold Hawkins 201 268 307 776 Charles Churcher 162 270 328 760 Thomas Raddall 195 246 313 754 James Bostock 126 246 296 668 Robert Brown 127 205 276 608 7 Team total 965 1427 1738 4130 Gerard van den Bergh 176 273 302 751 Christiaan Brosch 179 234 295 708 Cornelis van Altenburg 149 249 291 689 Antonie de Gee 164 254 266 684 Uilke Vuurman 145 231 277 653 Jan Brussaard 152 186 307 645 8 Team total 1182 1324 1456 3962 Frans Nässling 222 253 242 717 Gustaf Nyman 199 249 252 700 Heikki Huttunen 184 221 239 644 Voitto Kolho 209 216 217 642 Emil Nässling 181 190 266 637 Huvi Tuiskunen 187 195 240 622 9 Team total 848 1311 1630 3789 Ioannis Theofilakis 162 248 302 712 Matthias Triantafyllidis 149 227 277 653 Alexandros Theofilakis 160 216 269 645 Georgios Orphanidis 117 242 263 622 Defkalion Rediadis 155 190 274 619 Frangiskos Mavrommatis 105 188 245 538
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