Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

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.[1] Fifty-one sport shooters from ten nations competed.[2] 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.

Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Albert Helgerud
VenueBisley rifle range
Date11 July
Competitors51 from 10 nations
Winning score909
Medalists
Albert Helgerud
 Norway
Harry Simon
 United States
Ole Sæther
 Norway
Shooting at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Rifle
1000 yard free riflemen
300 m free riflemen
Team free riflemen
Team military riflemen
Stationary target small-bore riflemen
Moving target small-bore riflemen
Disappearing target small-bore riflemen
Team small-bore riflemen
Pistol
Individual pistolmen
Team pistolmen
Shotgun
Individual trapmen
Team trapmen
Running deer
Single-shot running deermen
Double-shot running deermen
Team single-shot running deermen

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.[3][4] Lars Jørgen Madsen of Denmark, who had taken fifth in 1900, was competing again. None of the world champions competed.[5]

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.[5][6]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record'
Olympic record Emil Kellenberger (SUI)930Paris, France5 August 1900

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule
Date Time Round
Saturday, 11 July 1908Final

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.

RankShooterNationScore
StandingKneelingProneTotal
Albert Helgerud Norway277292340909
Harry Simon United States228294365887
Ole Sæther Norway272284327883
4Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg Sweden251285338874
5Janne Gustafsson Sweden265283324872
6Julius Braathe Norway257291303851
7Axel Jansson Sweden235296312843
8Léon Johnson France250282303835
9Olaf Sæther Norway240291299830
10Jesse Wallingford Great Britain201303324828
11Maurice Blood Great Britain201290334825
12Per-Olof Arvidsson Sweden236277310823
13Georg Erdmann Norway234277310821
14Lars Jørgen Madsen Denmark236294283813
15Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Sweden226267319812
16Edward Green United States190276326792
17Voitto Kolho Finland231269288788
18Christian Pedersen Denmark191278311780
19Kolbjørn Kvam Norway234267276777
20Alexander Jackson Great Britain187249335771
21Hans Schultz Denmark223257289769
22Pieter van Waas Netherlands188285295768
23Fredrik Mossberg Sweden174288299761
24Olivius Skymoen Norway206240314760
25Paul Colas France231233293759
26Robert Hawkins Great Britain189273301752
Per Olaf Olsen Norway222237293752
28Erik Ohlsson Sweden174271306751
29John Hession United States176233337746
30Frans Nässling Finland221244268733
31Maurice Lecoq France196280254730
32Piet ten Bruggen Cate Netherlands216238271726
33Niels Laursen Denmark202224286712
34André Angelini France154247305706
35Ernest Ista Belgium169232300701
36Fernand Rey Belgium169245284698
37Huvi Tuiskunen Finland193246256697
38Heikki Huttunen Finland204212270686
39Lauri Kolho Finland171236265672
40Henry Chaney Great Britain140240291671
41Emil Nässling Finland204234219657
42Poul Liebst Denmark187197261645
43Sándor Prokopp Hungary144236247627
44Gustav Nyman Finland200166249615
45Karl Reilin Finland217174193584
46Heikki Hallamaa Finland165181230576
47Mathias Glomnes Norway—250313563
48Niels Christian Christensen Denmark202—299501
49Kálmán Móricz Hungary122179189490
50Ossian Jörgensen Sweden—112308420
51Lorents Jensen Denmark46—275321

References
  1. Official Report, p. 37.
  2. "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. "Historical Results". ISSF. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. The event was open to women in 1968 and 1972.
  5. "Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. Official Report, p. 541.
  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Shooting 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 8 May 2006.
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