Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard team pistol

The men's team revolver and pistol competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1] Teams consisted of four shooters. 60 shots were fired by each shooter at a distance of 50 yards. Each hit counted between 1 and 10 points, for an individual maximum score of 600 and a team maximum of 2400 points.

Men's 50 yard team free pistol
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueBisley rifle range
Date11 July
Competitors28 from 7 nations
Medalists
 United States (USA)
Charles Axtell, Irving Calkins, John Dietz, James Gorman
 Belgium (BEL)
René Englebert, Charles Paumier du Verger, Réginald Storms, Paul Van Asbroeck
 Great Britain (GBR)
Geoffrey Coles, William Ellicott, Henry Lynch-Staunton, Jesse Wallingford

Results

PlaceNationShooterScore
1 United States (USA)Team total1914
James Gorman501
Irving Calkins473
John Dietz472
Charles Axtell468
2 Belgium (BEL)Team total1863
Paul Van Asbroeck493
Réginald Storms477
Charles Paumier du Verger462
René Englebert431
3 Great Britain (GBR)Team total1817
Jesse Wallingford477
Geoffrey Coles459
Henry Lynch-Staunton446
William Ellicott435
4 France (FRA)Team total1750
André Barbillat463
André Regaud440
Léon Moreaux436
Jean Depassio411
5 Sweden (SWE)Team total1732
Vilhelm Carlberg471
Eric Carlberg462
Johan Hübner von Holst416
Franz-Albert Schartau383
6 Netherlands (NED)Team total1632
Jacob van der Kop449
Gerard van den Bergh401
Jan de Blécourt398
Piet ten Bruggen Cate384
7 Greece (GRE)Team total1576
Frangiskos Mavrommatis419
Alexandros Theofilakis401
Ioannis Theofilakis398
Georgios Orphanidis358

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 yards, Team". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

Sources

  • 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 11 May 2006.
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