Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

The men's individual competition with revolver and pistol, distance 50 metres (later standardized by the IOC to the men's 50 metre pistol) was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was the only one to have been featured at every edition of the Games to that point. The competition was held on Monday, 1 July 1912.[1] Fifty-four sport shooters from twelve nations competed. Nations were limited to 12 shooters each.[2] The event was won by Alfred Lane of the United States, completing a double for him with the rapid fire pistol event. It was the United States' second victory in the event. Another American, Peter Dolfen, finished second. Charles Stewart of Great Britain took the bronze medal, the nation's first in the free pistol.

Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics
VenueKaknäs
Date1 July
Competitors54 from 12 nations
Winning score499
Medalists
Alfred Lane
 United States
Peter Dolfen
 United States
Charles Stewart
 Great Britain
Shooting at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m rifle, pronemen
300 m free rifle, 3 positionsmen
600 m free riflemen
Team free riflemen
300 m military rifle, 3 positionsmen
Team military riflemen
25 m small-bore riflemen
25 m team small-bore riflemen
50 m team small-bore riflemen
Pistol
50 m pistolmen
50 m team pistolmen
30 m dueling pistolmen
30 m team dueling pistolmen
Shotgun
Trapmen
Team clay pigeonsmen
Running deer
100 m deer, single shotsmen
100 m deer, double shotsmen
100 m team deer, single shotsmen

Background

This was the fourth appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was open to women from 1968 to 1980. 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.[3][4]

Of the top ten shooters in 1908, only two returned: ninth-place finisher John Dietz of the United States and tenth-place finisher André Regaud of France.

Austria, Chile, Finland, Germany, Hungary, and Russia each made their debut in the event. France, Greece, and the United States each made their third appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Lane used a Smith & Wesson Perfected Model Third Model.

Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 60 shots, in 10 series of 6 shots each, at a distance of 50 metres. The time allowed for each series was 4 minutes. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible was 600 points. Ties were broken by countback (10s, 9s, 8s, etc.). Any revolver or pistol could be used; only open sights were allowed. Any ammunition with a metal cartridge case could be used. Pistols with hairspring triggers, allowed in the world championship, were banned.[4][5]

Records

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

World record'
Olympic record Karl Röderer (SUI)503Paris, France1 August 1900

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

Schedule
Date Time Round
Monday, 1 July 191212:00Final

Results

Stewart shot more 10s than de Laval, winning the bronze medal on that tie-breaker.

RankShooterNationScore
Alfred Lane United States499
Peter Dolfen United States474
Charles Stewart Great Britain470
4Georg de Laval Sweden470
5Erik Boström Sweden468
6Horatio Poulter Great Britain461
7Henry Sears United States459
8Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin Russia457
9John Dietz United States454
10Léon Johnson France454
11Ivan Törnmarck Sweden453
12Eric Carlberg Sweden452
13Reginald Sayre United States452
14Lars Madsen Denmark452
15André Regaud France447
16Vilhelm Carlberg Sweden446
17Grigori Panteleimonov Russia442
18Ioannis Theofilakis Greece441
19Dmitry Kuskov Russia438
20Hugh Durant Great Britain433
21Laurits Larsen Denmark432
22Hans Roedder United States431
23Harald Ekwall Chile430
24Albert Kempster Great Britain426
25Fredrik Nyström Sweden426
26Frangiskos Mavrommatis Greece425
27Sándor Török Hungary424
28Heikki Huttunen Finland424
29Robert Löfman Sweden423
30Konstantinos Skarlatos Greece420
31Grigori Shesterikov Russia420
32Peter Jones Great Britain417
33Nikolai Melnitsky Russia414
34Pavel Voyloshnikov Russia413
35William McClure Great Britain411
36Paul Palén Sweden410
37Gideon Ericsson Sweden408
38Félix Alegría Chile406
39Adolf Schmal Austria406
40Frants Nielsen Denmark406
41Niels Larsen Denmark405
42Gustaf Boivie Sweden401
43Peter Nielsen Denmark397
44Gerhard Bock Germany395
45Edward Tickell Great Britain387
46Amos Kash Russia384
47Alexandros Theofilakis Greece369
48Gustaf Stiernspetz Sweden357
49Walter W. Winans United States356
50Anders Peter Nielsen Denmark355
51Hugo Cederschiöld Sweden352
52Zoltán Jelenffy Hungary348
53Edmond Bernhardt Austria245
54Heinrich Hoffmann Germany189

References
  1. "Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. Official Report, p. 1062.
  3. "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. Internatinal Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. "Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. Official Report, p. 698.
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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