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Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

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The 300 m rifle three positions event was one of five free rifle events of the competitions in the Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. They were held from August 3 to August 5, 1900. 30 shooters from 6 nations competed, with five shooters per team. Medals were given for individual high scores in each of the three positions, overall individual high scores, and the scores of the five shooters were summed to give a team score. The three positions event was won by Emil Kellenberger of Switzerland. Anders Peter Nielsen of Denmark took silver, while Ole Østmo of Norway and Paul Van Asbroeck of Belgium tied for bronze.

Men's 300 metre three positions free rifle
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
VenueSatory
DateAugust 3–5
Competitors30 from 6 nations
Winning score930
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emil Kellenberger
 Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anders Peter Nielsen
 Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Van Asbroeck
 Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ole Østmo
 Norway
1908 →

Background edit

This was the first appearance of the men's 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.[1][2] Two of the three world champions since the world championships began in 1897 were competing: Achille Paroche of France (1898) and Lars Jørgen Madsen of Denmark (1899); of the total nine medalists to date, seven competed at the Olympics. The Olympic event doubled as the 1900 world championship.[3]

Competition format edit

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. Medals were also awarded for team results, adding the individual three-positions scores together. For the only time in Olympic history, medals were awarded for scores in each of the three positions.[3]

Records edit

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

World record
Olympic record New format n/a n/a n/a

Emil Kellenberger set the initial Olympic record for the 120-shot format at 930 points.

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
Friday, 3 August 1900
Saturday, 4 August 1900
Sunday, 5 August 1900		 Final

Results edit

The scores from the three positions were summed, giving a total possible of 1200 points.

Rank Shooter Nation Standing Kneeling Prone Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
  Emil Kellenberger   Switzerland 292 6 314 2 324 5 930
  Anders Peter Nielsen   Denmark 277 11 314 2 330 2 921
  Paul Van Asbroeck   Belgium 297 4 308 4 312 8 917
Ole Østmo   Norway 299 2 289 15 329 3 917
5 Lars Jørgen Madsen   Denmark 305 1 299 8 301 16 905
6 Charles Paumier   Belgium 298 3 297 9 302 15 897
7 Achille Paroche   France 268 19 287 16 332 1 887
8 Franz Böckli   Switzerland 294 5 300 7 289 21 883
9 Marcus Ravenswaaij   Netherlands 272 14 306 5 303 14 881
Konrad Stäheli   Switzerland 272 14 324 1 285 23 881
11 Auguste Cavadini   France 278 10 286 17 316 7 880
Léon Moreaux   France 269 17 286 17 325 4 880
13 Helmer Hermandsen   Norway 280 9 290 13 308 10 878
14 Uilke Vuurman   Netherlands 261 22 303 6 312 8 876
15 Viggo Jensen   Denmark 277 11 290 13 308 10 875
16 Louis Richardet   Switzerland 269 17 297 9 307 12 873
17 Tom Seeberg   Norway 275 13 272 21 301 16 848
18 Henrik Sillem   Netherlands 249 25 281 19 317 6 847
19 Alfred Grütter   Switzerland 282 7 265 25 285 23 832
20 Ole Sæther   Norway 239 26 293 12 298 18 830
21 Maurice Lecoq   France 268 19 271 22 284 25 823
22 Jules Bury   Belgium 282 7 269 24 270 28 821
23 Edouard Myin   Belgium 265 21 249 29 304 13 818
24 Olaf Frydenlund   Norway 271 16 259 27 287 22 817
25 Antonius Bouwens   Netherlands 238 28 296 11 278 26 812
26 René Thomas   France 254 24 259 27 295 19 808
27 Solko van den Bergh   Netherlands 239 26 274 20 292 20 805
28 Laurids Jensen-Kjær   Denmark 238 28 271 22 273 27 782
Axel Kristensen   Denmark 261 22 260 26 261 30 782
30 Joseph Baras   Belgium 233 30 210 30 270 28 713

References edit

  1. ^ "Historical Results". ISSF. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ The event was open to women in 1968 and 1972.
  3. ^ a b "Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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