Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre small-bore rifle

The men's 25 metre small-bore rifle (originally called individual competition with miniature-rifle) was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Friday, 5 July 1912.

Men's 25 metre small-bore rifle
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueKaknäs
Date5 July
Competitors36 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vilhelm Carlberg  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johan Hübner von Holst  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gideon Ericsson  Sweden

Thirty-six sport shooters from eight nations competed.[1]

Results edit

Place Shooter Hits Score
1   Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE) 25 242
2   Johan Hübner von Holst (SWE) 25 233
3   Gideon Ericsson (SWE) 25 231
4   Joseph Pepé (GBR) 25 231
5   Robert Murray (GBR) 25 228
6   Axel Gyllenkrok (SWE) 25 227
7   William Pimm (GBR) 25 225
8   Frederick Hird (USA) 25 221
9   Henry Burt (GBR) 24 222
10   Robert Löfman (SWE) 24 221
11   Erik Odelberg (SWE) 24 219
12   Edward Lessimore (GBR) 24 218
13   William Styles (GBR) 24 216
14   William McDonnell (USA) 24 212
15   Gustaf Boivie (SWE) 24 212
16   Ed Anderson (USA) 24 208
17   Warren Sprout (USA) 24 205
18   Frangiskos Mavrommatis (GRE) 24 204
19   Léon Johnson (FRA) 24 203
20   Eric Carlberg (SWE) 23 219
21   Ioannis Theofilakis (GRE) 23 214
22   William Milne (GBR) 23 212
23   Francis Kemp (GBR) 23 206
24   William Leushner (USA) 23 206
25   Axel Wahlstedt (SWE) 23 200
26   Aleksandr Dobrzhansky (RUS) 23 190
27   Pierre Gentil (FRA) 23 176
28   Arthur Nordenswan (SWE) 22 200
29   David Griffiths (GBR) 22 192
30   Nikolaos Levidis (GRE) 22 192
31   Povl Gerlow (DEN) 21 174
32   Vladimir Potekin (RUS) 20 171
33   Sándor Török (HUN) 18 146
34   Carl Osburn (USA) 18 146
35   Robert Jonsson (SWE) 17 143
36   Iakovos Theofilas (GRE) 14 116

References edit

  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Disappearing Target, 25 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

External links edit

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 January 2007.