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

The men's 50 metre rifle from the prone position 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 Thursday, 4 July 1912.[2]

Men's 50 metre rifle, prone
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueKaknäs
Date4 July
Competitors41 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frederick Hird  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) William Milne  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henry Burt  Great Britain
← 1908[1]
1932 →

Forty-one sport shooters from nine nations competed.

Results

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Place Shooter Score
1   Frederick Hird (USA) 194
2   William Milne (GBR) 193
3   Henry Burt (GBR) 192
4   Edward Lessimore (GBR) 192
5   Francis Kemp (GBR) 190
6   Robert Murray (GBR) 190
7   William Leushner (USA) 189
8   Erik Boström (SWE) 189
9   Johan Hübner von Holst (SWE) 189
10   William Pimm (GBR) 189
11   Axel Wahlstedt (SWE) 187
12   Warren Sprout (USA) 187
13   Carl Osburn (USA) 187
14   Joseph Pepé (GBR) 187
15   Fredrik Nyström (SWE) 187
16   Arthur Nordenswan (SWE) 186
17   Eric Carlberg (SWE) 186
18   William McDonnell (USA) 186
19   Ruben Örtegren (SWE) 186
20   Ernst Johansson (SWE) 185
21   Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE) 185
22   Robert Löfman (SWE) 185
23   Ed Anderson (USA) 185
24   David Griffiths (GBR) 184
25   Nikolaos Levidis (GRE) 181
26   Frants Nielsen (DEN) 180
27   William Styles (GBR) 179
28   Erik Odelberg (SWE) 179
29   László Hauler (HUN) 178
30   Arne Sunde (NOR) 176
31   Sándor Török (HUN) 174
32   Ioannis Theofilakis (GRE) 173
33   Aleksandr Dobrzhansky (RUS) 172
34   Frangiskos Mavrommatis (GRE) 172
35   Johannes Jordell (NOR) 172
36   Vladimir Potekin (RUS) 170
37   Iakovos Theofilas (GRE) 167
38   Povl Gerlow (DEN) 167
39   Gideon Ericsson (SWE) 157
40   Ragnvald Maseng (NOR) 156
41   André Regaud (FRA) 125

References

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  1. ^ "Historical Results". ISSF. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Any Position, 50 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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  • 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 21 January 2007.