The men's 300 m rifle three positions was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1900. The competition was held on Tuesday, 2 July 1912. Eighty-four sport shooters from nine nations competed. The event was won by Paul Colas of France, the nation's first medal in the event. Denmark took the silver and bronze medals, as Lars Jørgen Madsen (in his third time competing in the event) finished second and Niels Larsen placed third.
Background
This was the third appearance of the men's 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.The event was open to women in 1968 and 1972. Lars Jørgen Madsen of Denmark, who had taken fifth in 1900 and 14th in 1908, was competing once again. Other veterans of the 1908 Games competing again included the four Norwegians from the top 10 in 1908: gold medalist Albert Helgerud, bronze medalist Ole Sæther, sixth-place finisher Julius Braathe, and ninth-place finisher Olaf Sæther. Léon Johnson of France, the eighth-place finisher, also returned. None of the world champions competed.
Russia and South Africa made their debut in the event. Denmark, France, and Norway each made their third appearance, the only nations to have competed at every appearance of the event to date.
Competition format
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. Any rifle could be used, with an open fore sight and open back sight; any ammunition could be used. Ties were broken by hits on targets, then centre hits, then 10s, then 9s, etc.Official Report, p. 1058.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The top ten shooters in 1912 broke the Olympic record. Paul Colas ended with the new record, at 987 points.
Schedule
Date Time Round Tuesday, 2 July 1912 11:0016:00 Final
Results
Rank Shooter Nation Total Notes Paul Colas 987 Lars Jørgen Madsen 981 Niels Larsen 962 4 Hugo Johansson 959 5 Gudbrand Skatteboe 956 6 Bernhard Larsson 954 7 Albert Helgerud 952 8 Tönnes Björkman 947 9 Ole Sæther 941 10 Erik Blomqvist 932 11 Gustaf Adolf Jonsson 928 12 Ole Olsen 926 13 Voitto Kolho 923 14 Mauritz Eriksson 922 15 Einar Liberg 921 16 Christian Tauson 921 17 Carl Osburn 915 18 Olaf Sæther 914 19 Gustaf Nyman 913 20 Werner Jernström 912 21 Cornelius Burdette 912 22 Paul Vighals 911 23 Østen Østensen 911 24 Léon Johnson 908 25 Heikki Huttunen 906 26 Thomas Refsum 905 27 Olaf Husby 905 28 Harry Adams 903 29 Julius Braathe 900 30 Arne Sunde 900 31 Engebret Skogen 899 32 Warren Sprout 896 33 Laurits Larsen 894 34 Carl Björkman 888 35 Allan Briggs 888 36 Harold Bartlett 884 37 Robert Jonsson 875 38 Frederick Hird 875 39 Huvi Tuiskunen 875 40 George Harvey 874 41 Vilho Vauhkonen 870 42 August Wikström 870 43 Nils Skog 869 44 Louis Percy 868 45 Auguste Marion 868 46 Frants Nielsen 851 47 Anders Peter Nielsen 849 48 Per-Olof Arvidsson 839 49 Emil Holm 835 50 Emil Bömches 828 51 Robert Patterson 810 52 Hans Schultz 808 53 Raoul de Boigne 806 54 Feofan Lebedev 806 55 Robert Bodley 806 56 Ernest Keeley 800 57 Lauri Kolho 787 58 Dmitry Kuskov 780 59 Jalo Autonen 776 60 Povl Gerlow 772 61 George Whelan 762 62 Pavel Valden 758 63 Athanase Sartori 754 64 Arthur Smith 752 65 Boris Belinsky 746 66 Aleksandr Tillo 744 67 Albert Johnstone 741 68 Konstantin Kalinin 736 69 Zoltán Jelenffy 718 70 Charles Jeffreys 715 71 Pavel Lesh 713 72 Rezső Velez 712 73 Osvald Rechke 699 74 László Hauler 677 75 Aladár von Farkas 653 76 Georgy de Davydov 635 77 Dāvids Veiss 623 78 Aleksandr Dobrzhansky 463 — Hans Denver Pierre Gentil Jens Hajslund Géza Mészöly István Prihoda Nestori Toivonen
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