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. Fifty-four sport shooters from twelve nations competed. Nations were limited to 12 shooters each.Official Report, p. 1062. 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.
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.
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.Official Report, p. 698.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
Date Time Round Monday, 1 July 1912 12:00 Final
Results
Stewart shot more 10s than de Laval, winning the bronze medal on that tie-breaker.
Rank Shooter Nation Score Alfred Lane 499 Peter Dolfen 474 Charles Stewart 470 4 Georg de Laval 470 5 Erik Boström 468 6 Horatio Poulter 461 7 Harry Sears 459 8 Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin 457 9 John Dietz 454 10 Léon Johnson 454 11 Ivan Törnmarck 453 12 Eric Carlberg 452 13 Reginald Sayre 452 14 Lars Madsen 452 15 André Regaud 447 16 Vilhelm Carlberg 446 17 Grigori Panteleimonov 442 18 Ioannis Theofilakis 441 19 Dmitry Kuskov 438 20 Hugh Durant 433 21 Laurits Larsen 432 22 Hans Roedder 431 23 Harald Ekwall 430 24 Albert Kempster 426 25 Fredrik Nyström 426 26 Frangiskos Mavrommatis 425 27 Sándor Török 424 28 Heikki Huttunen 424 29 Robert Löfman 423 30 Konstantinos Skarlatos 420 31 Grigori Shesterikov 420 32 Peter Jones 417 33 Nikolai Melnitsky 414 34 Pavel Voyloshnikov 413 35 William McClure 411 36 Paul Palén 410 37 Gideon Ericsson 408 38 Félix Alegría 406 39 Adolf Schmal 406 40 Frants Nielsen 406 41 Niels Larsen 405 42 Gustaf Boivie 401 43 Peter Nielsen 397 44 Gerhard Bock 395 45 Edward Tickell 387 46 Amos Kash 384 47 Alexandros Theofilakis 369 48 Gustaf Stiernspetz 357 49 Walter W. Winans 356 50 Anders Peter Nielsen 355 51 Hugo Cederschiöld 352 52 Zoltán Jelenffy 348 53 Edmond Bernhardt 245 54 Heinrich Hoffmann 189
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