1924 Summer Olympics / Shooting

Shooting at the VII Olympic Games
information
venue	Reims , Versailles , Issy-les-Moulineaux , Mourmelon-le-Grand
Competition venue	Stade Olympique de Reims , Stand de tir de Versailles , Stand de tir de Issy-les-Moulineaux , Camp de Châlons
Nations	27
Athletes	258 (258 men)
date	June 23 - July 9, 1924
decisions	10
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At the VIII Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 , ten sports shooting competitions were held. There were four venues: the Camp de Châlon in Mourmelon-le-Grand (near Châlons-en-Champagne ), the clay pigeon shooting range in Issy-les-Moulineaux , the Stade Olympique in Reims and the shooting range in Versailles . There were eleven disciplines on the program less than four years earlier.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	5	2	2	9
2	Norway	2	1	1	4th
3	Great Britain	1	2	-	3
4th	France	1	1	-	2
5	Hungary	1	-	-	1
6th	Sweden	-	2	2	4th
7th	Finland	-	1	2	3
8th	Canada	-	1	-	1
9	Denmark	-	-	1	1
	Haiti	-	-	1	1
	Switzerland	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Free rifle 600 m	Morris Fisher	Carl Osburn	Niels Larsen
Free rifle crew	Raymond Coulter , Joseph Crockett , Morris Fisher , Sidney Hinds , Walter Stokes	Paul Colas , Albert Courquin , Pierre Hardy , Georges Roes , Émile Rumeau	Ludovic Augustin , Destin Destine , Eloi Metullus , Astrel Rolland , Ludovic Valborge
Small bore, lying 50 m	Pierre Coquelin de Lisle	Marcus Dinwiddie	Josias Hartmann
Rapid fire pistol 25 m	Henry Bailey	Vilhelm Carlberg	Lennart Hannelius
Running deer single shot 100 m	John Boles	Cyril Mackworth-Praed	Otto Olsen
Running stag single shot team 100 m	Einar Liberg , Ole Lilloe-Olsen , Harald Natvig , Otto Olsen	Otto Hultberg , Mauritz Johansson , Fredric Landelius , Alfred Swahn	John Boles , Raymond Coulter , Dennis Fenton , Walter Stokes
Running stag double shot 100 m	Ole Lilloe-Olsen	Cyril Mackworth-Praed	Alfred Swahn
Running stag double shot team 100 m	Cyril Mackworth-Praed , Philip Neame , Herbert Perry , Allen Whitty	Einar Liberg , Ole Lilloe-Olsen , Harald Natvig , Otto Olsen	Axel Ekblom , Mauritz Johansson , Fredric Landelius , Alfred Swahn
Clay pigeon shooting	Gyula Halasy	Konrad Huber	Frank Hughes
Clay pigeon shooting team	Fred Etchen , Frank Hughes , John Noel , Clarence Platt , Samuel Sharman , William Silkworth	William Barnes , George Beattie , John Black , James Montgomery , Samuel Newton , Samuel Vance	Werner Ekman , Konrad Huber , Robert Huber , Georg Nordblad , Robert Tikkanen , Magnus Wegelius

Results

Free rifle 600 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Morris Fisher	95 ( OR )
2	United States	Carl Osburn	95 ( OR )
3	THE	Niels Larsen	93
4th	United States	Walter Stokes	92
5	HAI	Ludovic Augustin	91
6th	FRA	Albert Courquin	90
	HAI	Ludovic Valborge
8th	SWE	Hugo Johansson	88
24	SUI	Conrad Stucheli	82
31	SUI	Jacob Reich	81
35	SUI	Arnold Rösli	79
51	SUI	Albert Trondle	73

Date: June 27, 1924
Location: Camp de Châlons, Mourmelon-le-Grand
73 participants from 19 countries

There was a jump-off for places 1 and 2.

Free rifle crew

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Raymond Coulter Joseph Crockett Morris Fisher Sidney Hinds Walter Stokes	676
2	FRA	Paul Colas Albert Courquin Pierre Hardy Georges Roes Émile Rumeau	646
3	HAI	Ludovic Augustin Destin Destine Eloi Metullus Astrel Rolland Ludovic Valborge	646
4th	SUI	Jakob Reich Arnold Rösli Willy Schnyder Conrad Stucheli Albert Tröndle	635
5	FIN	Heikki Huttunen Voitto Kolho Veli Nieminen Jean Theslöf Antti Valkama	628
6th	THE	Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Anders Nielsen Peter Petersen Erik Sætter-Lassen	626
7th	SWE	Andersson , Olle Ericsson Mauritz Eriksson Hugo Johansson Ivar Wester	623
8th	NOR	Halvard Angaard Olaf Johannessen Ludvig Larsen Otto Olsen Willy Røgeberg	594

The Haitian rifle team

Date: June 26-27, 1924
Location: Camp de Châlons, Mourmelon-le-Grand
88 participants from 18 countries

Small bore, lying 50 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	FRA	Pierre Coquelin de Lisle	398
2	United States	Marcus Dinwiddie	396
3	SUI	Josias Hartmann	394
4th	THE	Not so with Nielsen	393
	THE	Erik Sætter-Lassen
	FIN	Jean Theslöf
7th	SWE	Viktor Knutsson	392
	SUI	Jacob Reich
10	SUI	Walter Lienhard	390
41	SUI	Willy Schnyder	376

Date: June 23, 1924
Location: Stade Olympique, Reims
66 participants from 19 countries

Rapid fire pistol 25 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Henry Bailey	54
2	SWE	Vilhelm Carlberg	54
3	FIN	Lennart Hannelius	42
4th	ARG	Lorenzo Amaya	36
5	ARG	Matías Osinalde	30th
6th	FRA	Arnaud de Castelbajac	24
7th	FIN	Unio Sarlin	24
8th	NOR	Einar Liberg	24

Date: June 28, 1924
Location: Stand de tir, Versailles
55 participants from 17 countries

There was a jump-off for places 1 and 2 .

Running deer single shot 100 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	John Boles	40
2	GBR	Cyril Mackworth-Praed	39
3	NOR	Otto Olsen	39
4th	SWE	Otto Hultberg	39
5	FIN	Martti Liuttula	37
6th	SWE	Alfred Swahn	37
7th	SWE	Mauritz Johansson	36
	NOR	Einar Liberg
	NOR	Harald Natvig

Date: June 30, 1924
Location: Stand de tir, Versailles
32 participants from 8 countries

There was a jump-off for places 2 and 3.

Running stag single shot team 100 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	NOR	Einar Liberg Ole Lilloe-Olsen Harald Natvig Otto Olsen	160
2	SWE	Otto Hultberg Mauritz Johansson Fredric Landelius Alfred Swahn	154
3	United States	John Boles Raymond Coulter Dennis Fenton Walter Stokes	148
4th	GBR	John Faunthorpe Cyril Mackworth-Praed John O'Leary Alexander Rogers	136
5	FIN	Jalo Autonen Martti Liuttula Robert Tikkanen Magnus Wegelius	130
6th	HUN	Gusztáv Szomjas László Szomjas Elemér Takács Rezső Velez	97
7th	TCH	Miloslav Hlaváč	33

Date: July 2, 1924
Location: Stand de tir, Versailles
25 participants from 7 countries

Running stag double shot 100 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	NOR	Ole Lilloe-Olsen	76
2	GBR	Cyril Mackworth-Praed	72
3	SWE	Alfred Swahn	72
4th	SWE	Fredric Landelius	70
5	NOR	Einar Liberg	70
6th	FIN	Robert Tikkanen	69
7th	United States	John Boles	64
	FIN	Magnus Wegelius

Date: July 1, 1924
Location: Stand de tir, Versailles
31 participants from 8 countries

There was a jump-off for places 2 and 3.

Running stag double shot team 100 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	GBR	Cyril Mackworth-Praed Philip Neame Herbert Perry Allen Whitty	263
2	NOR	Einar Liberg Ole Lilloe-Olsen Harald Natvig Otto Olsen	262
3	SWE	Axel Ekblom Mauritz Johansson Fredric Landelius Alfred Swahn	250
4th	FIN	Jalo Autonen Martti Liuttula Robert Tikkanen Magnus Wegelius	239
5	United States	John Boles Raymond Coulter Dennis Fenton Walter Stokes	233
6th	TCH	Miloslav Hlaváč Josef Hosa Rudolf Jelen Josef Sucharda	204
7th	HUN	Elemér Takács	27

Date: July 3, 1924
Location: Stand de tir, Versailles
25 participants from 7 countries

Clay pigeon shooting

space	country	athlete	Points
1	HUN	Gyula Halasy	98
2	FIN	Konrad Huber	98
3	United States	Frank Hughes	97
4th	CAN	James Montgomery	97
5	BEL	Louis D'Heur	96
6th	CAN	George Beattie	96
	United States	Samuel Sharman
	CAN	Samuel Vance
9	AUT	Heinrich Bartosch	95
14th	AUT	Hans Schödl	93
24	AUT	Erich Zoigner	89
29	AUT	August Baumgartner	88

Date: July 8th to 9th, 1924
Location: Issy-les-Moulineaux
44 participants from 14 countries

Clay pigeon shooting team

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Fred Etchen Frank Hughes John Noel Clarence Platt Samuel Sharman William Silkworth	363
2	CAN	William Barnes George Beattie John Black James Montgomery Samuel Newton Samuel Vance	360
3	FIN	Werner Ekman Konrad Huber Robert Huber Georg Nordblad Robert Tikkanen Magnus Wegelius	360
4th	BEL	Albert Bosquet Louis D'Heur Émile Dupont Jacques Mouton Henri Quersin Louis Van Tilt	354
5	SWE	Axel Ekblom Magnus Hallman Fredric Landelius Erik Lundqvist Karl Richter Alfred Swahn	354
6th	AUT	August Baumgartner Heinrich Bartosch Friedrich Dietz Franz Hollitzer Hans Schödl Erich Zoigner	347
7th	NOR	Eivind Holmsen Ole Lilloe-Olsen Harald Natvig Martin Stenersen Oluf Wesmann-Kjær	336
8th	GBR	William Grosvenor Enoch Jenkins Hans Larsen Cyril Mackworth-Praed George Neal John O'Leary	328

Date: July 6-7, 1924
Location: Issy-les-Moulineaux
69 participants from 12 countries

Six shooters were allowed per team. The combined results of the four best shooters counted for the overall ranking.

Web links

Commons : Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Shooting at the 1924 Olympic Games in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1924 Summer Olympics (PDF, 23.3 MB)