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Small-Bore Rifle, Moving Target (25 yards), Men1

Date11 July 1908
StatusOlympic
LocationBisley Rifle Range, Bisley
Participants22 from 5 countries
Format25 yards. Moving target. The target appeared 15 times over a 10 foot (3.05 metres) run for 4 seconds, 1 shot per run. Individual possible 45.

Four British shooters tied for first in this event, and the places were decided by examination of the targets. The winner, John Fleming, was a long-time member of the City Rifle Club and, from 1914-1918, was an instructor at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) School of Musketry. He was in the King’s Hundred in 1934 and was a life member of the NRA.

PosCompetitorNOCPoints
1John FlemingGBR24Gold
2Maurice MatthewsGBR24Silver
3William MarsdenGBR24Bronze
4Edward NewittGBR24
5Philip PlaterGBR22
6William PimmGBR21
7William MilneGBR21
8Otto von RosenSWE18
9William StylesGBR17
=10Arthur WildeGBR13
=10Walter WinansUSA13
=10Léon JohnsonFRA13
13James MilneGBR12
14André MercierFRA10
=15Louis TétartFRA9
=15Eric CarlbergSWE9
=15Vilhelm CarlbergSWE9
=15Hübner von HolstSWE9
=19Harold HawkinsGBR3
=19Edward AmooreGBR3
DNFWilliam HillANZ
DNFFrans-Albert SchartauSWE