| Date | 11 July 1908 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Bisley Rifle Range, Bisley | |
| Participants | 22 from 5 countries | |
| Format | 25 yards. Disappearing target. The target appeared 15 times over a 10 foot (3.05 metres) run for four seconds, one shot per run. Individual possible 45. | |
Nine athletes tied for first with perfect scores in this event. The places were decided by a count-back and examination of the targets. The winner, William Styles, returned as a member of the 1912 British Olympic shooting team, and won a silver medal in the small-bore rifle team event.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Styles |  GBR | 45 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Harold Hawkins | GBR | 45 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Edward Amoore | GBR | 45 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | William Milne | GBR | 45 | |||
| 5 | James Milne | GBR | 45 | |||
| 6 | Arthur Wilde | GBR | 45 | |||
| 7 | Vilhelm Carlberg |  SWE | 45 | |||
| 8 | Harry Humby | GBR | 45 | |||
| =9 | Maurice Matthews | GBR | 42 | |||
| =9 | Otto von Rosen | SWE | 42 | |||
| =9 | Eric Carlberg | SWE | 42 | |||
| =9 | John Fleming | GBR | 42 | |||
| =9 | Frans-Albert Schartau | SWE | 42 | |||
| =9 | Edward Newitt | GBR | 42 | |||
| =15 | William Pimm | GBR | 39 | |||
| =15 | Hübner von Holst | SWE | 39 | |||
| =15 | Philip Plater | GBR | 39 | |||
| 18 | William Hill |  ANZ | 36 | |||
| =19 | André Mercier |  FRA | 30 | |||
| =19 | Walter Winans |  USA | 30 | |||
| 21 | Léon Johnson | FRA | 24 | |||
| 22 | Léon Tétart | FRA | 21 |
