| | Event type
Running Target, Single Shot, Men
| Date | 9 July 1908 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Bisley Rifle Range, Bisley | |
| Participants | 16 from 4 countries | |
| Format | 110 yards. 10 shots in ten runs of the deer, one per run. 40 possible. | |
By winning this event, Oscar Swahn set an Olympic record which still stands to this day. On the day of this event, Swahn, born 20 October 1847, was 60 years and 263 days old, making him the oldest gold medalist in an individual Olympic event.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Swahn |  SWE | 25 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Ted Ranken |  GBR | 24 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Alexander Rogers | GBR | 24 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Maurice Blood | GBR | 23 | |||
| 5 | Albert Kempster | GBR | 22 | |||
| =6 | William Lane-Joynt | GBR | 21 | |||
| =6 | Walter Winans |  USA | 21 | |||
| =6 | James Cowan | GBR | 21 | |||
| 9 | Joshua Millner | GBR | 20 | |||
| 10 | Charles Nix | GBR | 19 | |||
| 11 | Ernst Rosell | SWE | 17 | |||
| 12 | William Ellicott | GBR | 16 | |||
| 13 | Léon Tétart |  FRA | 11 | |||
| 14 | Maurice Robion du Pont | FRA | 6 | |||
| 15 | Augustin Barbillat | FRA | 3 | |||
| John Bashford | GBR | 0 |