| | Event type
Dueling Pistol, 30 metres, Men
| Date | 29 June 1912 — 9:00 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Kaknäs, Djurgården, Stockholm | |
| Participants | 42 from 10 countries | |
| Format | 30 metres. 30 shots in 6 series of 5 shots each. Scoring by hits on target, with ties broken by points. 30 hits possible, 300 points possible. | |
Al Lane won both of the individual pistol shooting events at the Stockholm Olympics, although he was only 20 years old in 1912. He won three gold medals in 1912, adding a team gold in military pistol event, where he also made the highest score. In the team dueling pistol event, Lane also had the highest individual score, although the United States finished only 4th. Lane competed again at Antwerp in 1920 and added two more gold medals in team events and a bronze in the individual free pistol. Johan Hübner von Holst (SWE) and John Dietz (USA) tied for 3rd place. In the shoot-off for the bronze medal, von Holst scored 284 to Dietz’s 282.
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