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Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men

Date 2 July 1912 — 11:00
StatusOlympic
LocationKaknäs, Djurgården, Stockholm
Participants84 from 9 countries
Format300 metres. 120 shots, 40 each standing, kneeling, and prone. 400 posible in each position, 1,200 possible total. Ties decided by 1) number of hits on target, and 2) number of black center hits, number of 10s, number of 9s, etc.

Despite a relatively poor score in the standing shooting, placing only 13th in that section, France’s Paul Colas won the gold medal in the free rifle event because he had the highest score in both the kneeling and prone positions. Both Colas and the runner-up, Lars Jørgen Madsen (DEN), had competed in this event at London in 1908, with Madsen finishing 14th and Colas 25th. Colas competed in five shooting events in Stockholm, and also won the gold medal in the 600 metre military rifle event. He also competed in Olympic shooting in 1920 and 1924. In addition to his individual gold medals at Stockholm, he won team shooting medals in 1908 (bronze in small-bore rifle team) and 1924 (silver in free rifle team).

PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsProne PointsKneeling PointsStanding Points
1Paul ColasFRA987362342283GoldOR
2Lars Jørgen MadsenDEN981330333318Silver
3Niels LarsenDEN962355334273Bronze
4Hugo JohanssonSWE959341326292
5Gudbrand SkatteboeNOR956343308305
6Bernhard LarssonSWE954341339274
7Albert HelgerudNOR952354317281
8Tönnes BjörkmanSWE947340322285
9Ole SætherNOR941349316276
10Erik BlomqvistSWE932337326269
11Gustaf Adolf JonssonSWE928337316275
12Ole OlsenDEN926320291315
13Voitto KolhoFIN923320313290
14Mauritz ErikssonSWE922330316276
15Einar LibergNOR921330316275
16Christian TausonDEN921334324263
17Carl OsburnUSA915337300278
18Olaf SætherNOR914311299304
19Gustaf NymanFIN913322289302
20Werner JernströmSWE912332315265
21Cornelius BurdetteUSA912349300263
22Paul VighalsNOR911329318264
23Østen ØstensenNOR911333308270
24Léon JohnsonFRA908340298270
25Heikki HuttunenFIN906318298290
26Thomas RefsumNOR905305306294
27Olaf HusbyNOR905335307263
28Harry AdamsUSA903360297246
29Jul BraatheNOR900319292289
30Arne SundeNOR900314304282
31Embret SkogenNOR899334286279
32Warren SproutUSA896327299270
33Laurits LarsenDEN894317277300
34Carl BjörkmanSWE888341308239
35Allan BriggsUSA888341308239
36Harold BartlettUSA884353293238
37Robert JonssonSWE875325290260
38Fred HirdUSA875322326227
39Huvi TuiskunenFIN875289322264
40George HarveyRSA874346288240
41Vilho VauhkonenFIN870304285281
42August WikströmSWE870313291266
43Nils SkogSWE869329315225
44Louis PercyFRA868309314245
45Auguste MarionFRA868311303254
46Frants NielsenDEN851293290268
47Anders Peter NielsenDEN849313292244
48Per-Olof ArvidssonSWE839315279245
49Emil HolmFIN835312280243
50Elemér, Sir Bömches von BoorHUN828326282220
51Robert PattersonRSA810328277205
52Hans SchultzDEN808276296236
53Raoul, Comte de BoigneFRA806318285203
54Feofan LebedevRUS806289274243
55Bob BodleyRSA806346310150
56Ernest KeeleyRSA800323289188
57Lauri KolhoFIN787284265238
58Dmitry KuskovRUS780283269228
59Jalo Urho AutonenFIN776286279211
60Povl GerlowDEN772283256233
61George WhelanRSA762335242185
62Pavel ValdenRUS758294260204
63Athanase SartoriFRA754303258193
64Arthur SmithRSA752324252176
65Boris BelinskyRUS746284261201
66Aleksandr TilloRUS744261232251
67Albert JohnstoneRSA741332228181
68Konstantin KalininRUS736251254231
69Zoltán Jelenffy-TóthHUN718290241187
70Charles JeffreysRSA715342207166
71Pavel LeshRUS713273254186
72Rezső VelezHUN712289240183
73Osvald ReshkeRUS699277252170
74László HaulerHUN677265250162
75Aladár FarkasHUN653261238154
76Georgy de DavydovRUS635251207177
77Dāvids VeissRUS623249193181
78Aleksandr DobrzhanskyRUS463165149149
DNFHans DenverDEN265277
DNFNestori ToivonenFIN207252
DNFIstván PrihodaHUN134
DNFPierre GentilFRA231
DNFJens HajslundDEN226
DNFGéza MészölyHUN84