Date | 2 – 4 July 1912 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Ellenhill, Råsunda, Solna | |
Participants | 61 from 11 countries | |
Format | 100 birds possible per shooter shot in three stages. Top 50% and ties advanced to second stage. Top 50% and ties advanced to third stage. |
James Graham won this event, posting the highest score in each stage, although his totals were equalled by other shooters at each stage. But he was the most consistent shooter by far. After the first round, graham was tied with Baron von Zedlitz und Leipe (GER), Edward Gleason (USA), and Horst Göldel-Bronikoven (GER). After two rounds, he remained tied with his teammate, Gleason, but Gleason slumped badly in the last round and finished only 11th. In addition to his gold medal, Graham won Lord Westbury’s Challenge Trophy, which in 1908 had been presented to Canada’s Walter Ewing.