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Not held in other editions
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Military Rifle, Prone, 600 metres, Team, Men

Date29 July – 2 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationKamp Beverlo, Beverlo
Participants70 from 14 countries
Format600 metres prone. Five-man teams, each shooter with 10 shots. Team possible 300. Individual possible 60.

This event required two shoot-offs. The United States, South Africa, and Sweden tied with 287. A shoot-off was necessary because all three nations recorded 37 6s, and 13 5s. In the first shoot-off, Sweden was eliminated with 275. The original scores gave Sweden 283 and the United States 282. Later that night the targets were re-examined and the United States’ score was changed to 283, necessitating another shoot-off. The United States won the second shoot-off, 284-279.

PosCompetitorsNOCPoints
1United StatesUSA287Gold
Dennis Fenton 60
Willis Lee 58
Lloyd Spooner 57
Ollie Schriver 57
Joe Jackson 55
2South AfricaRSA287Silver
Bob Bodley 59
Ferdinand Buchanan 58
George Harvey 58
Freddie Morgan 58
David Smith 54
3SwedenSWE287Bronze
Mauritz Eriksson 59
Hugo Johansson 59
Erik Blomqvist 58
Erik Ohlsson 57
Gustaf Adolf Jonsson 54
4NorwayNOR282
Østen Østensen
Otto Olsen
Olaf Sletten
Albert Helgerud
Jakob Onsrud
5FranceFRA280
Léon Johnson
Achille Paroche
Émile Rumeau
André Parmentier
Georges Roes
6SwitzerlandSUI279
Fritz Kuchen
Albert Tröndle
Arnold Rösli
Walter Lienhard
Caspar Widmer
7GreeceGRE270
Andreas Vichos
Ioannis Theofilakis
Alexandros Theofilakis
Konstantinos Kefalas
Emmanouil Peristerakis
8FinlandFIN268
Veli Nieminen 57
Voitto Kolho 55
Vilho Vauhkonen 53
Magnus Wegelius 52
Kalle Lappalainen 51
9NetherlandsNED266
Gerard van den Bergh
Antoine Bouwens
Herman Bouwens
Cornelis van Dalen
Jan Brussaard
10BelgiumBEL264
Paul Van Asbroeck
Conrad Adriaenssens
Arthur Balbaert
François Ceulemans
Joseph Haesaerts
11CzechoslovakiaTCH258
Rudolf Jelen
Josef Sucharda
Václav Kindl
Josef Linert
Antonín Brych
12ItalyITA257
Riccardo Ticchi
Raffaele Frasca
Alfredo Galli
Peppy Campus
Camillo Isnardi
13SpainESP253
José Bento
Antonio Bonilla
Domingo Rodríguez
Luis Calvet
Antonio Moreira
14PortugalPOR248
Hermínio Rebelo
António dos Santos
António Ferreira
António Martins
Dário Canas

Shoot-Off 1

Date30 July 1920
Format600 metres prone. Five-man teams, each shooter with 10 shots. Team possible 300. Individual possible 60.
PosCompetitorsNOCPoints
=1United StatesUSA283
Dennis Fenton 56
Willis Lee 57
Lloyd Spooner 56
Ollie Schriver 58
Joe Jackson 56
=1South AfricaRSA283
Bob Bodley
Ferdinand Buchanan
George Harvey
Freddie Morgan
David Smith
3SwedenSWE275
Mauritz Eriksson
Hugo Johansson
Erik Blomqvist
Erik Ohlsson
Gustaf Adolf Jonsson

Shoot-Off 2

Date2 August 1920
Format600 metres prone. Five-man teams, each shooter with 10 shots. Team possible 300. Individual possible 60.
PosCompetitorsNOCPoints
1United StatesUSA284
Dennis Fenton 58
Willis Lee 56
Lloyd Spooner 57
Ollie Schriver 59
Joe Jackson 54
2South AfricaRSA279
Bob Bodley
Ferdinand Buchanan
George Harvey
Freddie Morgan
David Smith