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Running Target, Single Shot, Team, Men

Date26 July 1920 — 9:30
StatusOlympic
LocationHoogboom Country Club, Kapellen
Participants20 from 4 countries
Format100 metres. Five-man teams, each firing 10 shots. The deer was in sight for 23 metres, covering the distance in four seconds. Individual possible 50. Team possible 250. Single shot per each run of the deer.

Four teams entered but Norway won the gold medal easily, leading second place Finland by 19 points. Finland was only one point ahead of bronze medal winning USA, with Sweden bringing up the rear. This event was contested four times at the Olympics with Sweden winning in 1908/12 and Norway in 1920/24. The same four teams entered this event that had entered the team double shot running deer event, and Norway won both team running deer events in 1920, but the other places were different. Finland won the silver and the United States the bronze in this event, with Sweden fourth. In the double shot team event, Sweden was second, Finland third, and the United States fourth.

PosCompetitorsNOCPoints
1NorwayNOR178Gold
Harald Natvig 40
Otto Olsen 39
Ole Lilloe-Olsen 36
Einar Liberg 36
Hans Nordvik 27
2FinlandFIN159Silver
Robert Tikkanen 30
Nestori Toivonen 36
Magnus Wegelius 33
Kalle Lappalainen 26
Yrjö Kolho 34
3United StatesUSA158Bronze
Tom Brown 36
Larry Nuesslein 36
Lloyd Spooner 34
Carl Osburn 28
Willis Lee 24
4SwedenSWE153
Alf Swahn 34
Per Kinde 32
Bengt Lagercrantz 32
Oscar Swahn 28
Karl Larsson 27