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Not held in other editions
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Free Rifle, 400, 600 and 800 metres, Team, Men

Date26 – 27 June 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationCamp de Châlons, Mourmelon-le-Grand
Participants88 from 18 countries
Format400, 600, and 800 meters. Five-man teams. 30 shots, 10 shots at each distance. 150 possible per shooter, 750 possible per team.

The United States team easily won this event, winning by 30 points with 676, using Springfield rifles, with Remington Palma ammunition, loaded with HiVel powder. But the real story was in third place. Haiti tied with France for second place with 646 from 750 possible. France won the barrage to earn the silver medal. In 1915, the US military, concerned about German influence and military presence in Haiti, occupied that country for the duration of World War I. A Haitian gendarmerie was formed, led by American Marines, Col. David McDougal and Major Harry Smith. Both had been involved in shooting sport, and taught the Haitian gendarmerie to shoot. The Haitians decided they wanted to compete in the Olympics, though they had no experience, and no funds to send a team. But they had desire. A team was formed and equipped by the U.S. Marines. Each man in the gendarmerie, not just the shooters, contributed to a fund by donating 5% of their salary for five months to raise a fund to finance the team. In Paris, the Haitian free rifle team was in second place for most of the competition, and it was only during the final series that they were caught by the French team.

PosCompetitorsNOCPoints
1United StatesUSA676Gold
Bud Fisher 142
Walter Stokes 138
Joe Crockett 133
Ray Coulter 132
Sid Hinds 131
2FranceFRA646Silver
Émile Rumeau 134
Albert Courquin 131
Pierre Hardy 130
Georges Roes 126
Paul Colas 125
3HaitiHAI646Bronze
Ludovic Augustin 135
Astrel Rolland 129
Ludovic Valborge 128
Destin Destine 128
Eloi Metullus 126
4SwitzerlandSUI635
Jakob Reich 135
Arnold Rösli 128
Willy Schnyder 127
Conrad Stucheli 125
Albert Tröndle 120
5FinlandFIN628
Aarne Valkama 130
Veli Nieminen 128
Voitto Kolho 125
Heikki Huttunen 123
Jean Theslöf 122
6DenmarkDEN626
Niels Larsen 130
Lars Jørgen Madsen 127
Anders Peter Nielsen 124
Erik Sætter-Lassen 124
Peter Geltzer Petersen 121
7SwedenSWE623
Hugo Johansson 137
Ivar Wester 131
Mauritz Eriksson 126
Olle Ericsson 115
Gustaf Andersson 114
8NorwayNOR594
Ludvig Larsen 123
Olaf Johannessen 122
Willy Røgeberg 119
Halvard Angaard 117
Otto Olsen 113
9South AfricaRSA590
Leslie Laing 127
Eric Halley 124
David Smith 116
George Church 113
Melville Wallace 110
10ItalyITA578
Sem De Ranieri 122
Riccardo Ticchi 119
Giuseppe Laveni 116
Alberto Coletti Conti 113
Camillo Isnardi 108
11BelgiumBEL550
Paul Van Asbroeck 118
Jacques Lafortune 117
Conrad Adriaenssens 117
Arthur Balbaert 106
Charles Scheirlinckx 92
12GreeceGRE526
Ioannis Theofilakis 115
Alexandros Theofilakis 111
Georgios Anitsas 103
Georgios Moraitinis 100
Andreas Vichos 97
13RomaniaROU524
Alexandru Vatamanu 109
Constantin Țenescu 106
Simion Vartolomeu 104
Mihai Plătăreanu 103
Vasile Ghițescu 102
14CzechoslovakiaTCH501
Jaroslav Mach 103
Josef Sucharda 103
František Čermák 102
Antonín Byczanski 101
Josef Kozlík 92
15PolandPOL477
Marian Borzemski 101
Stanisław Kowalczewski 96
Franciszek Brożek 94
Bolesław Gościewicz 93
Władysław Świątek 93
16NetherlandsNED458
Albert Langereis 103
Carel de Iongh 94
Gerrit Bouwhuis 90
François Kortleven 86
Adrianus van Korlaar 85
17PortugalPOR427
Dário Canas 97
Manuel Guerra 94
António Ferreira 93
Félix Bermudes 76
Francisco António Real 67
DNFHungaryHUN
Rezső Velez 113
Elemér Takács 102
Sándor Prokopp 61