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Small-Bore Rifle, Any Position, 50 metres, Men

Date 4 July 1912 — 12:00
StatusOlympic
LocationKaknäs, Djurgården, Stockholm
Participants41 from 9 countries
Format50 metres. 40 shots prone. 200 possible. Ties decided by the greatest number of 1) 5s, 2) black center hits, 3) 4s, 4) 3s, etc.

Although America’s Fred Hird won the gold medal with 194 points, the next five positions and six of the top ten were taken by British shooters. Hird won three Olympic shooting medals in 1912, the individual gold in this event and bronze medals in the two team small-bore events. He competed in Olympic shooting in 1920 as well, but did not fare as well.

PosCompetitorNOCPoints
1Fred HirdUSA194GoldOR
2William MilneGBR193Silver
3Henry BurtGBR192Bronze
4Edward LessimoreGBR192
5Francis KempGBR190
6Bob MurrayGBR190
7Bill LeushnerUSA189
8Erik BoströmSWE189
9Hübner von HolstSWE189
10William PimmGBR189
11Axel WahlstedtSWE187
12Warren SproutUSA187
13Carl OsburnUSA187
14Joseph PepeGBR187
15Fredrik NyströmSWE187
16Arthur NordenswanSWE186
17Eric CarlbergSWE186
18Neil McDonellUSA186
19Ruben ÖrtegrenSWE186
20Ernst JohanssonSWE185
21Vilhelm CarlbergSWE185
22Robert LöfmanSWE185
23Ed AndersonUSA185
24David GriffithsGBR184
25Nikolaos LevidisGRE181
26Frants NielsenDEN180
27William StylesGBR179
28Erik OdelbergSWE179
29László HaulerHUN178
30Arne SundeNOR176
31Sándor, Gróf Török de SzendrőHUN174
32Ioannis TheofilakisGRE173
33Aleksandr DobrzhanskyRUS172
34Fragkiskos MavrommatisGRE172
35Johs JordellNOR172
36Vladimir PotekinRUS170
37Iakovos TheofilasGRE167
38Povl GerlowDEN167
39Gideon EricssonSWE157
40Ragnvald MasengNOR156
41André RegaudFRA125