| | Event type
Running Target, Single Shot, Men
| Date | 27 July 1920 — 9:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Hoogboom Country Club, Kapellen | |
| Participants | 12 from 4 countries | |
| Format | 100 metres. 10 shots. The deer was in sight for 23 metres, covering the distance in four seconds. Individual possible 50. Single shot per each run of the deer. | |
Otto Olsen won the first of his two individual shooting gold medals at Antwerp. The silver medalist, Alf Swahn, had a remarkable career as an Olympic shooter, all in running deer shooting. He won running deer shooting medals at the 1908, 1912, 1920, and 1924 Olympic Games. In all he won nine Olympic medals – three gold, three silver, and three bronze.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Shoot-Off | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otto Olsen |  NOR | 43 | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Alf Swahn |  SWE | 41 | 20 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Harald Natvig | NOR | 41 | 19 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Yrjö Kolho |  FIN | 40 | – | |||
| 5 | Robert Tikkanen | FIN | 40 | – | |||
| 6 | Fredric Landelius | SWE | 39 | – | |||
| =7 | Larry Nuesslein |  USA | 38 | – | |||
| =7 | Oscar Swahn | SWE | 37 | – | |||
| Willis Lee | USA | 33 | – | ||||
| Tom Brown | USA | 33 | – | ||||
| Joe Jackson | USA | 30 | – | ||||
| Lloyd Spooner | USA | 30 | – |