| Date | 29 July – 2 August 1920 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Kamp Beverlo, Beverlo | |
| Participants | 70 from 14 countries | |
| Format | 600 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.
| Date | 30 July 1920 |
|---|---|
| Format | 600 metres prone. Five-man teams, each shooter with 10 shots. Team possible 300. Individual possible 60. |
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | United States | USA | 283 | ||
| Dennis Fenton | 56 | ||||
| Willis Lee | 57 | ||||
| Lloyd Spooner | 56 | ||||
| Ollie Schriver | 58 | ||||
| Joe Jackson | 56 | ||||
| =1 | South Africa | RSA | 283 | ||
| Bob Bodley | – | ||||
| Ferdinand Buchanan | – | ||||
| George Harvey | – | ||||
| Freddie Morgan | – | ||||
| David Smith | – | ||||
| 3 | Sweden | SWE | 275 | ||
| Mauritz Eriksson | – | ||||
| Hugo Johansson | – | ||||
| Erik Blomqvist | – | ||||
| Erik Ohlsson | – | ||||
| Gustaf Adolf Jonsson | – |
| Date | 2 August 1920 |
|---|---|
| Format | 600 metres prone. Five-man teams, each shooter with 10 shots. Team possible 300. Individual possible 60. |
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | USA | 284 | ||
| Dennis Fenton | 58 | ||||
| Willis Lee | 56 | ||||
| Lloyd Spooner | 57 | ||||
| Ollie Schriver | 59 | ||||
| Joe Jackson | 54 | ||||
| 2 | South Africa | RSA | 279 | ||
| Bob Bodley | – | ||||
| Ferdinand Buchanan | – | ||||
| George Harvey | – | ||||
| Freddie Morgan | – | ||||
| David Smith | – |