Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team small-bore rifle

Men's team small-bore rifle
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue Bisley rifle range
Date July 11
Competitors 12 from 3 nations
Medalists
   Great Britain (GBR)
Edward Amoore, Harold Humby, Maurice Matthews, William Pimm
   Sweden (SWE)
Eric Carlberg, Vilhelm Carlberg, Johan Hübner von Holst, Franz-Albert Schartau
   France (FRA)
Henri Bonnefoy, Paul Colas, Léon Lécuyer, André Regaud
Shooting at the
1908 Summer Olympics
1000 yard free rifle men
300 m free rifle men
Team free rifle men
Team military rifle men
Stationary target small-bore rifle men
Moving target small-bore rifle men
Disappearing target small-bore rifle men
Team small-bore rifle men
Single-shot running deer men
Double-shot running deer men
Team single-shot running deer men
Individual pistol men
Team pistol men
Individual trap men
Team trap men

The men's team small-bore rifle was one of 15 events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Teams consisted of four shooters. Regulation of the equipment used in the event was done through proscribing ammunition weighing more than 140 grains, with a velocity of more than 1,450 feet per second, or having a hard metal base. Each shooter fired 40 shots, half at 50 yards and half at 100 yards. Maximum score for a shot was 5 points, giving a maximum total possible of 200 points per shooter or 800 per team.

Results

Place Nation Shooter Score
50 yd 100 yd Total
1  Great Britain (GBR) Team total 387 384 771
Maurice Matthews 98 98 196
Harold Humby 97 97 194
William Pimm 99 93 192
Edward Amoore 93 96 189
2  Sweden (SWE) Team total 373 364 737
Vilhelm Carlberg 95 92 187
Franz-Albert Schartau 96 90 186
Johan Hübner von Holst 94 90 184
Eric Carlberg 88 92 180
3  France (FRA) Team total 359 351 710
Paul Colas 96 93 189
André Regaud 91 95 186
Léon Lécuyer 85 84 169
Henri Bonnefoy 87 79 166

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