Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Shooting
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Shooting; at the Games of the II Olympiad
	Entrance to the target stand
Venue	Satory
Dates	15 July – 5 August
No. of events	9 (9 men, 0 women)
Competitors	72 from 8 nations
	← 1896 1908 →

At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, many shooting events were featured within the concurrent 1900 Exposition Universelle, but only eight events currently are considered as "Olympic" by IOC. Before July 2021 the International Olympic Committee has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not.^[1] The competitions were held from 3 August to 5 August and took place at the military sporting complex in Satory and at Boulogne-Billancourt. ^[2] According to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, one of these nine shooting events (20 metre military pistol) was an event for professionals with prize money and therefore does not meet inclusion criteria for 1900 Olympic Games events.^[2]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 metre free pistol, individual details	Karl Röderer Switzerland	Achille Paroche France	Konrad Stäheli Switzerland
50 metre free pistol, team details	Switzerland (SUI) Friedrich Lüthi Paul Probst Louis Richardet Karl Röderer Konrad Stäheli	France (FRA) Louis Dutfoy Maurice Lecoq Léon Moreaux Achille Paroche Jules Trinité	Netherlands (NED) Solko van den Bergh Antonius Bouwens Dirk Boest Gips Henrik Sillem Anthony Sweijs
300 metre free rifle, standing details	Lars Jørgen Madsen Denmark	Ole Østmo Norway	Charles Paumier Belgium
300 metre free rifle, kneeling details	Konrad Stäheli Switzerland	Emil Kellenberger Switzerland Anders Peter Nielsen Denmark	None awarded
300 metre free rifle, prone details	Achille Paroche France	Anders Peter Nielsen Denmark	Ole Østmo Norway
300 metre free rifle, 3 positions details	Emil Kellenberger Switzerland	Anders Peter Nielsen Denmark	Paul Van Asbroeck Belgium Ole Østmo Norway
300 metre free rifle, team details	Switzerland (SUI) Franz Böckli Alfred Grütter Emil Kellenberger Louis Richardet Konrad Stäheli	Norway (NOR) Olaf Frydenlund Helmer Hermandsen Ole Østmo Ole Sæther Tom Seeberg	France (FRA) Auguste Cavadini Maurice Lecoq Léon Moreaux Achille Paroche René Thomas
Trap details^[3]	Roger de Barbarin France	René Guyot Belgium	Justinien de Clary France

Event that currently is not considered as "Olympic" by IOC.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
20 metre rapid fire pistol (professionals) details	Maurice Larrouy France	Léon Moreaux France	Eugène Balme France

Excluded events

Competitors in these events had to kill as many live pigeons as possible. Birds were released one at a time from 'traps' in front of the shooters; winners were determined by whoever shot the most birds out of the sky. A shooter was eliminated once they missed two birds. Nearly 300 birds were killed. A prize purse of up to 20,000 Francs was awarded to the winners, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings.^[4] This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. Animal rights campaigns were mounted to stop live shooting; in 1902 bans came into force in the United States leading to the introduction of clay pigeons.^[5] The following results are not included in the IOC Olympic results list:

Live pigeon shooting – 20 franc entrance fee

Place	Athlete	Pigeons
1	Donald Mackintosh (AUS)	22
2	Pedro José Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós (ESP)	21
3	Edgar Murphy (USA)^[6]	19

Live pigeon shooting – 200 franc entrance fee

Place	Athlete	Pigeons
1	Léon de Lunden (BEL)	21
2	Maurice Fauré (FRA)	20
3	Donald Mackintosh (AUS)	18
3	Crittenden Robinson (USA)	18

Running game target

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Louis Debray (FRA)	20
1	Pierre Nivet (FRA)	20
3	Comte de Lambert (FRA)	19

Participating nations

A total of 72 shooters from 8 nations competed at the Paris Games:^{[citation needed]}

Belgium (11)
Denmark (5)
France (37)
Great Britain (1)
Netherlands (7)
Norway (5)
Romania (1)
Switzerland (8)

Medal table

20 metre military pistol event was an event for professionals with prize money. All three medals in this event were won by the French. It is not included in the IOC website's list of medal results^[7] and is not included in the table below.

References

^ Lennartz, Karl; Teutenberg, Walter (1995). Olympische Spiele 1900 in Paris. Kassel, Germany: Agon-Sportverlag. p. 147. ISBN 3-928562-20-7. In many works, it is read that the IOC later met to decide which events were Olympic and which were not. This is not correct and no decision has ever been made. No discussion of this item can be found in the account of any Session.
^ ^a ^b Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-4064-1.
^ "Paris 1900 - Shooting - Trap 125 Targets Men Results". Olympics.com.
^ "Live Pigeon Shooting". Topend Sports Network. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ Harris, Tim (2012). Sport: Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4090-7810-4.
^ The Sporting Life, June 30, 1900, p. 16
^ "Paris 1900 Shooting Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.

Bibliography

International Olympic Committee medal winners database
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: Shooting 1900. Retrieved 2 March 2006.
Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.

[KLWT-1] Lennartz, Karl; Teutenberg, Walter (1995). Olympische Spiele 1900 in Paris. Kassel, Germany: Agon-Sportverlag. p. 147. ISBN 3-928562-20-7. In many works, it is read that the IOC later met to decide which events were Olympic and which were not. This is not correct and no decision has ever been made. No discussion of this item can be found in the account of any Session.

[Mallon-2] Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-4064-1.

[3] "Paris 1900 - Shooting - Trap 125 Targets Men Results". Olympics.com.

[4] "Live Pigeon Shooting". Topend Sports Network. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[5] Harris, Tim (2012). Sport: Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4090-7810-4.

[6] The Sporting Life, June 30, 1900, p. 16

[oly2-7] "Paris 1900 Shooting Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.

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