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Men's 300 metre military rifle, prone events at the Olympics

Men's 300 metre military rifle, prone
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueBeverloo Camp
Dates29–30 July 1920
Competitors22 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Otto Olsen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Léon Johnson  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fritz Kuchen  Switzerland
Shooting at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m small-bore riflemen
Team 50 m small-bore riflemen
300 m free rifle, 3 positionsmen
300 m free rifle, teammen
300 m military rifle, pronemen
Team 300 m military rifle, pronemen
300 m military rifle, standingmen
Team 300 m military rifle, standingmen
600 m military rifle, pronemen
Team 600 m military rifle, pronemen
Team 300 + 600 m military rifle, pronemen
Pistol
30 m rapid fire pistolmen
Team 30 m rapid fire pistolmen
50 m pistolmen
Team 50 m pistolmen
Shotgun
Trapmen
Team clay pigeonsmen
Running deer
100 m running deer, single shotsmen
Team 100 m running deer, single shotsmen
100 m running deer, double shotsmen
Team 100 m running deer, double shotsmen

The 300 metre military rifle, prone was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance for military rifle events and the second time that medals were awarded for the prone position. The first time was the competition in 1900. The competition was held on 29 July 1920 and on 30 July 1920. 22 shooters from seven nations competed.

Results

The maximum score was 60.

Place Shooter Total Shoot-off
1  Otto Olsen (NOR) 60
2  Léon Johnson (FRA) 59 58
3  Fritz Kuchen (SUI) 59 57
4  Vilho Vauhkonen (FIN) 59 56
5  Achille Paroche (FRA) 59 56
6  Erik Blomqvist (SWE) 58
 Mauritz Eriksson (SWE) 58
 Hugo Johansson (SWE) 58
 Lloyd Spooner (USA) 58
 Albert Helgerud (NOR) 58
 Olaf Sletten (NOR) 58
-  Lars Jørgen Madsen (DEN) 57
 Ture Holmberg (SWE) 57
 Werner Jernström (SWE) 57
 Harry Adams (USA) 57
 Willis A. Lee (USA) 56
 Frederick Hird (USA) 55
 Joseph Jackson (USA) 54
 Erik Sætter-Lassen (DEN) unknown
 Niels Larsen (DEN) unknown
 Christen Møller (DEN) unknown
 Anders Andersson (DEN) unknown

References

  1. "Military Rifle, Prone, 300 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  2. "Shooting at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Military Rifle, Prone, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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