Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, standing

Men's 300 metre standing free rifle at the Games of the II Olympiad
Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Venue	Satory
Dates	August 3–5
Competitors	30 from 6 nations
Winning score	305
Medalists
Lars Jørgen Madsen  Denmark Ole Østmo  Norway Charles Paumier  Belgium

The men's 300 metre free rifle standing event was one of five free rifle events of the competitions in the Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. It was held from August 3 to August 5, 1900. 30 shooters from 6 nations competed, with five shooters per team. Medals were given for individual high scores in each of the three positions, overall individual high scores, and the scores of the five shooters were summed to give a team score. The standing position was won by Lars Jørgen Madsen of Denmark, with Ole Østmo of Norway taking silver and Charles Paumier of Belgium bronze.

Background

This was the only appearance of the men's 300 metre standing rifle event. A three-positions event was also included in 1900 (summing the scores of the standing, kneeling, and prone competitions); the three-positions event continued, but future Games would not have separate standing-position events in this format.

Eight of the nine medalists at the world championships since the world championships began in 1897 were competing. The world champions were Ole Østmo of Norway (1897), Achille Paroche of France (1898), and Franz Böckli of Switzerland (1899). The Olympic event doubled as the 1900 world championship.

Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 40 shots from the standing position. The target was 1 metre in diameter, with 10 scoring rings; targets were set at a distance of 300 metres. Thus, the maximum score possible was 400 points. The scores from this event were combined with the other two positions (kneeling and prone) to give a three-positions individual score as well as a team score.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 3 August 1900 Saturday, 4 August 1900 Sunday, 5 August 1900		Final

Results

Each shooter fired 40 shots, for a total possible of 400 points.

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Score
	Lars Jørgen Madsen	Denmark	305
	Ole Østmo	Norway	299
	Charles Paumier	Belgium	298
4	Paul Van Asbroeck	Belgium	297
5	Franz Böckli	Switzerland	294
6	Emil Kellenberger	Switzerland	292
7	Jules Bury	Belgium	282
	Alfred Grütter	Switzerland	282
9	Helmer Hermandsen	Norway	280
10	Auguste Cavadini	France	278
11	Viggo Jensen	Denmark	277
	Anders Peter Nielsen	Denmark	277
13	Tom Seeberg	Norway	275
14	Marcus Ravenswaaij	Netherlands	272
	Konrad Stäheli	Switzerland	272
16	Olaf Frydenlund	Norway	271
17	Léon Moreaux	France	269
	Louis Richardet	Switzerland	269
19	Maurice Lecoq	France	268
	Achille Paroche	France	268
21	Edouard Myin	Belgium	265
22	Axel Kristensen	Denmark	261
	Uilke Vuurman	Netherlands	261
24	René Thomas	France	254
25	Henrik Sillem	Netherlands	249
26	Ole Sæther	Norway	239
	Solko van den Bergh	Netherlands	239
28	Laurids Jensen-Kjær	Denmark	238
	Antonius Bouwens	Netherlands	238
30	Joseph Baras	Belgium	233

References

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Shooting 1900". Accessed 3 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
• 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.