Olympedia – Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men

Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men

Date	11 July 1908
Status	Olympic
Location	Bisley Rifle Range, Bisley
Participants	51 from 10 countries
Format	300 metres. 120 shots (40 standing, 40 kneeling, 40 prone). 1,200 possible.

Date

11 July 1908

Status

Olympic

Location

Bisley Rifle Range, Bisley

Participants

51 from 10 countries

Format

300 metres. 120 shots (40 standing, 40 kneeling, 40 prone). 1,200 possible.

Norway’s Albert Helgerud won this event by 22 points over American Harry Simon. Simon, who used a standard issue Springfield rifle, was actually far better in the kneeling and prone phases, but Helgerud defeated him by 49 points in the standing position. Helgrud’s teammate Ole Sæther won the bronze medal, 4 points behind Simon, despite leading him by 44 point in standing shooting. Helgerud competed in Olympic shooting in 1906, 1908, 1912, and 1920, finishing his career with seven medals and two gold medals, both won in 1908. Sæther competed at the 1900, 1908, and 1912 Olympics, winning four medals and a team gold in this weapon in 1908.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Standing Points	Kneeling Points	Prone Points
1	–	Albert Helgerud	NOR	909	277	292	340	Gold
2	–	Harry Simon	USA	887	228	294	365	Silver
3	–	Ole Sæther	NOR	883	272	284	327	Bronze
4	–	Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg	SWE	874	251	285	338
5	–	Janne Gustafsson	SWE	872	265	283	324
6	–	Jul Braathe	NOR	851	257	291	303
7	–	Axel Jansson	SWE	843	235	296	312
8	–	Léon Johnson	FRA	835	250	282	303
9	–	Olaf Sæther	NOR	830	240	291	299
10	–	Jesse Wallingford	GBR	828	201	303	324
11	–	Maurice Blood	GBR	825	201	290	334
12	–	Per-Olof Arvidsson	SWE	823	236	277	310
13	–	Georg Erdmann	NOR	821	234	277	310
14	–	Lars Jørgen Madsen	DEN	813	236	294	283
15	–	Gustaf Adolf Jonsson	SWE	812	226	267	319
16	–	Edward Greene	USA	792	190	276	326
17	–	Voitto Kolho	FIN	788	231	269	288
18	–	Christian Pedersen	DEN	780	191	278	311
19	–	Kolbjørn Kvam	NOR	777	234	267	276
20	–	Arthur Jackson	GBR	771	187	249	335
21	–	Hans Schultz	DEN	769	223	257	289
22	–	Pieter van Waas	NED	768	188	285	295
23	–	Fredrik Mossberg	SWE	761	174	288	299
24	–	Olivius Skymoen	NOR	760	206	240	314
25	–	Paul Colas	FRA	759	231	233	293		1
26	–	Robert Hawkins	GBR	752	189	273	301		2
27	–	Per Olaf Olsen	NOR	752	222	237	293
28	–	Erik Ohlsson	SWE	751	174	271	306
29	–	John Hession	USA	746	176	233	337
30	–	Frans Nässling	FIN	733	221	244	268
31	–	Maurice Lecoq	FRA	730	196	280	254
32	–	Piet ten Bruggen Cate	NED	726	216	238	271		3
33	–	Niels Laursen	DEN	712	202	224	286
34	–	Charles Angelini	FRA	706	154	247	305
35	–	Ernest Ista	BEL	701	169	232	300
36	–	Fernand Rey	BEL	698	169	245	284
37	–	Huvi Tuiskunen	FIN	697	193	246	256		4
38	–	Heikki Huttunen	FIN	686	204	212	270
39	–	Lauri Kolho	FIN	672	171	236	265
40	–	Henry Chaney	GBR	671	140	240	291
41	–	Emil Nässling	FIN	657	204	234	219
42	–	Poul Liebst	DEN	645	187	197	261
43	–	Sándor Prokopp	HUN	627	144	236	247
44	–	Gustaf Nyman	FIN	615	200	166	249
45	–	Karl Reilin	FIN	584	217	174	193
46	–	Heikki Hallamaa	FIN	576	165	181	230
47	–	Mathias Glomnes	NOR	563	909	250	313
48	–	Niels Christian Christensen	DEN	501	712	202	299
49	–	Kálmán Móricz	HUN	490	122	179	189
50	–	Ossian Jörgensen	SWE	420	761	112	308
51	–	Lorents Peter Jensen	DEN	321	501	46	275

Pos

Number

Competitor

NOC

Points

Standing Points

Kneeling Points

Prone Points

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Albert Helgerud

NOR