| Date | 9 July 1908 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Bisley Rifle Range, Bisley | |
| Participants | 16 from 4 countries | |
| Format | 110 yards. 10 shots in 10 runs of the deer, 1 per run. 40 possible. | |
By winning this event, Oscar Swahn set an Olympic record which still stands to this day, as of 2024. On the day of this event, Swahn, born 20 October 1847, was 60 years and 263 days old, making him the oldest gold medalist in an individual Olympic event (not taking into account all the several older medalists in Art Competitions).
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Swahn |  SWE | 25 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Ted Ranken |  GBR | 24 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Alexander Rogers | GBR | 24 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Maurice Blood | GBR | 23 | |||
| 5 | Albert Kempster | GBR | 22 | |||
| =6 | William Lane-Joynt | GBR | 21 | |||
| =6 | Walter Winans |  USA | 21 | |||
| =6 | James Cowan | GBR | 21 | |||
| 9 | Joshua Millner | GBR | 20 | |||
| 10 | Charles Nix | GBR | 19 | |||
| 11 | Ernst Rosell | SWE | 17 | |||
| 12 | William Ellicott | GBR | 16 | |||
| 13 | Louis Tétart |  FRA | 11 | |||
| 14 | Maurice Robion du Pont | FRA | 6 | |||
| 15 | Augustin Barbillat | FRA | 3 | |||
| John Bashford | GBR | 0 |
