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Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games:

Men's Running Target, Single Shot

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Host City: Stockholm, Sweden
Venue(s): Råsunda, Solna
Date Started: June 29, 1912
Date Finished: July 1, 1912
Format: 100 metres. 10 shots per man with one shot per run. 50 possible, 25 possible in shoot-offs. Ties decided by shoot-offs of five runs.

Gold: SWE Alf Swahn
Silver: SWE Åke Lundeberg
Bronze: FIN Nestori Toivonen

Summary

This event resulted in a three-way tie for first place. In the shoot-off, Finland’s Nestori Toivonen took three of the five shots and then withdrew, as he was well behind. Sweden’s Alfred Swahn and Åke Lundeberg both took the full five shots. Swahn led by one point after four shots, 15-14, but scored a perfect five on the final shot to win the gold medal. Swedish shooters dominated this event, taking five of the first six and six of the first eight places.

Alfred Swahn won nine Olympic shooting medals between 1908 and 1924, three of each color. His father, Oscar Swahn, was the defending champion from London, but finished tied for fourth in this event at Stockholm.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal PTS SO
1 Alf Swahn 32 Sweden SWE Gold 41 20
2 Åke Lundeberg 23 Sweden SWE Silver 41 17
3 Nestori Toivonen 47 Finland FIN Bronze 41 11
4 Karl Larsson 46 Sweden SWE 39
5 Oscar Swahn 64 Sweden SWE 39
6 Anders Lindskog 37 Sweden SWE 39
7 Heinrich Elbogen 39 Austria AUT 38
8 Adolph Cederström 25 Sweden SWE 37
9 Bill Leushner 48 United States USA 37
10 Adolf Michel 34 Austria AUT 36
11 Johan Ekman 57 Sweden SWE 34
12 Erik Sökjer-Petersén 24 Sweden SWE 34
13 Erland Koch 45 Germany GER 33
14 Ernst Rosenqvist 42 Finland FIN 32
15 Gustaf Lyman 31 Sweden SWE 31
16 Vasily Skrotsky 34 Russia RUS 31
17 Peter Paternelli 56 Austria AUT 31
18 Axel Fredrik Londen 52 Finland FIN 31
19 Nikolaos Levidis 43 Greece GRE 31
20 Harry Blaus 26 Russia RUS 29
21 Huvi Tuiskunen 39 Finland FIN 28
22 Iivo Väänänen 24 Finland FIN 28
23 Albert Preuß 48 Germany GER 28
24 Horst Goeldel-Bronikoven 28 Germany GER 27
25 Emil Lindewald 53 Sweden SWE 27
26 Per-Olof Arvidsson 47 Sweden SWE 26
27 Karl Reilin 38 Finland FIN 26
28 Edward Benedicks 33 Sweden SWE 26
29 Walter Winans 60 United States USA 24
30 Ioannis Theofilakis Greece GRE 24
31 Dmitry Barkov 31 Russia RUS 23
32 Eberhard Steinböck 29 Austria AUT 23
33 Aleksandr Dobrzhansky 39 Russia RUS 22
34 Pavel Lieth 28 Russia RUS 10