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

Men's 300 metre team 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	4399
Medalists
Switzerland Emil Kellenberger Franz Böckli Konrad Stäheli Louis Richardet Alfred Grütter  Norway Ole Østmo Helmer Hermandsen Tom Seeberg Ole Sæther Olaf Frydenlund  France Achille Paroche Auguste Cavadini Léon Moreaux Maurice Lecoq René Thomas
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Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Rifle
300 metre free rifle, standing	men
300 metre free rifle, kneeling	men
300 metre free rifle, prone	men
300 metre free rifle, three positions	men
300 metre free rifle, team	men
Pistol
20 metre rapid fire pistol	men
50 metre free pistol	men
50 metre free pistol, team	men
Shotgun
Trap	men
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The men's 300 metre team free rifle 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 top scoring team was Switzerland, led by individual champion Emil Kellenberger. Silver went to Norway, while France took bronze.

This was the first appearance of the men's 300 metre team rifle event, which was held 4 times between 1900 and 1920.^[1] The favourite was Switzerland, who had won two of the three world championships (1897 and 1899) to date and taken bronze in the third (1898). France had also reached the podium all three times, winning in 1898.^[2]

The competition had each shooter fire 120 shots, 40 shots in each of three positions: prone, kneeling, and standing. The target was 1 metre in diameter, with 10 scoring rings; targets were set at a distance of 300 metres. The five team members' scores were then summed. Thus, the maximum score possible was 6000 points. Medals were also awarded for individual three-positions scores. For the only time in Olympic history, medals were awarded for scores in each of the three positions.^[2]

The scores of the five shooters on each team were summed to give a team score. No further shooting was done. The maximum score was 6000.

Rank	Nation	Shooter	Standing		Kneeling		Prone		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	Switzerland	Switzerland total	1409	1	1500	1	1490	4	4399
		Emil Kellenberger	292	6	314	2	324	5	930
		Franz Böckli	294	5	300	7	289	21	883
		Konrad Stäheli	272	14	324	1	285	23	881
		Louis Richardet	269	17	297	9	307	12	873
		Alfred Grütter	282	7	265	25	285	23	832
	Norway	Norway total	1364	3	1403	4	1523	2	4290
		Ole Østmo	299	2	289	15	329	3	917
		Helmer Hermandsen	280	9	290	13	308	10	878
		Tom Seeberg	275	13	272	21	301	16	848
		Ole Sæther	239	26	293	12	298	18	830
		Olaf Frydenlund	271	16	259	27	287	22	817
	France	France total	1337	5	1389	5	1552	1	4278
		Achille Paroche	268	19	287	16	332	1	887
		Auguste Cavadini	278	10	286	17	316	7	880
		Léon Moreaux	269	17	286	17	325	4	880
		Maurice Lecoq	268	19	271	22	284	25	823
		René Thomas	254	24	259	27	295	19	808
4	Denmark	Denmark total	1358	4	1434	3	1473	5	4265
		Anders Peter Nielsen	277	11	314	2	330	2	921
		Lars Jørgen Madsen	305	1	299	8	301	16	905
		Viggo Jensen	277	11	290	13	308	10	875
		Laurids Jensen-Kjær	238	28	271	22	273	27	782
		Axel Kristensen	261	22	260	26	261	30	782
5	Netherlands	Netherlands total	1259	6	1460	2	1502	3	4221
		Marcus Ravenswaaij	272	14	306	5	303	14	881
		Uilke Vuurman	261	22	303	6	312	8	876
		Henrik Sillem	249	25	281	19	317	6	847
		Antonius Bouwens	238	28	296	11	278	26	812
		Solko van den Bergh	239	26	274	20	292	20	805
6	Belgium	Belgium total	1375	2	1333	6	1458	6	4166
		Paul Van Asbroeck	297	4	308	4	312	8	917
		Charles Paumier	298	3	297	9	302	15	897
		Jules Bury	282	7	269	24	270	28	821
		Edouard Myin	265	21	249	29	304	13	818
		Joseph Baras	233	30	210	30	270	28	713

• 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.