Men's team free rifle
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueCamp de Châlons
Dates26–27 June
Competitors88 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Raymond Coulter, Joseph Crockett, Morris Fisher, Sidney Hinds, Walter Stokes
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Colas, Albert Courquin, Pierre Hardy, Georges Roes, Émile Rumeau
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ludovic Augustin, Destin Destine, Eloi Metullus, Astrel Rolland, Ludovic Valborge
 Haiti

The men's team free rifle was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of a rifle team event but the first with three different distances (400 m, 600 m, and 800 m). The competition was held on 26 and 27 June 1924 at the shooting ranges at Camp de Châlons, Mourmelon. 88 shooters competed for 18 nations.

Results

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 750. Hungary was allowed to compete with an incomplete team.[1]

All American shooters finished in top ten position. An individual event would have been won by Morris Fisher followed up by Walter Stokes and the Swedish shooter Hugo Johansson. Sidney Hinds' perfect score of 50 came after he was accidentally shot in the foot during the competition, when a Belgian competitor next to him accidentally discharged his gun when arguing with an official.[2]


PlaceShooter400 m600 m800 mTotal
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
1
 United States (USA)245122512061676
Morris Fisher5014734511421
Walter Stokes4984914071382
Joseph Crockett47264574141337
Raymond Coulter498441239131328
Sidney Hinds50140364141319
2
 France (FRA)243221441872646
Émile Rumeau50144124071346
Albert Courquin481742244141319
Pierre Hardy498413340713012
Georges Roes5014412324012623
Paul Colas46384320362112526
3
 Haiti (HAI)240322021863646
Ludovic Augustin481744124331354
Astrel Rolland48174224391312915
Ludovic Valborge4984320362112816
Destin Destine4726457362112816
Eloi Metullus4817464324012623
4
 Switzerland (SUI)240421061854635
Jakob Reich472644124421354
Arnold Rösli4984133381612816
Willy Schnyder4726457352712720
Conrad Stucheli47264320352712526
Albert Tröndle5013752333612038
5
 Finland (FIN)240420871805628
Antti Valkama4984320381613012
Veli Nieminen4984224371912816
Voitto Kolho4638394040712526
Heikki Huttunen48174412314612332
Jean Theslöf48174036343312234
6
 Denmark (DEN)234721531776626
Niels Larsen501457352713012
Lars Jørgen Madsen45454412381612720
Anders Peter Nielsen4638384740712429
Erik Sætter-Lassen4726464314612429
Peter Petersen46384224332612137
7
 Sweden (SWE)239621151737623
Hugo Johansson50148239131373
Ivar Wester45454644071319
Mauritz Eriksson47264224371912623
Olle Ericsson48173655314611547
Gustaf Andersson4983940266211449
8
 Norway (NOR)230820481609594
Ludvig Larsen47264224343312332
Olaf Johannessen47264036352712234
Willy Røgeberg46384133324011939
Halvard Angaard44504224314611742
Otto Olsen46383940285911350
9
 South Africa (RSA)227919791668590
Leslie Laing4984224362112720
Eric Halley44504412362112429
David Smith48173655324011645
George Church43593940314611350
Melville Wallace43593655314611054
10
 Italy (ITA)226101951015710578
Sem De Ranieri4726457305512234
Ricardo Ticchi44503940362111939
Giuseppe Laveni48173847305511645
Alberto Coletti Conti43593752333611350
Camillo Isnardi44503655285910856
11
 Belgium (BEL)217121861114712550
Paul Van Asbroeck47263940324011841
François Lafortune46384224295811742
Conrad Adriaenssens45454036324011742
Arthur Balbaert42673365314610657
Charles Scheirlinck3781326723739279
12
 Greece (GRE)218111691313913526
Ioannis Theofilakis47263365352711547
Alexandros Theofilakis45453560314611153
Georgios Anitsas44503847217810360
Georgios Moraitinis40753560256610069
Andreas Vikhos4267287927619770
13
 Romania (ROU)208131631415311524
Alexandru Vatamanu44503463314610955
Constantin Țenescu39773267352710657
Simion Vartolomeu44503074305510459
Mihai Plătăreanu38783267333610360
Vasile Ghițescu43593560246910265
14
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)208131721212115501
Jaroslav Mach41723655266210360
Josef Sucharda42673752246910360
František Čermák44503267266310265
Antonín Byczanski43593847208010167
Josef Kozlík3878297825669279
15
 Poland (POL)205161421613014477
Marian Borzemski37813074343310167
Stanisław Kowalczewski4267307424699672
Franciszek Brożek4359258126629473
Bolesław Gościewicz3878326723739376
Władysław Świątek4545258123739376
16
 Netherlands (NED)191171571511016458
Albert Langereis42673940227610360
Carel de Iongh4172326721789473
Gerrit Bouwhuis3285384720809081
François Kortleven4075218325668682
Adrianus van Korlaar3683278022768583
17
 Portugal (POR)20715135178517427
Dario Canas4359307424699770
Manuel Guerra4450317319829473
António Ferreira4172346318839376
Félix Bermudes4359218312847684
Francisco António Real3683198512846785
 Hungary (HUN)88-98-90-276
Rezső Velez45-36-32-113-
Elemér Takács43-31-28-102-
Sándor Prokopp--31-30-61-

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, 400, 600 and 800 metres, Team". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  2. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 381. ISBN 0140066322.
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