The men's team single-shot running deer competition was one of 15 shooting sports

Shooting sports

A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...

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Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...

 programme. Teams consisted of four shooters. A deer-shaped target made 10 runs of 75 feet, with the shooter firing one shot during each run. The runs lasted about 4 seconds each and took place 110 yards distant from the shooter. There were three concentric circles on the target, with the smallest counting for 4 points, the middle for 3, and the outermost for 2. A hit outside the circles but still on the target (except on the haunch) counted for 1 point. The maximum possible score was thus 40 points per shooter, or 160 for the team.

Results

Place	Nation	Shooter	Score
1		Team total	86
		Alfred Swahn Alfred Swahn Alfred "Alf" Gomer Swahn was a Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, in the 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics....	26
		Arvid Knöppel Arvid Knöppel G. Arvid Knöppel was a Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won the gold medal in the team single-shot running deer event.-External links:*...	22
		Oscar Swahn Oscar Swahn Oscar Gomer Swahn was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won several medals....	21
		Ernst Rosell Ernst Rosell Ernst Oscar Rosell was a Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won the gold medal in the team running deer, single shots event....	17
2		Team total	85
		Charles Nix Charles Nix Charles George Ashburton Nix was a British sport shooter, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In the 1908 Olympics he won a silver medal in the team single-shot running deer event, was 10th in the single-shot running deer event and 11th in the double-shot running deer event.-External links:*...	27
		William Russell Lane-Joynt William Russell Lane-Joynt William Russell Lane-Joynt , born in Limerick, was an Irish barrister, philatelist and Olympic shooter. He founded the Irish Philatelic Society in Dublin and assisted the Duke of Leinster to form his collection which was bequeated to the Dublin Museum of Science and Art...	22
		Walter Ellicott	18
		Ted Ranken Ted Ranken Thomas "Ted" Ranken , was a British sport shooter, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In the 1908 Olympics he won a silver medals in the single-shot running deer event, in the double-shot running deer event and in the team single-shot running deer event. He was also fifth in the 1000 yard...	18

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