The men's 600 metre free rifle was a 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...

 event held as part of the Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, ten events in shooting were contested. These would be the last Games in which team events were part of the Olympic shooting program...

 programme. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on June 27, 1924 at the shooting ranges at Camp de Châlons, Mourmelon. 73 shooters from 19 nations competed.

Results

A maximum of four competitors per nation were allowed.

Morris Fisher

Morris Fisher

Morris Fisher was an American sports shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.-Early life:Fisher was Jewish, and was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and died in Honolulu, Hawaii....

 and Carl Osburn

Carl Osburn

Carl Townsend Osburn was an United States Navy officer and sports shooter from Jacksontown, Ohio. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1907, Osburn went on to reach the rank of commander...

both set a new Olympic record with 95 rings.

Place	Shooter	Total	Shoot off
1		95	48
2		95	45
3		94
4		92
5		91
6		90
		90
8		88
9		87
10		86
		86
		86
13		85
14		84
		84
		84
		84
		84
19		83
		83
		83
		83
		83
24		82
		82
		82
		82
		82
		82
		82
31		81
		81
		81
34		80
35		79
		79
		79
		79
		79
		79
41		78
		78
		78
44		77
45		76
46		75
		75
48		74
		74
		74
51		73
		73
		73
		73
55		70
		70
		70
58		69
59		67
60		66
		66
62		65
63		64
		64
65		62
		62
		62
68		57
69		55
		55
71		50
–		DNF
		DNF