# 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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1000 yd free rifle details | Joshua Millner (GBR) | Kellogg Casey (USA) | Maurice Blood (GBR) |
| 300 m free rifle, three positions details | Albert Helgerud (NOR) | Harry Simon (USA) | Ole Sæther (NOR) |
| 300 m free rifle, team details | Norway (NOR) Julius Braathe Albert Helgerud Einar Liberg Olaf Sæther Ole Sæther Gudbrand Skatteboe | Sweden (SWE) Per-Olof Arvidsson Janne Gustafsson Axel Jansson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Claës Rundberg Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg | France (FRA) Eugène Balme Raoul de Boigne Albert Courquin Léon Johnson Maurice Lecoq André Parmentier |
| Team military rifle details | United States (USA) Charles Benedict Kellogg Casey Ivan Eastman William Leuschner William Martin Charles Winder | Great Britain (GBR) Arthur Fulton John Martin Harcourt Ommundsen Walter Padgett Philip Richardson Fleetwood Varley | Canada (CAN) Charles Crowe William Eastcott Harry Kerr Dugald McInnis William Smith Bertram Williams |
| Stationary target small-bore rifle details | Arthur Carnell (GBR) | Harold Humby (GBR) | George Barnes (GBR) |
| Moving target small-bore rifle details | John Fleming (GBR) | Maurice Matthews (GBR) | William Marsden (GBR) |
| Disappearing target small-bore rifle details | William Styles (GBR) | Harold Hawkins (GBR) | Edward Amoore (GBR) |
| Team small-bore rifle details | Great Britain (GBR) Edward Amoore Harold Humby Maurice Matthews William Pimm | Sweden (SWE) Eric Carlberg Vilhelm Carlberg Johan Hübner von Holst Franz-Albert Schartau | France (FRA) Henri Bonnefoy Paul Colas Léon Lécuyer André Regaud |
| Single-shot running deer details | Oscar Swahn (SWE) | Ted Ranken (GBR) | Alexander Rogers (GBR) |
| Double-shot running deer details | Walter Winans (USA) | Ted Ranken (GBR) | Oscar Swahn (SWE) |
| Team single-shot running deer details | Sweden (SWE) Arvid Knöppel Ernst Rosell Alfred Swahn Oscar Swahn | Great Britain (GBR) William Ellicott William Russell Lane-Joynt Charles Nix Ted Ranken | none awarded |
| Individual pistol details | Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) | Réginald Storms (BEL) | James Gorman (USA) |
| Team pistol details | United States (USA) Charles Axtell Irving Calkins John Dietz James Gorman | Belgium (BEL) René Englebert Charles Paumier du Verger Réginald Storms Paul Van Asbroeck | Great Britain (GBR) Geoffrey Coles William Ellicott Henry Lynch-Staunton Jesse Wallingford |
| Individual trap shooting details | Walter Ewing (CAN) | George Beattie (CAN) | Alexander Maunder (GBR) Anastasios Metaxas (GRE) |
| Team trap shooting details | Great Britain (GBR) Percy Easte Alexander Maunder Frederic Moore Charles Palmer John Pike John Postans | Canada (CAN) George Beattie Walter Ewing Mylie Fletcher David McMackon George Vivian Arthur Westover | Great Britain (GBR) John Butt Henry Creasey Bob Hutton William Morris George Skinner George Whitaker |

## Participating nations

A total of 215 shooters from 14 nations competed at the London Games:
* Australasia (1)
* Belgium (10)
* Canada (22)
* Denmark (10)
* Finland (9)
* France (20)
* Germany (1)
* Great Britain (67)
* Greece (7)
* Hungary (2)
* Netherlands (17)
* Norway (13)
* Sweden (19)
* United States (17)

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

## Late arrival of the Russian team

Some sources claim that the Russian shooting team was 13 days late to the Olympics due to the Russian Empire still using the Julian calendar as opposed to the rest of Europe, which used the Gregorian system. The official report does not mention Russia, and it does mention Italy and Australia as "absent". Other authors doubt of this claim , and underlie that Russia had been living next to Gregorian-calendar Europe for two centuries and was used to the difference