1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

Duel-shooting.The shooting took place at a 10-zoned whole figure which wasvisible to the competitor for the space of 3 seconds, with intervalsof 10 seconds, after which the target again appeared; during theinterval the competitor had, if necessary, to reload his weapon.After each series of 5 shots, the hits were counted and the holesafterwards covered over. A majority of the competitors, hit the targetnearly every time, and with relatively good results.The Swedish marksmen used the American Smith and Wesson targetpracticepistol exclusively, while the Norwegians and the Germanrepresentatives used various calibres of the German Parabellum automaticpistol.Patton, the only representative from the western continent, shotwith a Colt. All the Danes used the Danish Army pistol. Theseweapons, like the other pistols used in the competition, were of calibresvarying between 6.5 and 9 milimetres.The report of the judges was as follows.NameNationPoints per shotNo. ofmissesGrandtotalUssingDenmarkpointsPattonU. S. A.pointsLewenhauptSwedenpointsAlmkvistRussiapointsMannströmSwedenpointsClilverdGreat BritainpointsWersällSwedenpoints647