1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

N a m eNationT:l pointsreachedby competitorRemarksI. PepéF. NyströmA. NordensvanE. CarlbergW. N. Mc DonellR. OrtegrenE. A. JohanssonW. CarlbergR. LöfmanE. L. AnderssonD. J. GriffithsN. LevidisF. NielsenW. W. StylesE. A. OdelbergL. HauberH. T. SundeA. T. Török von MuraJ. ThéophilakisA. DobrjanskyFr. D. MavrommatisJ. O. JordellV. de PotékineJ. A. ThéophilasP. GerlowG. EricssonR. MasengA. RegaudGreat BritainSwedenU. S. A.SwedenU. S. A.Great BritainGreeceDenmarkGreat BritainSwedenHungaryNorwayHungaryGreeceRussiaGreeceNorwayRussiaGreeceDenmarkSwedenNorwayFranceIn this competition, too, the palm must, unconditionally, be givento the British team. It is true that an American, Hird, succeededin placing himself first, with 194 points, but then followed a compactmajority of five Englishmen in succession, with 193, 192, 192,190 and 190 — undeniably a very good piece of work. In connectionwith this competition, some words should be said with regardto the target used for the miniature-rifle shooting events at 50 metres(Fig. 6 in Rules for Shooting Competitions).The model was obtained from England, and was the same as thatused at the Olympic shooting competitions in London, in 1908. Ascan be seen by the figure, the distance between the zones is very irregular,the result of which is, that the calculation of the points doesnot give a perfectly fair idea of the real value of the hits. Whenit is a question of determining the value of the hits in shooting ata stationary target in general, care should be taken, of course, tohave the mean distance of the hits from the centre given as exactlyas possible, and, as a rule, this is done best by calculating in centimetres.In the competitions now in question, it would have beenpreferable to have employed a target that was measured off in centimetres,when, in order to obtain the exactest valuation possible ofthe hits, a calculation should have been made in millimetres of the694