At the

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in Paris, many

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events were featured within the concurrent 1900 Exposition Universelle, but only eight events currently are considered as "Olympic" by

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. Before July 2021 the

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has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not. The competitions were held from 3 August to 5 August and took place at the military sporting complex in

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and at

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. According to Olympic historian

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, one of these nine shooting events (20 metre military pistol) was an event for professionals with prize money and therefore does not meet inclusion criteria for 1900 Olympic Games events.

Medal summary

Event that currently is not considered as "Olympic" by

Excluded events

Maurice Faure, Léon de Lunden & Donald Mackintosh

Competitors in these events had to kill as many live

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s as possible. Birds were released one at a time from 'traps' in front of the shooters; winners were determined by whoever shot the most birds out of the sky. A shooter was eliminated once they missed two birds. Nearly 300 birds were killed. A prize purse of up to 20,000

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s was awarded to the winners, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings. This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose.

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campaigns were mounted to stop live shooting; in 1902 bans came into force in the United States leading to the introduction of

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. The following results are not included in the IOC Olympic results list: Live pigeon shooting – 20 franc entrance fee Live pigeon shooting – 200 franc entrance fee Running game target

Participating nations

A total of 72 shooters from 8 nations competed at the Paris Games: * * * * * * * *

Medal table

20 metre military pistol event was an event for professionals with prize money. All three medals in this event were won by the French. It is not included in the IOC website's list of medal results and is not included in the table below.

References

Bibliography

International Olympic Committee
medal winners database * Retrieved 2 March 2006. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting At The 1900 Summer Olympics 1900 Summer Olympics events

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Shooting competitions in France