Le Stade Olympique de Reims was the temporary name of a
firing range
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located in
Tinqueux
Tinqueux () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. It is a suburb, adjacent to the west of Reims. Tinqueux is twinned with Myślenice, Poland.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Marne department
*List of twin towns ...
, near
Reims,
France
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, home of the Société de Tir de Reims. For the
1924 Summer Olympics in neighboring
Paris
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, the range hosted the
shooting
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles ...
50 m rifle prone event.
References
1924 Olympics official report.pp. 563–5.
Venues of the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic shooting venues
Defunct sports venues in France
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