Le Stade Olympique de Reims was the temporary name of a

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located in

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, near Reims,

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, home of the Société de Tir de Reims. For the 1924 Summer Olympics in neighboring

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, the range hosted the

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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 {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub