The men's Continental style was one of three
archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...
events on the
Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The event was held on 20 July. NOCs were limited to 30 competitors each, though none came close to this maximum.
[Official Report, p. 33.]
Just as the British dominated the York round archery, the French dominated the Continental-style. The one Briton to formally enter placed 12th, while the American placed 15th. However, "several" of the British archers who had competed in the double York round event also joined in the shooting for this event without competing for medals. One,
Robert Backhouse, shot a score of 260. He received a Diploma of Merit for the accomplishment, which would have earned a
silver medal
A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...
had he been shooting in competition.
[Official Report, pp. 101–02. The report says that there were "four shooters at each target, of which there were seven," suggesting a total of 28 men participated. Setting aside the 17 formal competitors and Backhouse, this leaves 10 unknown British archers who participated without contending for medals.]
Louis Vernet and
Henri Berton each hit the target with all 40 arrows.
Eugène Grisot
Eugène G. Grisot (19 December 1866 – 2 May 1936) was a French archer. He won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Grisot entered the men's double York round event in 1908, taking 19th place with 410 points.
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Gustave Cabaret,
Charles Aubras, and
Louis Salingre each missed only once.
[Official Report, p. 105.]
Competition format
Each archer shot 40 arrows, with the target 50 metres distant. Arrows were shot singly. Each hit was worth 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1 points depending on which ring was hit; an arrow touching two rings would count as hitting the higher value. Ties were broken first by number of hits, then by number of golds (hits in the 9-point ring).
[Official Report, pp. 415–16.]
Results
References
Sources
* Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
* De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Archery 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically a
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Men's Continental style
Men's events at the 1908 Summer Olympics