300 m rifle three positions
{{ Infobox Shooting sport
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|olympics_m=1900–1972
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|worlds_m=Since 1897
|worlds_f=Since 2002
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300 m rifle three positions (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an ISSF shooting event, involving shooting 40 shots each from the prone, the standing and the kneeling positions. Men and women both shoot the same number of shots, though previously women only shot half the course – or 20 shots in each position.{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/getfile.aspx?mod=docf&pane=1&inst=460&file=Rifle%20Rules.pdf|title=Rifle Rules – 10m Air Rifle, 50m Rifle, 300m Rifle, 300m Standard Rifle|publisher=issf-sports.org|access-date=15 June 2020|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615040921/https://www.issf-sports.org/getfile.aspx?mod=docf&pane=1&inst=460&file=Rifle%20Rules.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Originally there had been champions declared in each position based on the results of the 40 shots in the three position match. A special 300 metre rifle prone match was added in 1982 however, after a pattern from the so-called English Match. After 1990, no World Championship medals have been awarded in the standing or kneeling position.
History
300 m rifle has been a declining event for many decades because of the considerable cost for competing in the event and the difficulty of creating ranges for it. The Olympic status was dropped in the 1970s, making 50 metre rifle the only rifle event on the program (10 metre air rifle was later added), it was in the Olympic program from 1900 to 1972.{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/historicalmedalwinners.ashx |title=Historical Results |publisher=ISSF |access-date=11 December 2020}} 300 m Rifle is still on the World and regional championships program, though.{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results.ashx|title=Historical Results – European Championships|publisher=issf-sports.org|access-date=15 June 2020}}
Both men and women use the same rifle in this event, which has a weight limit of 8.0 kg. This rifle is not the same as the one used in the standard rifle 300m event, which has a lower weight limit of 5.5 kg, a minimum trigger pull of 1500g, and other restrictions regarding barrel length, and allowed accessories such as palm rests. The maximum caliber of ammunition is 8 mm, though the 6mm BR is most commonly used.
The 300 m rifle three positions event is part of the European Shooting Championships. The most recent was held in September 2019 in Tolmezzo, Italy.{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/schedule_by_discipline.ashx?cshipid=2749|title=EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 300M TOLMEZZO, ITA 22 SEP - 27 SEP 2019|publisher=issf-sports.org|access-date=15 June 2020}}
World Championships, Men
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!Year !Venue |bgcolor=gold|Gold | bgcolor=silver|Silver | bgcolor=cc9966|Bronze |
| 1897
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Lyon |{{flag athl iocc|Frank Jullien|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Ole Oestmo|NOR}} |{{flag athl iocc|Karl Ehrensperger|SUI}} | ||
| 1898
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Torino |{{flag athl iocc|Achille Paroche|FRA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Léon Moreaux|FRA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} | ||
| 1899
|{{flagicon|NED}} Loosduinen |{{flag athl iocc|Lars Jørgen Madsen|DEN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Emil Kellenberger|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Franz Böckli|SUI}} | ||
| 1900
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris |{{flag athl iocc|Emil Kellenberger|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Anders Peter Nielsen|DEN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Ole Oestmo|NOR}} | ||
| 1901
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Luzern |{{flag athl iocc|Emil Kellenberger|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Henrik Sillem|NED}} | ||
| 1902
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rome |{{flag athl iocc|Emil Kellenberger|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Attilio Conti|ITA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} | ||
| 1903
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Buenos Aires |{{flag athl iocc|Emil Kellenberger|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Louis Richardet|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Attilio Conti|ITA}} | ||
| 1904
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Lyon |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Jean Reich|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Maurice Marie Lecoq|FRA}} | ||
| 1905
|{{flagicon|BEL}} Brussels |{{flag athl iocc|Charles Paumier du Verger|BEL}} |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Louis Richardet|SUI}} | ||
| 1906
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Milan |{{flag athl iocc|Eugène Balme|FRA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Maurice Marie Lecoq|FRA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Charles Paumier du Verger|BEL}} | ||
| 1907
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Zürich |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Jean Reich|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen|SUI}} | ||
| 1908
|{{flagicon|AUT}} Vienna |{{flag athl iocc|Charles Paumier du Verger|BEL}} |{{flag athl iocc|Jean Reich|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Paul Van Asbroeck|BEL}} | ||
| 1909
|{{flagicon|GER}} Hamburg |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Achille Paroche|FRA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Paul Van Asbroeck|BEL}} | ||
| 1910
|{{flagicon|NED}} Loosduinen |{{flag athl iocc|Jean Reich|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Charles Paumier du Verger|BEL}} | ||
| 1911
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rome |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Jakob Bryner|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Jean Reich|SUI}} | ||
| 1912
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Bayonne Biarritz |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Paul Van Asbroeck|BEL}} |{{flag athl iocc|Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen|SUI}} | ||
| 1913
|{{flagicon|USA}} Camp Perry |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Caspar Widmer|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Mathias Brunner|SUI}} | ||
| 1914
|{{flagicon|DEN}} Viborg |{{flag athl iocc|Rene Georges|FRA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Konrad Stäheli|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Lars Jørgen Madsen|DEN}} | ||
| 1921
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Lyon |{{flag athl iocc|Walter Raymond Stokes|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Carl Townsend Osburn|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Josias Hartmann|SUI}} | ||
| 1922
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Milan |{{flag athl iocc|Walter Raymond Stokes|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Walter Lienhard|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Karl Zimmermann|SUI}} | ||
| 1923
|{{flagicon|USA}} Camp Perry |{{flag athl iocc|Morris Fisher|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Walter Raymond Stokes|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Laurence Adam Nuesslein|USA}} | ||
| 1924
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Reims |{{flag athl iocc|Morris Fisher|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Walter Raymond Stokes|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Karl Zimmermann|SUI}} | ||
| 1925
|{{flagicon|SUI}} St. Gallen |{{flag athl iocc|Josias Hartmann|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Walter Lienhard|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Karl Zimmermann|SUI}} | ||
| 1927
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rome |{{flag athl iocc|Josias Hartmann|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Karl Zimmermann|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Olle Ericsson|SWE}} | ||
| 1928
|{{flagicon|NED}} Loosduinen |{{flag athl iocc|Olle Ericsson|SWE}} |{{flag athl iocc|Jakob Reich|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Josias Hartmann|SUI}} | ||
| 1929
|{{flagicon|SWE}} Stockholm |{{flag athl iocc|Josias Hartmann|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Karl Zimmermann|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Harry Renshaw|USA}} | ||
| 1930
|{{flagicon|BEL}} Antwerp |{{flag athl iocc|Einari Oksa|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Harry Renshaw|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Josias Hartmann|SUI}} | ||
| 1931
|{{flagicon|POL}} Lvov |{{flag athl iocc|Karl Zimmermann|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Kullervo Leskinen|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Olle Ericsson|SWE}} | ||
| 1933
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Granada |{{flag athl iocc|Fernand Demierre|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Karl Zimmermann|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Einari Oksa|FIN}} | ||
| 1935
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rome |{{flag athl iocc|Viktor Miinalainen|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Kullervo Leskinen|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Jaak Kärner|EST}} | ||
| 1937
|{{flagicon|FIN}} Helsinki |{{flag athl iocc|Elmar Kivistik|EST}} |{{flag athl iocc|Olavi Elo|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Gustav Lokotar|EST}} | ||
| 1939
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Luzern |{{flag athl iocc|August Liivik|EST}} |{{flag athl iocc|Toivo Maenttaeri|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Pauli Aapeli Janhonen|FIN}} | ||
| 1947
|{{flagicon|SWE}} Stockholm |{{flag athl iocc|Pauli Aapeli Janhonen|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Robert Bürchler|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Otto Horber|SUI}} | ||
| 1949
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Buenos Aires |{{flag athl iocc|Olavi Elo|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Pauli Aapeli Janhonen|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Jonas Jonsson|SWE}} | ||
| 1952
|{{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo |{{flag athl iocc|August Hollenstein|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Jorma Tuomas Taitto|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Robert Bürchler|SUI}} | ||
| 1954
|{{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas |{{flag athl iocc|Anatoli Bogdanov|URS}} |{{flag athl iocc|Vasily Borisov|URS}} |{{flag athl iocc|Vilho Ilmari Ylönen|FIN}} | ||
| 1958
|{{flagicon|URS}} Moscow |{{flag athl iocc|Vilho Ilmari Ylönen|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Daniel Bruce Puckel|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Esa Einari Kervinen|FIN}} | ||
| 1962
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} Cairo |{{flag athl iocc|Gary Anderson|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Vladimir Yevdokimov|URS}} |{{flag athl iocc|Tommy Pool|USA}} | ||
| 1966
|{{flagicon|FRG}} Wiesbaden |{{flag athl iocc|Gary Anderson|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Alexander Gerasimenok|URS}} |{{flag athl iocc|John Robert Foster|USA}} | ||
| 1970
|{{flagicon|USA}} Phoenix |{{flag athl iocc|Valentin Kornev|URS}} |{{flag athl iocc|John Robert Foster|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Vitali Parkhimovitch|URS}} | ||
| 1974
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Thun |{{flag athl iocc|Lanny Bassham|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|John Robert Foster|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Max Huerzeler|SUI}} | ||
| 1978
|{{flagicon|KOR}} Seoul |{{flag athl iocc|Lones Wigger|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Juhani Laakso|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Kuno Bertschy|SUI}} | ||
| 1982
|{{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas |{{flag athl iocc|Gennadi Lushikov|URS}} |{{flag athl iocc|Victor Daniltchenko|URS}} |{{flag athl iocc|Malcolm Cooper|GBR}} | ||
| 1986
|{{flagicon|SWE}} Skövde |{{flag athl iocc|Glenn Dubis|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Malcolm Cooper|GBR}} |{{flag athl iocc|Mauri Roeppaenen|FIN}} | ||
| 1990
|{{flagicon|URS}} Moscow |{{flag athl iocc|Malcolm Cooper|GBR}} |{{flag athl iocc|Glenn Dubis|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Joergen Herlufsen|DEN}} | ||
| 1994
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Tolmezzo |{{flag athl iocc|Glenn Dubis|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Norbert Sturny|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Eric Chollet-Durand|SUI}} | ||
| 1998
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Zaragoza |{{flag athl iocc|Jean-Pierre Amat|FRA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Pascal Bessy|FRA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Glenn Dubis|USA}} | ||
| 2002
|{{flagicon|FIN}} Lahti |{{flag athl iocc|Rajmond Debevec|SLO}} |{{flag athl iocc|Eric Uptagrafft|USA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Thomas Jerabek|CZE}} | ||
| 2006
|{{flagicon|CRO}} Zagreb |{{flag athl iocc|Espen Berg-Knutsen|NOR}} |{{flag athl iocc|Vebjørn Berg|NOR}} |{{flag athl iocc|Mario Knögler|AUT}} | ||
| 2010
|{{flagicon|GER}} Munich |{{flag athl iocc|Marcel Bürge|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Vebjørn Berg|NOR}} |{{flag athl iocc|Josselin Henry|FRA}} | ||
| 2014
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Granada |{{flag athl iocc|Ole-Kristian Bryhn|NOR}} |{{flag athl iocc|Cyrill Graff|FRA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Odd Arne Brekne|NOR}} | ||
| 2018
|{{flagicon|KOR}} Changwon |{{flag athl iocc|Aleksi Leppä|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|István Péni|HUN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Gilles Vincent Dufaux|SUI}} | ||
| 2022
|{{flagicon|EGY}} New Administrative Capital |{{flag athl iocc|Emilien Chassat|FRA}} |{{flag athl iocc|Aleksi Leppä|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|István Péni|HUN}} |
World Championships, Men Team
World Championships, Women
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! Year ! Place ! style="background:gold" width="220" | Gold ! style="background:silver" width="220" | Silver ! style="background:#cc9966" width="220" | Bronze |
| 2002
|{{flagicon|FIN}} Lahti |{{flag athl iocc|Charlotte Jakobsen|DEN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Helena Juppala|FIN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Karin Hansen|DEN}} |
| 2006
|{{flagicon|CRO}} Zagreb |{{flag athl iocc|Charlotte Jakobsen|DEN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Tatsiana Kasiantsova|BLR}} |{{flag athl iocc|Isabelle Grigorian|FRA}} |
| 2010
|{{flagicon|GER}} Munich |{{flag athl iocc|Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen|NOR}} |{{flag athl iocc|Charlotte Jakobsen|DEN}} |{{flag athl iocc|Eva Friedel|GER}} |
| 2014
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Granada |{{flag athl iocc|Eva Rösken|GER}} |{{flag athl iocc|Elin Åhlin|SWE}} |{{flag athl iocc|Erin Mcneil|USA}} |
| 2018
|{{flagicon|KOR}} Changwon |{{flag athl iocc|Lisa Müller|GER}} |{{flag athl iocc|Jolyn Beer|GER}} |{{flag athl iocc|Elin Åhlin|SWE}} |
| 2022
|{{flagicon|EGY}} New Administrative Capital |{{flag athl iocc|Jeanette Hegg Duestad|NOR}} |{{flag athl iocc|Sarina Hitz|SUI}} |{{flag athl iocc|Elin Åhlin|SWE}} |
World Championships, Women Team
World Championships, Mixed Team
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! Year ! Place ! style="background:gold" width="210" | Gold ! style="background:silver" width="210" | Silver ! style="background:#cc9966" width="210" | Bronze |
| 2022
|{{flagicon|EGY}} New Administrative Capital |{{Flagu|Norway}} |{{Flagu|Switzerland}} |{{Flagu|Poland}} |
World Championships, total medals
{{Medals table
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| gold_SUI = 44 | silver_SUI = 29 | bronze_SUI = 29
| gold_USA = 20 | silver_USA = 15 | bronze_USA = 8
| gold_URS = 9 | silver_URS = 7 | bronze_URS = 1 | name_URS = {{URS}}
| gold_FIN = 8 | silver_FIN = 15 | bronze_FIN = 7
| gold_FRA = 6 | silver_FRA = 14 | bronze_FRA = 15
| gold_DEN = 4 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 8
| gold_EST = 4 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 3
| gold_NOR = 2 | silver_NOR = 5 | bronze_NOR = 6
| gold_BEL = 2 | silver_BEL = 3 | bronze_BEL = 9
| gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 0
| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 4 | bronze_SWE = 11
| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 1
| gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0
| gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 2
| gold_SLO = 1 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 0
| gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0
| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 6 | bronze_ITA = 1
| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 2
| gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 2 | bronze_AUT = 1
| gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 1
| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 1 | name_TCH = {{TCH}}
| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 1
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Note that at the 1923 World Championship, only the gold medal was awarded in the team event.
European Championships
The European Championships of this discipline were contested eleven times from 1959 through 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/s/schiessen/hst/44.html|title=Schießen – Europameisterschaften Gewehrdisziplinen 300m|language=de|publisher=sport-komplett.de|access-date=14 June 2020}}
Current world records
{{see also|List of national shooting records surpassing the world records}}
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!colspan=9 | Current world records in 300 metre rifle three positions |
| rowspan=2 | Men
| Individual ! 1190 | {{flagathlete|Michael d'Halluin|FRA}} | September 25, 2019 | Tolmezzo {{cc3|ITA}} |
| Teams
! 3533 | {{NOR}} (Claussen, Wear, Lund) | September 25, 2019 | Tolmezzo {{cc3|ITA}} |
| rowspan=2 | Women
| Individual ! 1181 | {{flagathlete|Jolyn Beer|GER}} | September 26, 2019 | Tolmezzo {{cc3|ITA}} |
| Teams
! 3518 | {{flagu|Germany}} (Beer, Müller, Rösken) | September 26, 2019 | Tolmezzo {{cc3|ITA}} |
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.issf-sports.org/}}
{{ISSF shooting events}}
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