Pistol dueling at the Summer Olympics
{{short description|Retired Olympic sport}}
File:1908 Olympics wax duel field.png involved wax bullets and elaborate protection]]
Pistol dueling was a sport at the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Olympics.
History
In the 1906 Intercalated Games, competitors fired duelling pistols at plaster dummies from distances of {{cvt|20|m|yd}} and {{cvt|30|m|yd}}.{{cite book|author=Jonathan Gottschall|title=The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAXTCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42|date=15 March 2016|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-14-310805-4|pages=42–}}
In 1908, pistol dueling was demonstrated as part of the concurrent Franco-British Exhibition, using the Olympic fencing arena and in front of invited guests.{{cite web | title=Duelling at the Olympics | website=Royal Armouries | date=2019-01-01 | url=https://royalarmouries.org/stories/our-collection/bloodless-duelling-at-the-olympics/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616013005/https://royalarmouries.org/stories/our-collection/bloodless-duelling-at-the-olympics/ | archive-date=2020-06-16 | url-status=dead | access-date=2024-01-27}} There were no official demonstration sports until 1912. The competition involved two competitors firing at each other with dueling pistols loaded with wax bullets and wearing protective equipment for the torso, face, and hands.{{cite book|author=Nigel McCrery|title=The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_U3CDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA274|date=19 October 2016|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-4738-7801-3|pages=274–}} Teams were sent by countries including France, the UK, and the USA. The 20-meter competition was won by the French team of Major Ferrus, J Marais and J Rouvcanachi.
1906 medal summary
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
| 20 m duelling pistol
| {{Flagathlete|Léon Moreaux|FRA}} | {{Flagathlete|Cesare Liverziani|ITA|1861}} | {{Flagathlete|Maurice Lecoq|FRA}} |
| 30 m duelling pistol
| {{Flagathlete|Konstantinos Skarlatos|GRE|otto}} | {{Flagathlete|Johan Hübner von Holst|SWE}} | {{Flagathlete|Vilhelm Carlberg|SWE}} |
References
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{{Sports at the Olympics}}
Category:Shooting at the Summer Olympics