shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Event that currently is not considered as "Olympic" by IOC.

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Competitors in these events had to kill as many live pigeons as possible. Birds were released one at a time from 'traps' in front of the shooters; winners were determined by whoever shot the most birds out of the sky. A shooter was eliminated once they missed two birds. Nearly 300 birds were killed. A prize purse of up to 20,000 Francs was awarded to the winners, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings.{{cite web|url=http://www.topendsports.com/events/discontinued/pigeonshooting.htm|title=Live Pigeon Shooting|publisher=Topend Sports Network|access-date=27 July 2012}} This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. Animal rights campaigns were mounted to stop live shooting; in 1902 bans came into force in the United States leading to the introduction of clay pigeons.{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Tim|title=Sport: Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know|publisher=Random House|year=2012|ISBN=978-1-4090-7810-4}} The following results are not included in the IOC Olympic results list:

Live pigeon shooting – 20 franc entrance fee

Live pigeon shooting – 200 franc entrance fee

Running game target

A total of 72 shooters from 8 nations competed at the Paris Games:{{cn|date=August 2024}}

• {{flagIOC|BEL|1900 Summer|11}}
• {{flagIOC|DEN|1900 Summer|5}}
• {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer|37}}
• {{flagIOC|GBR|1900 Summer|1}}
• {{flagIOC|NED|1900 Summer|7}}
• {{flagIOC|NOR|1900 Summer|5}}
• {{flagIOC|ROU|1900 Summer|1}}
• {{flagIOC|SUI|1900 Summer|8}}

20 metre military pistol event was an event for professionals with prize money. All three medals in this event were won by the French. It is not included in the IOC website's list of medal results{{cite web|title=Paris 1900 Shooting Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-1900/results/shooting |website=Olympics.com|access-date=2021-08-02}} and is not included in the table below.

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| gold_SUI = 5 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 1

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| gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 3 | bronze_DEN = 0

| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 2 | bronze_NOR = 2

| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 2

| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1

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• [http://olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee] medal winners database
• {{cite book|last=De Wael|first=Herman|title=Herman's Full Olympians: Shooting 1900|url=http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/sho1900.html}} Retrieved 2 March 2006.
• {{cite book | author = Mallon, Bill | year = 1998 | title = The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | location = Jefferson, North Carolina | isbn = 0-7864-0378-0 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/1900olympicgames00mall }}

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