Anders Peter Nielsen of Denmark took silver, while Ole Østmo of Norway and Paul Van Asbroeck of Belgium tied for bronze.

This was the first appearance of the men's 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.

[1][2] Two of the three world champions since the world championships began in 1897 were competing: Achille Paroche of France (1898) and Lars Jørgen Madsen of Denmark (1899); of the total nine medalists to date, seven competed at the Olympics.

Medals were also awarded for team results, adding the individual three-positions scores together.

Emil Kellenberger set the initial Olympic record for the 120-shot format at 930 points.