Olympic Medals in this event

At this competition, there was the first official disqualification for doping in Olympic history! Sweden had won the bronze medal with 14,188 Pinkten and already received. However, they had to give it back later, since Hans-Gunnar Lijenvall was drunk while shooting, a doping offense. He confessed that he wanted to calm his nerves with two beers. At 0.81 per thousand, it was well above the permitted limit of 0.40. France was awarded the bronze medal.