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1. www.npr.org › 2012/07/27 › 157493816Live Pigeon Shooting And Other Odd Olympic Games - NPR

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   Jul 28, 2012 · The 1900 Olympic Games in Paris hosted what was surely the weirdest and most bizarre Olympic event of all time: live pigeon shooting. The winner was Leon de Lunden of Belgium, who...

   • Author: Kee Malesky

2. www.topendsports.com › pigeonshootingLive Pigeon Shooting at the Olympics - Topend Sports

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   Live Pigeon Shooting was held only once in Olympic history, in 1900. The object of this event was to shoot and kill as many birds as possible. The official report of the Games described this sport as "très aristocratique" (very aristocratic).

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pigeon-shootingPigeon-shooting - Wikipedia

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   In the 1900 Paris Olympics, live pigeon shooting was one of the events. The prize for the winner was 20,000 French Francs (more than US$82,000 in 2017), [8] though the top four finishers agreed to split the prize money.

4. www.youtube.com › watchThe Controversial 1904 Olympics: Live Pigeon Shooting - YouTube

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   Explore the controversial inclusion of live pigeon shooting at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. This 30-second video sheds light on the outcry, protest...

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5. en.wikipedia.org › Shooting_at_the_Summer_OlympicsShooting at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   Shooting was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896. Early competitions included some events now regarded as unusual, such as live pigeon shooting in 1900 ; dueling in 1906 and 1908 ; and numerous events restricted to military weapons.

   Nation	04	08	12
   Canada (CAN)	22	3	7
   Denmark (DEN)	10	14	15
   Finland (FIN)	9	19	9
   France (FRA)	20	19	17

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6. olympics.time.com › slide › live-pigeon-shootingLive Pigeon Shooting | 9 Really Strange ... - olympics | Time

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   Jul 6, 2012 · Live Pigeon Shooting. Shooting has long been a staple at the Olympics, with the sport appearing in the first modern Olympics in 1896. While competitors typically shot at disc-shaped...

7. www.vice.com › en › articleLive Pigeon Shooting and Hot Air Balloons: Remembering the ...

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   May 19, 2016 · For the only time in Olympic history, live birds were used for a shooting event; specifically, participants were challenged to gun down fleeing pigeons.