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• Belgium's Leon De Lumden, winner of the gold medal for pigeon shooting, poses with his rifle at the 1900 Paris Olympics. There has been debate as to whether live pigeon shooting was a full Olympic.
• Along the way, he provides a tour of world history through the lens of the Olympic Games - the racial supremacy of Hitler's Olympics (Berlin 1936), the Cold War-era Olympic boycotts (Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984), and the emergence of China as a formidable player on the 21st Century international stage (Beijing 2008).

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). This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose, though the event is not listed in official IOC medal records.

Pigeon shooting was held at Cercle du Bois de Boulogne. There were two competitions, Grand Prix du Centenaire (Centenary Grand Prize) and Grand Prix de l'Exposition universelle de 1900 (1900 World Expo Grand Prize).

In the Centenary Grand Prize was held on June 19, with 166 entrants.

The 1900 World Expo Grand Prize was held on the 25, 26 and 27 June, 1900. There were 54 competitors in this main event.

Six birds were released 27 meters in front of the participant. The participant was eliminated once they missed two birds. The winner was the competitor who shot down the most birds from the sky. Nearly 300 birds were killed. The event turned out to be quite messy in the end with dead or injured birds on the ground and blood and feathers all over the place. An award of 20,000 Francs was the prize for the winner, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings.

Results

1900 World Expo Grand Prize

1. Leon de Lunden (Belgium) 21 birds killed
2. Maurice Faure (France) 20 birds killed
3. Donald MacIntosh (Australia) 18 birds killed
4. Crittenden Robinson [USA] 18 birds killed

Centenary Grand Prize

1. Donald MacIntosh (Australia) 22 birds killed
2. Pedro Pidal (Marquis de Villaviciosa, Spain) 21 birds killed
3. Murphy (USA) 19 birds killed

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• some discontinued shooting events
• see the full list of discontinued Olympic Sports
• Current Shooting at the Olympic Games
• some other unusual animal sports, and some that are also cruel.

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