Oscar Swahn the Olympics at the age of 72. His best results were in the team competitions: a fourth place in the single shot running deer event, and a second place in the double shot running deer contest. With this silver medal, he is also the oldest medallist of all time (not counting the art competitions). Swahn did not compete in the 1924 Games because of illness. In all of the Swedish shooting teams competitions that Oscar Swahn competed with at Olympic games of 1908, 1912, and 1920, he competed alongside his son, Alfred Swahn. Oscar Swahn Oscar Gomer Swahn (20 October
United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 15th place in the Continental style. American track & field athletes continued to dominate the sport, taking more than twice as many championships as the next most successful nation, host Great Britain. The Americans sent two divers in 1908. Gaidzik made it to the finals in both diving events, after a successful protest in the platform competition. He won a bronze medal in the springboard after tying with the third-place German diver. In the jeu de paume competition, Gould won the gold medal while Sands was eliminated in the first round by the eventual silver medallist. United States at