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Many felt at the time that Sweden was not up to the task of running a successful Olympiad. The Swedes in 1912 proved them wrong.

Part 3 of our deep dive into shooting events at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Olympic Games.

The second installment of our deep dive on shooting events at the 1920 Summer Olympic Games.

Part 3 of our deep dive on shooting events at the 1920 Summer Olympic Games.

Part 3 of our deep dive on shooting events at the 1924 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.

Well, there was shooting in the modern pentathlon event, but back in 1928 U.S. shooters had little to no interest in the sport. Luckily, shooting events would return to the Olympic Games in 1932.

After the bleak Amsterdam 1928 Olympics with no shooting events, the 1932 Games in Los Angeles, Calif., included multiple matches. However, bad communication and other problems developed at the 1932 Olympic shooting events. For starters, the Organizing Committee built a 50-meter range that wasn't 50 meters long.

The final installment of our deep dive on the shooting events at the Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games.

Part 1 of our look back at the shooting events of the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympic Games.