Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre free pistol

Men's 50 metre free pistol
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Beverloo Camp
Date 2 August
Competitors 36 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Karl Frederick  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Afrânio da Costa  Brazil
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Alfred Lane  United States

The men's individual competition with revolver and pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of such an event at different distances. The competition was held on 2 August 1920. 31 shooters from 8 nations competed.[1] Pistol with hairspring trigger, allowed in the world championship, continued to be banned.

Results

The maximum score was 600.

PlaceShooterTotal
1 Karl Frederick (USA)496
2 Afrânio da Costa (BRA)489
3 Alfred Lane (USA)481
4 Laurits Larsen (DEN)475
5 Niels Larsen (DEN)470
6 Anders Andersson (SWE)467
7 Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL)466
8 Iason Sappas (GRE)464
 Casimir Reuterskiöld (SWE)464
10 Ioannis Theofilakis (GRE)462
– Gunnar Gabrielsson (SWE)460
 George Fiske (USA)458
 Raymond Bracken (USA)456
 Guilherme Paraense (BRA)456
 Sebastião Wolf (BRA)454
 Lars Jørgen Madsen (DEN)450
 Sigvard Hultcrantz (SWE)450
 Anders Johnson (SWE)448
 Gerard van den Bergh (NED)445
 Antonius Bouwens (NED)444
 Klaas Woldendorp (NED)443
 Einar Liberg (NOR)442
 Dario Barbosa (BRA)441
 Oluf Wesmann-Kjær (NOR)434
 Howard Bayles (USA)430
 Fernando Soledade (BRA)424
 Otto Plantener (DEN)419
 Carl Pedersen (DEN)413
 Christian Andersen (DEN)407
 Cornelis van Altenburg (NED)397
 Herman Bouwens (NED)394

da Costa used a new Colt .22 pistol that had been loaned to the Brazilian team by the United States team, and ammunition from Alfred Lane.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Shooting at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 369. ISBN 0140066322.
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  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 24 December 2007.
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