Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle, prone

Men's 50 metre rifle, prone at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Wannsee, Berlin, Germany
Date	8 August
Competitors	66 from 25 nations
Medalists
Torsten Ullman  Sweden Erich Krempel  Germany Charles des Jammonières  France

Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
50 metre pistol	men
50 m rifle, prone	men

The men's 50 metre rifle, prone was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 8 August 1936 at the shooting ranges at Wannsee. 66 shooters from 25 nations competed.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Willy Røgeberg  Norway	Ralph Berzsenyi  Hungary	Władysław Karaś  Poland

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

World Record	-	none	-	-
Olympic Record	294(*)	Bertil Rönnmark	Los Angeles (USA)	August 13, 1932
Olympic Record	398(**)	Pierre Coquelin de Lisle	Paris (FRA)	June 23, 1924

There was no official world record registered.

(*) Olympic record according to the conditions of this Games - 300 rings possible

(**) 400 rings possible

Results

Starting order: The competitors were divided into three groups after draw.

Starting times: First group 8.30 to 10.30 a.m., second group 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and third group 3 to 5 p.m..

Weather: The first group started to shoot in the rain. But the rain stopped after half an hour. The overcast sky cleared up in the afternoon and brought occasional sunshine. The wind refreshed in the afternoon and disturbed occasionally.

The competition was held over 15 series of two shots, so every shooter had 30 shots. The maximum score was 300.

Willy Røgeberg won the contest with the maximum of 300 and set a new Olympic record. 12 shooters finished with a better score than the standing Olympic record prior the Games.

Place	Shooter	Total
1	Willy Røgeberg (NOR)	300
2	Ralph Berzsenyi (HUN)	296
3	Władysław Karaś (POL)	296
4	Martin Gison (PHI)	296
5	José Mello (BRA)	296
6	Jacques Mazoyer (FRA)	296
7	Gustavo Huet (MEX)	296
8	Bertil Rönnmark (SWE)	295
	Mario Zorzi (ITA)	295
	Bruno Frietsch (FIN)	295
	Vilhelm Johansen (DEN)	295
	Zoltán Soós-Ruszka Hradetzky (HUN)	295
13	Alvaro García (MEX)	294
	Tibor Tary (HUN)	294
15	Erland Koch (SWE)	293
	Raymond Durand (FRA)	293
	Olavi Elo (FIN)	293
	Eduardo Santos (POR)	293
	Erik Sætter-Lassen (DEN)	293
	Mihai Ionescu-Călineşti (ROU)	293
	Marcel Fitoussi (FRA)	293
	Viljo Leskinen (FIN)	293
23	Antônio Guimarães (BRA)	292
	Carlos Queiroz (POR)	292
	Mauritz Amundsen (NOR)	292
	Johann Schulz (GER)	292
	Carlo Varetto (ITA)	292
	Hakon Aasnæs (NOR)	292
	Konstantinos Loudaros (GRE)	292
	Erich Hotopf (GER)	292
	Athanasios Aravositas (GRE)	292
32	Otoniel Gonzaga (PHI)	291
	Karl August Larsson (SWE)	291
	Rudolfs Baumanis (LAT)	291
	Theodor Janisch (AUT)	291
36	Michel Ravarino (MON)	290
	František Čermák (TCH)	290
	Lodovico Nulli (ITA)	290
	Julius Hansen (DEN)	290
40	Gheorghe Mirea (ROU)	289
	Alois Navratil (AUT)	289
	Jan Wrzosek (POL)	289
	François Lafortune (BEL)	289
44	Georgios Vikhos (GRE)	288
	Augustin Hilti (LIE)	288
	Antonio García (MEX)	288
	Antoni Pachla (POL)	288
	Guillermo Canciani (ARG)	288
	Arran Hoffmann (GER)	288
	Jaroslav Mach (TCH)	288
51	Manoel Braga (BRA)	287
	Jan Hendrik Brussaard (NED)	287
	Jorge Patiño (PER)	287
	Christiaan Both (NED)	287
55	Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL)	285
	Marcel Lafortune (BEL)	285
57	Roger Abel (MON)	284
58	Boris Khristov (BUL)	283
	Francisco António Real (POR)	283
60	Tieleman Vuurman (NED)	282
61	Alfred Hämmerle (AUT)	281
	Rudolf Senti (LIE)	281
63	Rudolf Jehle (LIE)	280
64	Eduard Grand (ROU)	279
65	Pierre Marsan (MON)	275
–	František Pokorný (TCH)	DNF[2]

The places two to seven were established by comparison of the hits on target.

References

External links

• Official Report Part II
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2007.