Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Melbourne, Australia
Date 4–5 December
Competitors 35 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ștefan Petrescu  Romania
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yevgeny Cherkasov  Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Gheorghe Lichiardopol  Romania

The men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 4 and 5 December 1956 at the shooting ranges in Melbourne. 35 shooters from 22 nations competed.[1]

Results

PlaceShooterTotal
1 Ștefan Petrescu (ROU)587
2 Yevgeny Cherkasov (URS)585
3 Gheorghe Lichiardopol (ROU)581
4 Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)581
5 Oscar Cervo (ARG)580
6 Szilárd Kun (HUN)578
7 Kalle Sievänen (FIN)576
8 Károly Takács (HUN)575
9 John Beaumont (USA)572
10 Carlos Monteverde (VEN)572
11 Alfonso Castañeda (MEX)571
12 Michelangelo Borriello (ITA)567
13 John Forman (USA)566
14 Miguel Emmanuelli (PUR)563
15 Choji Hosaka (JPN)563
16 Pedro Simão (BRA)561
17 Guillermo Cornejo (PER)560
18 Adhaury Rocha (BRA)556
19 Rodolfo Flores (MEX)556
20 Carlos Crassus (VEN)555
21 Vangelis Khrysafis (GRE)553
22 Martin Gison (PHI)551
23 Henry Steele (GBR)551
24 Vasily Sorokin (URS)567
25 James Zavitz (CAN)547
26 Armando López-Torres (PER)540
27 Charles des Jammonières (FRA)529
28 Johnnie Maitland (AUS)526
29 Eliazar Guzmán (CHI)525
30 Lukman Saketi (INA)522
31 Yoshihide Ueda (JPN)521
32 Enrique Hannaberg (COL)533
33 Ignacio Cruzat (CHI)528
34 Frederick Cooper (GBR)486
35 Peter Papps (AUS)469

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
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