Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Melbourne, Australia
Date 1 December
Competitors 20 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Vasily Borisov  Soviet Union
2nd, silver medalist(s) Allan Erdman  Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Vilho Ylönen  Finland

The men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the 300 metre rifle three positions event at an Olympic Games. The competition was held on 1 December 1956, with 20 shooters from 14 nations competing.[1]

Results

PlaceShooterTotal
1 Vasily Borisov (URS)1138
2 Allan Erdman (URS)1137
3 Vilho Ylönen (FIN)1128
4 Jorma Taitto (FIN)1120
5 Constantin Antonescu (ROU)1101
6 John Sundberg (SWE)1094
7 Anders Kvissberg (SWE)1093
8 James Smith (USA)1082
9 Sándor Krebs (HUN)1078
10 Herbert Voelcker (USA)1075
11 Gerald Ouellette (CAN)1066
12 Rubén Váldez (PER)1044
13 Martin Gison (PHI)1043
14 Guillermo Baldwin (PER)1040
15 Wu Tao-yan (TPE)1025
16 Ian Wrigley (AUS)1021
17 Norman Goff (AUS)1010
18 Steffen Cranmer (GBR)999
19 Chu Hwa-il (KOR)903
20 Saifi Chaudhry (PAK)267

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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