Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Melbourne, Australia
Date 30 November
Competitors 33 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Pentti Linnosvuo  Finland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Makhmud Umarov  Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Offutt Pinion  United States

The men's 50 metre pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 30 November 1956 at the shooting ranges in Melbourne. 33 shooters from 22 nations competed.[1]

Results

PlaceShooterTotal
1 Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)556
2 Makhmud Umarov (URS)556
3 Offutt Pinion (USA)551
4 Choji Hosaka (JPN)550
5 Anton Yasynskiy (URS)550
6 Torsten Ullman (SWE)549
7 Åke Lindblom (SWE)542
8 Len Tolhurst (AUS)541
9 Claudio Fiorentini (ITA)540
10 Frederick Cooper (GBR)539
11 Joe Benner (USA)537
12 František Maxa (TCH)536
13 James Zavitz (CAN)536
14 Enrique Hannaberg (COL)534
15 Raúl Ibarra (MEX)533
16 Kalle Sievänen (FIN)526
17 Yoshihide Ueda (JPN)526
18 Alberto Martijena (ARG)526
19 Ignacio Cruzat (CHI)524
20 Charles des Jammonières (FRA)522
21 Rigoberto Fontt (CHI)521
22 Antonio Vita (PER)519
23 Marcel Lafortune (BEL)518
24 Hector de Lima Polanco (VEN)511
25 José Bernal (VEN)508
26 Rodolfo Flores (MEX)507
27 Rodney Johnson (AUS)506
28 Henry Steele (GBR)503
29 Francisco Otayza (PER)503
30 Kim Yun-gi (KOR)463
31 Zafar Ahmed Muhammad (PAK)460
32 Ricardo Hizon (PHI)456
33 Joseph Chong (MAL)438

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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