Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan

Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events, all for men only. They were held between 15 and 17 October 1964.^[1]

Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
50 m pistol	men
Rifle
300 m rifle three positions	men
50 m rifle three positions	men
50 m rifle prone	men
Shotgun
Trap	men

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
25 meter rapid fire pistol	Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)	592	Ion Tripsa (ROU)	591	Lubomír Nácovský (TCH)	590
50 meter pistol	Väinö Markkanen (FIN)	560	Franklin Green (USA)	557	Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (JPN)	554
50 meter rifle prone	László Hammerl  Hungary	597	Lones Wigger  United States	597	Tommy Pool  United States	597
50 meter rifle three positions	Lones Wigger  United States	1164	Velichko Velichkov  Bulgaria	1152	László Hammerl  Hungary	1151
300 meter rifle, three positions	Gary Anderson (USA)	1153	Shota Kveliashvili (URS)	1144	Martin Gunnarsson (USA)	1136
Trap	Ennio Mattarelli  Italy	198	Pāvels Seničevs  Soviet Union	194	William Morris  United States	194

Participating nations

A total of 262 shooters from 51 nations competed at the Tokyo Games:^[1]

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	2	3	7
2	Finland	2	0	0	2
3	Hungary	1	0	1	2
4	Italy	1	0	0	1
5	Soviet Union	0	2	0	2
6	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
8	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		6	6	6	18

References

External links

• Official Olympic Report