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 | |||||||||
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| Date | 30 November | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 22 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics  | |
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| 25 m rapid fire pistol | men |
| 50 metre pistol | men |
| 300 metre rifle | men |
| 50 m rifle, three positions | men |
| 50 m rifle, prone | men |
| 100 m running deer | men |
| Trap | men |
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
| Place | Shooter | Total |
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| 1 |  Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN) | 556 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Makhmud Umarov (URS) | 556 |
| 3 |  Offutt Pinion (USA) | 551 |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Marcel Lafortune (BEL) | 518 |
| 24 | .png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Kim Yun-gi (KOR) | 463 |
| 31 |  Zafar Ahmed Muhammad (PAK) | 460 |
| 32 | .svg.png){kind=small} Ricardo Hizon (PHI) | 456 |
| 33 |  Joseph Chong (MAL) | 438 |
References
- ↑ "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
Olympic champions in men's 50 metre pistol | |
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1 In 1896, the competition distance of the event was 30 metres. 2 In 1908, the competition distance of the event was 50 yards. |
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