Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin saw the reintroduction of 50 metre pistol (then called Free Pistol) but still only had three events. The competitions were held from 6 to 8 August 1936 at the shooting ranges at Wannsee. Germany succeeded only in winning one of the three gold medals; the others went to Scandinavians after great accomplishments: Torsten Ullman won Free Pistol with a margin of 15 points and a new world record, and Willy Røgeberg achieved the maximum score in the Prone event.^[1]

Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
50 metre pistol	men
50 m rifle, prone	men

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Cornelius van Oyen Germany (GER)	Heinz Hax Germany (GER)	Torsten Ullman Sweden (SWE)
50 metre pistol	Torsten Ullman Sweden (SWE)	Erich Krempel Germany (GER)	Charles des Jammonières France (FRA)
50 metre rifle prone	Willy Røgeberg Norway (NOR)	Ralph Berzsenyi Hungary (HUN)	Władysław Karaś Poland (POL)

Participating nations

A total of 141 shooters from 29 nations competed at the Berlin Games:^[1]

Argentina (5) Austria (3) Belgium (3) Brazil (4) Bulgaria (1) Chile (3) Czechoslovakia (7) Denmark (6) Egypt (1) Finland (8) France (8) Germany (9) Greece (8) Hungary (8) Italy (9)

Latvia (3) Liechtenstein (3) Mexico (5) Monaco (6) Netherlands (4) Norway (4) Peru (1) Philippines (2) Poland (6) Portugal (6) Romania (4) Sweden (7) United States (6) Yugoslavia (1)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	1	2	0	3
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
3	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
4	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
5	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1

References

1. "Shooting at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Sports Reference.com. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

External links

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database