Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
With the competitions in shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Olympic shooting program began its expansion. Three new events were added: 100 metre running deer, 50 metre rifle three positions and trap. In total there were seven events held between 25 and 29 July 1952.[1]
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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 |
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 25 metre rapid fire pistol |
.svg.png){kind=small} Károly Takács (HUN) | 579 | Szilárd Kun (HUN) | 578 | .svg.png){kind=small} Gheorghe Lichiardopol (ROU) | 578 |
| 50 metre pistol |
 Huelet Benner (USA) | 553 | .svg.png){kind=small} Angel Leon de Gozalo (ESP) | 550 | Ambrus Balogh (HUN) | 549 |
| 300 metre rifle three positions |
.svg.png){kind=small} Anatoli Bogdanov (URS) | 1123 |  Robert Bürchler (SUI) | 1120 | Lev Weinstein (URS) | 1109 |
| 50 metre rifle three positions |
 Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR) | 1164 |  Vilho Ylönen (FIN) | 1164 | Boris Andreyev (URS) | 1163 |
| 50 metre rifle prone |
Iosif Sîrbu (ROU) | 400 | Boris Andreyev (URS) | 400 | Arthur Jackson (USA) | 399 |
| 100 metre running deer (single and double shot) |
John Larsen (NOR) | 413 |  Per Olof Sköldberg (SWE) | 409 | Tauno Mäki (FIN) | 407 |
| Trap |
 George Genereux (CAN) | 192 | Knut Holmqvist (SWE) | 191 | Hans Liljedahl (SWE) | 190 |
Participating nations
A total of 218 shooters from 41 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:[1]
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
References
- 1 2 "Shooting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
External links
- International Olympic Committee medal winners database
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