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

Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne, Australia
Date30 November
Competitors33 from 22 nations
Medalists
   Finland
   Soviet Union
   United States
Shooting at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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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
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

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