Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome comprised six events, all for men only. They were held between 3 and 10 September 1960.[1]

Shooting at the
1960 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 metre rapid fire pistol
  William McMillan (USA) 587  Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN) 587  Aleksandr Zabelin (URS) 587
50 metre pistol
  Aleksey Gushchin (URS) 560  Makhmud Umarov (URS) 552  Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (JPN) 552
300 metre rifle, three positions
  Hubert Hammerer
Austria (AUT) 		1129  Hans Rudolf Spillmann
Switzerland (SUI) 		1127  Vasily Borisov
Soviet Union (URS) 		1127
50 metre rifle, three positions
  Viktor Shamburkin
Soviet Union (URS) 		1149  Marat Niyazov
Soviet Union (URS) 		1145  Klaus Zähringer
Germany (EUA) 		1139
50 metre rifle, prone position
  Peter Kohnke
Germany (EUA) 		590  James Enoch Hill
United States (USA) 		589  Enrico Forcella
Venezuela (VEN) 		587
Trap
  Ion Dumitrescu
Romania (ROU) 		192  Galliano Rossini
Italy (ITA) 		191  Sergei Kalinin
Soviet Union (URS) 		190

Participating nations

A total of 313 shooters from 59 nations competed at the Rome Games:[1]

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union (URS) 2 2 3 7
2  United States (USA) 1 1 0 2
3  Germany (EUA) 1 0 1 2
4  Austria (AUT) 1 0 0 1
 Romania (ROU) 1 0 0 1
6  Finland (FIN) 0 1 0 1
 Italy (ITA) 0 1 0 1
 Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 0 1
9  Japan (JPN) 0 0 1 1
 Venezuela (VEN) 0 0 1 1

References

  1. 1 2 "Shooting at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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