Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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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 m Running Deer, 50 m Rifle Three positions and Trap. In total there were seven events, all open to both men and women.

[edit] Medal count

Pos	Country				Total
1	Norway	2	0	0	2
2	Soviet Union	1	1	2	4
3	Hungary	1	1	1	3
4	Romania	1	0	1	2
4	United States	1	0	1	2
6	Canada	1	0	0	1
7	Sweden	0	2	1	3
8	Finland	0	1	1	2
9	Spain	0	1	0	1
9	Switzerland	0	1	0	1

[edit] Medalists by event

[edit] 300 m Rifle, Three positions

1	Anatoli Bogdanov, Soviet Union	1123
2	Robert Bürchler, Switzerland	1120
3	Lev Weinstein, Soviet Union	1109

[edit] 50 m Rifle, Three positions

1	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug, Norway	1164
2	Vilho Ylönen, Finland	1164
3	Boris Andrejev, Soviet Union	1163

[edit] 50 m Rifle, Prone position

1	Josif Sarbu, Romania	400
2	Boris Andrejev, Soviet Union	400
3	Arthur Charles Jackson, United States	399

[edit] 50 m Pistol

1	Huelet Benner, United States	553
2	Angel Leon de Gozalo, Spain	550
3	Ambros Balogh, Hungary	549

[edit] 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol

1	Károly Takács, Hungary	579
2	Szilard Kun, Hungary	578
3	Gheorghe Lichiardopol, Romania	578

[edit] Trap

1	George Genereux, Canada	192
2	Knut Holmqvist, Sweden	191
3	Hans Liljedahl, Sweden	190

[edit] 100 m Running Deer (single and double shot)

1	John Larsen, Norway	413
2	Per Olof Sköldberg, Sweden	409
3	Tauno Mäki, Finland	407

Shooting at the Summer Olympics
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Events at the 1952 Summer Olympics (Helsinki)
Athletics • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling