Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, seven events in shooting were contested, all for men only. They were held between 29 November and 5 December 1956.^[1]

Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Ştefan Petrescu Romania (ROU)	Yevgeni Cherkasov Soviet Union (URS)	Gheorghe Lichiardopol Romania (ROU)
50 metre pistol	Pentti Linnosvuo Finland (FIN)	Makhmud Umarov Soviet Union (URS)	Offutt Pinion United States (USA)
300 metre rifle three positions	Vasili Borisov Soviet Union (URS)	Allan Erdman Soviet Union (URS)	Vilho Ylönen Finland (FIN)
50 metre rifle three positions	Anatoli Bogdanov Soviet Union (URS)	Otakar Hořínek Czechoslovakia (TCH)	John Sundberg Sweden (SWE)
50 metre rifle prone	Gerald Ouellette Canada (CAN)	Vasili Borisov Soviet Union (URS)	Stuart Boa Canada (CAN)
100 metre running deer	Vitali Romanenko Soviet Union (URS)	Olof Sköldberg Sweden (SWE)	Vladimir Sevryugin Soviet Union (URS)
Trap	Galliano Rossini Italy (ITA)	Adam Smelczyński Poland (POL)	Alessandro Ciceri Italy (ITA)

Participating nations

A total of 156 shooters from 37 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	4	1	8
2	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	1	2
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
	Romania (ROU)	1	0	1	2
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
7	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
9	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1

References

External links

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-22. 

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