Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle, prone
Men's 50 metre rifle, prone at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
Venue | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||
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Date | 5 December | |||||||||
Competitors | 44 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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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 |
The men's 50 metre rifle, prone was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 5 December 1956 at the shooting ranges in Melbourne. 44 shooters from 25 nations competed.[1]
Results
Place | Shooter | Total |
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1 | Gerald Ouellette (CAN) | 600 |
2 | Vasily Borisov (URS) | 599 |
3 | Gil Boa (CAN) | 598 |
4 | Otakar Hořínek (TCH) | 598 |
5 | Iosif Sîrbu (ROU) | 598 |
6 | Sándor Krebs (HUN) | 598 |
7 | Erling Kongshaug (NOR) | 598 |
8 | Severino Moreira (BRA) | 597 |
9 | Constantin Antonescu (ROU) | 596 |
10 | Don Tolhurst (AUS) | 596 |
11 | Rudi Sigl (GER) | 596 |
12 | John Sundberg (SWE) | 596 |
13 | Anker Hagen (NOR) | 596 |
14 | Anders Kvissberg (SWE) | 596 |
15 | Vilho Ylönen (FIN) | 596 |
16 | Zlatko Mašek (YUG) | 595 |
17 | Johannes Human (RSA) | 595 |
18 | Uffe Schultz Larsen (DEN) | 595 |
19 | Wu Tao-Yan (TPE) | 595 |
20 | Milton Sobocinski (BRA) | 594 |
21 | Oscar Caceres (PER) | 594 |
22 | Norman Rule (AUS) | 594 |
23 | César Jayme (PHI) | 594 |
24 | Yukio Inokuma (JPN) | 594 |
25 | Enrique Lucca (VEN) | 594 |
26 | Steffen Cranmer (GBR) | 593 |
27 | Albert Sigl (GER) | 593 |
28 | Luis Coquis (PER) | 593 |
29 | Anatoly Bogdanov (URS) | 593 |
30 | Robin Lavine (RSA) | 593 |
31 | Art Jackson (USA) | 593 |
32 | Jorma Taitto (FIN) | 592 |
33 | Juan Llabot (VEN) | 592 |
34 | Hernando Castelo (PHI) | 592 |
35 | Jacques Mazoyer (FRA) | 591 |
36 | Verle Wright Jr. (USA) | 590 |
37 | Ole Hviid Jensen (DEN) | 590 |
38 | Frederick Hopkinson (GBR) | 590 |
39 | Maurice Racca (FRA) | 589 |
40 | Roy Congreve (KEN) | 587 |
41 | Charles Trotter (KEN) | 586 |
42 | Frans Lafortune (BEL) | 585 |
43 | Tomokazu Maruyama (JPN) | 584 |
44 | Zafar Ahmed Muhammad (PAK) | 582 |
References
- ↑ "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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