Shooting at the Games of the X Olympiad | |
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When shooting was reintroduced at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles after being absent at the previous Games, it consisted of two events, one rifle event and one pistol event. The competitions were held on August 12, 1932 and August 13, 1932. [1]
Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics | |
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Rifle | |
50 m rifle, prone | men |
Pistol | |
25 m rapid fire pistol | men |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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rapid fire pistol | Renzo Morigi (ITA) | Heinz Hax (GER) | Domenico Matteucci (ITA) |
rifle prone | Bertil Rönnmark (SWE) | Gustavo Huet (MEX) | Zoltán Soós-Ruszka Hradetzky (HUN) |
A total of 41 shooters from 10 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games: [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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