Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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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]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
rapid fire pistol details	Renzo Morigi Italy	Heinz Hax Germany	Domenico Matteucci Italy
rifle prone details	Bertil Rönnmark Sweden	Gustavo Huet Mexico	Zoltán Soós-Ruszka Hradetzky Hungary

Participating nations

A total of 41 shooters from 10 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:^[1]

Argentina (2)
Brazil (6)
Germany (1)
Hungary (3)
Italy (6)
Mexico (5)
Portugal (4)
Spain (5)
Sweden (3)
United States (6)

Medal table

References

1 2 "Shooting at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

External links

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved December 22, 2006.

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Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Rifle
50 m rifle, prone	men
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
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Current events	50 m rifle 3 positions men women 10 m air rifle men women mixed team 25 m pistol women 25 m rapid fire pistol men 10 m air pistol men women mixed team trap men women mixed team skeet men women
Former events	free rifle 300 m 3 pos 300 m prone 300 m kneeling 300 m standing 300 m team 3 pos 600 m 1000 yd military rifle 200 m 300 m 3 pos 300 m prone 300 m standing 300 m team prone 300 m team standing 600 m prone 600 m team prone 300 m & 600 m team prone small-bore rifle disappearing target moving target stationary target 25 m 25 m team 50 m team running deer single shot single shot team double shot double shot team single & double shot running target 10 m 50 m free pistol 50 m 50 m team rapid fire pistol team military pistol 25 m trap double team
List of medalists List of Olympic records List of Olympic venues

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	1	0	1	2
2	Sweden	1	0	0	1
3	Germany	0	1	0	1
3	Mexico	0	1	0	1
5	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6