| Shooting at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Bisley Rifle Range |
| Dates | 2–6 August 1948 |
| Competitors | 188 from 28 nations |
The shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London consisted of four events. The competitions were held from 2 to 6 August 1948. [1]
| Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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| Rifle | |
| 300 metre rifle | men |
| 50 m rifle, prone | men |
| Pistol | |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | men |
| 50 metre pistol | men |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| rapid fire pistol | Károly Takács  Hungary | Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente  Argentina | Sven Lundquist  Sweden |
| pistol | Edwin Vásquez  Peru | Rudolf Schnyder  Switzerland | Torsten Ullman Sweden |
| 300 metre rifle three positions | Emil Grünig Switzerland | Pauli Janhonen  Finland | Willy Røgeberg  Norway |
| rifle prone | Art Cook  United States | Walter Tomsen United States | Jonas Jonsson Sweden |
A total of 188 shooters from 28 nations competed at the London Games: [1]
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Peru (PER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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