Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

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Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Shooting pictogram.svg
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Venue Malmi shooting range, Malmi, Helsinki
Date25 July
Competitors48 from 28 nations
Winning score553
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Huelet Benner
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Ángel León Gozalo
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg Ambrus Balogh
Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary
  1948
1956  

The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 25 July 1952 at the shooting ranges in Helsinki. 48 shooters from 28 nations competed. [1] The maximum number of shooters per nation was reduced to 2, from 3 in previous Games. [2] The event was won by Huelet Benner of the United States, the nation's first victory in the event since 1920 (and fourth overall, most of any nation). Silver went to Ángel León Gozalo of Spain and bronze to Ambrus Balogh of Hungary; they were the first medals in the free pistol for both nations.

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. A separate women's event would be introduced in 1984. [3] 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards. [4] [5]

Five of the top 10 shooters from the 1948 Games returned: bronze medalist (and 1936 gold medalist) Torsten Ullman of Sweden, fourth-place finisher Huelet Benner of the United States, fifth-place finisher Beat Rhyner of Switzerland, sixth-place finisher Ángel León Gozalo of Spain, and seventh-place finisher Ambrus Balogh of Hungary. Ullman was again the world champion in 1952, two weeks before the Games, his fifth time (1933, 1935, 1937, and 1947). Benner finished third at the world championships.

Bulgaria, Egypt, Guatemala, Mexico, the Soviet Union, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the event. Greece and the United States each made their seventh appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Benner used a Hämmerli 100.

Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 60 shots, in 6 series of 10 shots each, at a distance of 50 metres. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible was 600 points. Any pistol was permitted. [5] [6]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Sweden.svg  Torsten Ullman  (SWE)559 Berlin, Germany 7 August 1936
Olympic recordFlag of Sweden.svg  Torsten Ullman  (SWE)559 Berlin, Germany 7 August 1936

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Friday, 25 July 19529:00Final

Results

RankShooterNationScore
Gold medal icon.svg Huelet Benner US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 553
Silver medal icon.svg Ángel León Gozalo Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 550
Bronze medal icon.svg Ambrus Balogh Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 549
4 Konstantin Martazov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 546
5 Lev Vainshtein Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 546
6 Torsten Ullman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 543
7 Klaus Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 541
8 Beat Rhyner Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 539
9 Francisco Sandoval Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 535
10 Oiva Tylli Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 535
11 Hugo Lundkvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 532
12 Ronald Guy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 531
13 Raúl Ibarra Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 530
14 Ferenc Décsey Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 530
15 František Maxa Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 530
16 Mario de Armas Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 526
17 Gunnar Svendsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 523
18 José Reyes Rodríguez Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 523
19 Jorge de Oliveira Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 522
20 Luciano Galesi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 522
21 Edvard Delorenco Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 521
22 Félix Cortes Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 521
23 Rudolf Vuk Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 521
24 Miroslav Proft Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 519
25 Rolf Klementsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 518
26 Stoyan Popov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 517
27 Alberto Guerrero Puerto rico national sport flag.svg  Puerto Rico 517
28 Antoine Shousha Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 517
29 Abdel Sattar Tarabulsi Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 517
30 Harry Wendell Reeves US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 515
31 Carlos Choque Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 515
32 Martin Gison Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 515
33 Álvaro dos Santos Filho Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 513
34 Fritz Krempel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 512
35 Enrique Ojeda Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 510
36 Renato Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 509
37 Hector de Lima Polanco Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 506
38 Alexander Specker Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 506
39 Herman Schultz Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 501
40 André Martin Flag of France.svg  France 500
41 Nikolay Khristozov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 500
42 William White Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 498
43 Georgios Stathis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 496
44 Ramiro Ortiz Puerto rico national sport flag.svg  Puerto Rico 492
45 Mohamed Ahmed Aly Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 491
46 Khalil Hilmi Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 489
47 Roger Tauvel Flag of France.svg  France 489
48 Carlos Marrero Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 483

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