Shooting at the 1954 Asian Games | |
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Dates | 3–7 May |
Shooting sports at the 1954 Asian Games was held in Manila, Philippines between 3 and 7 May 1954. Shooting comprised 6 events, all open to both men and women.
There were two pistol events, three rifle events and trap as a shotgun event in the program.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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25 m rapid fire pistol | Martin Gison Philippines | Tsurukichi Kawaoka Japan | Lukman Saketi Indonesia |
50 m pistol | Choji Hosaka Japan | Albert von Einsiedel Philippines | Simeon Lee Philippines |
50 m rifle prone | Albert von Einsiedel Philippines | Cesar Jayme Philippines | Martin Gison Philippines |
50 m rifle 3 positions | Adolfo Feliciano Philippines | Martin Gison Philippines | Jose Zalvidea Philippines |
300 m rifle 3 positions | Hernando Castelo Philippines | Martin Gison Philippines | Dov Ben-Dov Israel |
Trap | Masao Fujita Japan | Tokusaburo Iwata Japan | Enrique Beech Philippines |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Philippines (PHI) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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