Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

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Men's 50 metre rifle, prone
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Melbourne, Australia
Date5 December 1956
Competitors44 from 25 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Gerald Ouellette Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Vasily Borisov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Gil Boa Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
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The men's 50 metre rifle prone was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting programme of the 1956 Summer Olympics. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 5 December 1956 at the shooting ranges in Melbourne. 44 shooters from 25 nations competed. [1]

Results

PlaceShooterTotal
1Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Gerald Ouellette  (CAN)600
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vasily Borisov  (URS)599
3Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Gil Boa  (CAN)598
4Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Otakar Hořínek  (TCH)598
5Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Iosif Sîrbu  (ROU)598
6Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Sándor Krebs (HUN)598
7Flag of Norway.svg  Erling Kongshaug  (NOR)598
8Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Severino Moreira  (BRA)597
9Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Constantin Antonescu  (ROU)596
10Flag of Australia.svg  Don Tolhurst  (AUS)596
11Flag of Germany.svg  Rudi Sigl  (EUA)596
12Flag of Sweden.svg  John Sundberg  (SWE)596
13Flag of Norway.svg  Anker Hagen  (NOR)596
14Flag of Sweden.svg  Anders Kvissberg  (SWE)596
15Flag of Finland.svg  Vilho Ylönen  (FIN)596
16Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Zlatko Mašek  (YUG)595
17Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Johannes Human  (RSA)595
18Flag of Denmark.svg  Uffe Schultz Larsen  (DEN)595
19Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Wu Tao-yan  (ROC)595
20Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Milton Sobocinski  (BRA)594
21Flag of Peru.svg  Oscar Caceres  (PER)594
22Flag of Australia.svg  Norman Rule  (AUS)594
23Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  César Jayme  (PHI)594
24Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yukio Inokuma  (JPN)594
25Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Enrique Lucca  (VEN)594
26Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Steffen Cranmer  (GBR)593
27Flag of Germany.svg  Albert Sigl  (EUA)593
28Flag of Peru.svg  Luis Coquis  (PER)593
29Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoly Bogdanov  (URS)593
30Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Robin Lavine  (RSA)593
31US flag 48 stars.svg  Art Jackson  (USA)593
32Flag of Finland.svg  Jorma Taitto  (FIN)592
33Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Juan Llabot  (VEN)592
34Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Hernando Castelo  (PHI)592
35Flag of France.svg  Jacques Mazoyer  (FRA)591
36US flag 48 stars.svg  Verle Wright Jr.  (USA)590
37Flag of Denmark.svg  Ole Hviid Jensen  (DEN)590
38Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Frederick Hopkinson  (GBR)590
39Flag of France.svg  Maurice Racca  (FRA)589
40Flag of British East Africa.svg  Roy Congreve  (KEN)587
41Flag of British East Africa.svg  Charles Trotter  (KEN)586
42Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Frans Lafortune  (BEL)585
43Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tomokazu Maruyama  (JPN)584
44Flag of Pakistan.svg  Zafar Ahmed Muhammad  (PAK)582

References

  1. ↑ "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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