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

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Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Melbourne, Australia
Date4 December
Competitors44 from 27 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Otakar Hořínek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal icon.svg John Sundberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1952
1960  

The men's 50 metre rifle three positions event was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting programme of the 1956 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on 4 December 1956 at the shooting ranges in Melbourne. 44 shooters from 27 nations competed. [1]

Results

PlaceShooterTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov  (URS)1172
2Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Otakar Hořínek  (TCH)1172
3Flag of Sweden.svg  John Sundberg  (SWE)1167
4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vasily Borisov  (URS)1163
5Flag of Finland.svg  Vilho Ylönen  (FIN)1161
6Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Gil Boa  (CAN)1159
7Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Iosif Sîrbu  (ROU)1157
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Anders Kvissberg  (SWE)1156
9Flag of Germany.svg  Rudi Sigl  (EUA)1155
10Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Sándor Krebs (HUN)1154
11Flag of Germany.svg  Albert Sigl  (EUA)1154
12US flag 48 stars.svg  Art Jackson  (USA)1153
13Flag of Denmark.svg  Uffe Schultz Larsen  (DEN)1152
14US flag 48 stars.svg  Verle Wright Jr.  (USA)1151
15Flag of Norway.svg  Erling Kongshaug  (NOR)1151
16Flag of Denmark.svg  Ole Hviid Jensen  (DEN)1149
17Flag of Finland.svg  Jorma Taitto  (FIN)1148
18Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Constantin Antonescu  (ROU)1147
19Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Frans Lafortune  (BEL)1145
20Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Zlatko Mašek  (YUG)1144
21Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Gerald Ouellette  (CAN)1141
22Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Wu Tao-yan  (ROC)1140
23Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Steffen Cranmer  (GBR)1140
24Flag of France.svg  Jacques Mazoyer  (FRA)1139
25Flag of Peru.svg  Oscar Caceres  (PER)1135
26Flag of Italy.svg  Carlo Varetto  (ITA)1135
27Flag of Australia.svg  Don Tolhurst  (AUS)1131
28Flag of France.svg  Maurice Racca  (FRA)1126
29Flag of Peru.svg  Luis Coquis  (PER)1124
30Flag of Norway.svg  Anker Hagen  (NOR)1124
31Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Frederick Hopkinson  (GBR)1123
32Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Juan Llabot  (VEN)1118
33Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Milton Sobocinski  (BRA)1115
34Flag of Australia.svg  Norman Rule  (AUS)1114
35Flag of India.svg  Harihar Banerjee  (IND)1111
36Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yukio Inokuma  (JPN)1110
37Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Severino Moreira  (BRA)1102
38Flag of India.svg  Haricharan Shaw  (IND)1102
39Flag of British East Africa.svg  Roy Congreve  (KEN)1096
40Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tomokazu Maruyama  (JPN)1085
41Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Robin Lavine  (RSA)1082
42Flag of British East Africa.svg  Charles Trotter  (KEN)1030
43Flag of Pakistan.svg  Zafar Ahmed Muhammad  (PAK)999
44Flag of Colombia.svg  Guillermo Padilla  (COL)983

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References

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