Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

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Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Vasily Borisov, Hubert Hammerer, Hans Rudolf Spillmann 1960.jpg
Venue Cesano Infantry School Range
Dates3 September (qualifying)
5 September (final)
Competitors39 from 22 nations
Winning score1129
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hubert Hammerer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg Hans Rudolf Spillmann
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Vasily Borisov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1956
1964  

The men's 300 m rifle three positions was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event at an Olympic Games. The competition was held on 3 and 5 September 1960, with 39 shooters from 22 nations competing. [1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Hubert Hammerer in Austria's debut in the event. Hans Rudolf Spillmann of Switzerland took silver. Soviet Vasily Borisov was the second man to win two medals in the event, adding a bronze to his 1956 gold.

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Background

This was the eighth appearance of the men's 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972. [2] [3] Half of the top 10 shooters from 1956 returned: gold medalist Vasily Borisov of the Soviet Union, bronze medalist (and 1952 fifth-place finisher) Vilho Ylönen of Finland, fifth-place finisher Constantin Antonescu of Romania, seventh-place finisher Anders Kvissberg of Sweden, and ninth-place finisher Sándor Krebs of Hungary. Ylönen was also the reigning world champion. [4]

Austria, Germany (as the United Team of Germany), Poland, and Sudan each made their debut in the event. Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and the United States each made their seventh appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Competition format

For the only time, the competition was held over two rounds. The qualifying round was a half-sized round, with each shooter firing 60 shots (20 in each position: prone, kneeling, and standing). The 39 competitors were divided into two groups, with 20 in one group and 19 in the other. The top 19 in each group qualified for the final. Thus, only one man was eliminated.

The final round had each shooter fire 120 shots, 40 shots in each position.

Shots were fired in series of 10. The target was 1 metre in diameter, with 10 scoring rings; targets were set at a distance of 300 metres. Thus, the maximum score possible was 1200 points. Any rifle could be used. [4] [5]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoli Bogdanov  (URS)11451959
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vasily Borisov  (URS)1138 Melbourne, Australia 1 December 1956

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

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 3 September 19609:00Qualifying
Monday, 5 September 19609:00Final

Results

Qualifying

The qualifying round used a 60-shot format, with a total maximum score of 600. The top 19 shooters in each group advanced.

Group 1

Bakri was the only shooter eliminated in the qualifying round, as he finished 20th in the 20-man group (and the other group had only 19 shooters, all of whom automatically advanced).

RankShooterNationTotalNotes
1 Hans Rudolf Spillmann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 570Q
2 Hubert Hammerer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 567Q
3 Daniel Puckel US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 566Q
4 Vasily Borisov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 559Q
5 Esa Kervinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 557Q
6 Adolfo Feliciano Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 555Q
7 Stefan Masztak Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 550Q
8 Miklós Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 550Q
9 Anders Kvissberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 549Q
10 Jorge di Giandoménico Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 548Q
11 Constantin Antonescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 544Q
12 František Prokop Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 543Q
13 Vladimir Grozdanović Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 538Q
14 Don Tolhurst Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 533Q
15 Wu Tao-yan Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 527Q
16 Egon Stephansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 523Q
17 Evald Gering Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 518Q
18 Rubén Váldez Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 505Q
19 Abdul Aziz Wains Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 487Q
20 Basha Bakri Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg  Sudan 421

Group 2

RankShooterNationTotalNotes
1 Vilho Ylönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1126Q
2 Vladimír Stibořík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1123Q
3 Moisei Itkis Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1124Q
4 John Foster US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 1121Q
5 August Hollenstein Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1112Q
6 Wilhelm Sachsenmaier Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1098Q
7 Sándor Krebs Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1118Q
8 Kurt Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1095Q
9 Hans-Joachim Mars Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 1105Q
10 Pedro Armella Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1078Q
11 Uffe Schultz Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1088Q
12 Edson Warner Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 1078Q
13 Marin Ferecatu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 1050Q
14 Henryk Górski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1098Q
15 Josip Ćuk Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1085Q
16 Luis Albornoz Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1037Q
17 John Holt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1030Q
18 Michiel Victor Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 1012Q
19 Omar Anas Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg  Sudan 812Q

Final

RankShooterNationTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Hubert Hammerer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1129
Silver medal icon.svg Hans Rudolf Spillmann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1127
Bronze medal icon.svg Vasily Borisov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1127
4 Vilho Ylönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1126
5 Moisei Itkis Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1124
6 Vladimír Stibořík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1123
7 John Foster US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 1121
8 Sándor Krebs Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1118
9 Esa Kervinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1117
10 Daniel Puckel US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 1114
11 August Hollenstein Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1112
12 Hans-Joachim Mars Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 1105
13 Stefan Masztak Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1105
14 Anders Kvissberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1104
15 František Prokop Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1101
16 Wilhelm Sachsenmaier Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1098
17 Henryk Górski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1098
18 Miklós Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1096
19 Kurt Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1095
20 Constantin Antonescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 1092
21 Uffe Schultz Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1088
22 Jorge di Giandoménico Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1088
23 Josip Ćuk Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1085
24 Edson Warner Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 1078
25 Pedro Armella Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1078
26 Wu Tao-yan Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 1074
27 Vladimir Grozdanović Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1073
28 Adolfo Feliciano Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 1072
29 Egon Stephansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1071
30 Marin Ferecatu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 1050
31 Don Tolhurst Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1049
32 Evald Gering Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 1037
33 Luis Albornoz Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1037
34 John Holt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1030
35 Rubén Váldez Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1028
36 Michiel Victor Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 1012
37 Omar Anas Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg  Sudan 812
Abdul Aziz Wains Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan DNS

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