| Shooting at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |
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| Dates | 15–17 October 1964 |
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events, all for men only. They were held between 15 and 17 October 1964. [1]
| Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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| Rifle | |
| 300 m rifle three positions | men |
| 50 m rifle three positions | men |
| 50 m rifle prone | men |
| Pistol | |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | men |
| 50 m pistol | men |
| Shotgun | |
| Trap | men |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 25 meter rapid fire pistol |  Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN) | 592 |  Ion Tripșa (ROU) | 591 |  Lubomír Nácovský (TCH) | 590 |
| 50 meter pistol | Väinö Markkanen (FIN) | 560 |  Franklin Green (USA) | 557 |  Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (JPN) | 554 |
| 50 meter rifle prone | László Hammerl  Hungary | 597 | Lones Wigger  United States | 597 | Tommy Pool United States | 596 |
| 50 meter rifle three positions | Lones Wigger United States | 1164 | Velichko Velichkov  Bulgaria | 1152 | László Hammerl Hungary | 1151 |
| 300 meter rifle, three positions | Gary Anderson (USA) | 1153 |  Shota Kveliashvili (URS) | 1144 | Martin Gunnarsson (USA) | 1136 |
| Trap | Ennio Mattarelli  Italy | 198 | Pāvels Seničevs  Soviet Union | 194 | William Morris United States | 194 |
A total of 262 shooters from 51 nations competed at the Tokyo Games: [1]
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Soviet Union | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Tokyo 1964, were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki due to Japan's invasion of China, before ultimately being cancelled due to World War II. Tokyo was chosen as the host city during the 55th IOC Session in West Germany on 26 May 1959.
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Finland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 89 competitors, 84 men and 5 women, took part in 64 events in 13 sports.
Bulgaria competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 63 competitors, 56 men and 7 women, took part in 56 events in 9 sports.
Peru competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 31 competitors, 30 men and 1 woman, took part in 19 events in 5 sports. 15 year-old, Rosario de Vivanco was the first female athlete to represent Peru at the Olympic Games.
Kenya competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan for the first time as an independent country. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 21 events in 5 sports. Wilson Kiprugut won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.
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Mongolia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 21 competitors, 17 men and 4 women, took part in 29 events in 5 sports.
Puerto Rico competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 32 competitors, 30 men and 2 women, took part in 29 events in 8 sports. The Games were hosted from 11 to 24 October.
Jamaica competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. This was the first time Jamaica had competed in the Olympics since independence in 1962. 21 competitors, 17 men and 4 women, took part in 16 events in 4 sports.
Burma competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Eleven competitors, all men, took part in eleven events in five sports.
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