Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

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Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Pentti Linnosvuo 1964.jpg
Pentti Linnosvuo
Venue Camp Asaka
Date19 October 1964
Competitors53 from 34 nations
Winning score592 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Pentti Linnosvuo
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Ion Tripșa
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Lubomír Nácovský
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
  1960
1968
(mixed) 

The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the 12th appearance of the event. The competition was held on 19 October 1964 at the Camp Asaka shooting ranges in Tokyo. 53 shooters from 34 nations competed. [1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Pentti Linnosvuo of Finland, the nation's first victory in the event. Linnosvuo was the fourth man to win multiple medals in the event, adding to his 1960 silver; it was his fourth straight Games finishing in the top 5 of the event. Ion Tripșa of Romania took silver, putting that nation back on the podium after a one-Games absence. Czechoslovakia's first rapid fire pistol medal came in the form of Lubomír Nácovský's bronze.

Background

This was the 12th appearance of what had been standardised in 1948 as the men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896. [2] The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. There is no women's equivalent on the Olympic programme, as of 2021. [3] [4] The first five events were quite different, with some level of consistency finally beginning with the 1932 event—which, though it had differences from the 1924 competition, was roughly similar. The 1936 competition followed the 1932 one quite closely. [5] The post-World War II event substantially altered the competition once again. [6]

The top four of the top 10 shooters from 1960 returned: gold medalist William McMillan of the United States, silver medalist (and top five finisher in both 1952 and 1956) Pentti Linnosvuo of Finland, bronze medalist Aleksandr Zabelin of the Soviet Union, and fourth-place finisher Hansruedi Schneider of Switzerland. Zabelin was the reigning (1962) world championship, with he his countryman and runner-up Igor Bakalov making up a formidable Soviet team in Tokyo. Szilárd Kun of Hungary, the 1952 silver medalist, also made a return to Olympic competition.

Kenya and Malaysia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 10th appearance in the event, most of any nation.

Competition format

The competition format followed the 1948 format, now very close to the modern rapid fire pistol competition after significant variation before World War II. Each shooter fired 60 shots. These were done in two courses of 30; each course consisted of two stages of 15; each stage consisted of three series of 5. In each stage, the time limit for each series was 8 seconds for the first, 6 seconds for the second, and 4 seconds for the third.

A holdover from the previous Games was that full-body silhouettes, rather than round targets, continued to be used; however, scoring rings had been added so that now each shot was scored up to 10 rather than being strictly hit or miss.

One change from 1948–1956 was that hits were no longer the primary measurement of success. As in 1960, ranking was done by score, regardless of hits. [2] [7]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. [7]

World recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Kropotin (URS)595 1963
Olympic recordFlag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Ștefan Petrescu  (ROU)587 Melbourne, Australia 4–5 December 1956

The top seven shooters beat the Olympic record, with the 8th through 10th place finishers matching it. Pentti Linnosvuo finished with the new record at 592 points.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Monday, 19 October 19649:30
13:00
Course 1
Course 2

Results

RankShooterNationScoreNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Pentti Linnosvuo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 592 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Ion Tripșa Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 591
Bronze medal icon.svg Lubomír Nácovský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 590
4 Hans Albrecht Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 590
5 Szilárd Kun Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 589
6 Marcel Roșca Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 588
7 Igor Bakalov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 588
8 Kanji Kubo Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 587
9 Ladislav Falta Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 587
10 Tony Clark Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 587
11 Hansruedi Schneider Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 586
12 Bill McMillan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 586
13 Lothar Jacobi Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 585
14 Jean Renaux Flag of France.svg  France 584
15 Józef Zapędzki Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 584
16 Aleksandr Zabelin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 584
17 Edwin Teague Flag of the United States.svg  United States 583
18 Dencho Denev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 582
19 Michael Papps Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 582
20 Tibor Gonczol Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 581
21 Alkiviadis Papageorgopoulos Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 581
22 William Hare Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 579
23 Gábor Balla Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 579
24 Osamu Ochiai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 579
25 Stig Berntsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 578
26 Gerhard Feller Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 577
27 Kalle Sievänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 576
28Manuel José FernándezFlag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 576
29 Nicolaus Zwetnow Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 576
30 Sumol Sumontame Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 575
31 Giovanni Liverzani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 574
32 Juan Carlos Oxoby Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 574
33 Juan Thomas Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 574
34 Guillermo Cornejo Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 573
35 Taweesak Kasiwat Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 571
36 Ugo Amicosante Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 570
37 Leon Lyon Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 570
38 Alan Bray Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 569
39 Lee Jong-hyeon Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 565
40 José-Antonio Chalbaud Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 565
41 Álvaro Clopatofsky Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 560
42 Abdallah Zohdy Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971).svg  Egypt 555
43 Armando López-Torres Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 553
44 Leonard Bull Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 553
45 José Manuel Carpinteiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 552
46 Park Nam-kyu Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 552
47 Garfield McMahon Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 551
48 Horacio Miranda Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 548
49 Hav Abdur Rashid Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 538
50 Paterno Miranda Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 535
51 Alan Handford-Rice Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 515
52 Loh Ah Chee Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 495
53 Ma Chen-shan Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 482

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. "Shooting". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. "Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1896)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. 1 2 Official Report, vol. 2, p. 611.