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

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]

Men's 50 metre rifle, prone
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne, Australia
Date5 December
Competitors44 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gerald Ouellette  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vasily Borisov  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gil Boa  Canada
← 1952
1960 →

Results edit

Place Shooter Total
1   Gerald Ouellette (CAN) 600
2   Vasily Borisov (URS) 599
3   Gil Boa (CAN) 598
4   Otakar Hořínek (TCH) 598
5   Iosif Sîrbu (ROU) 598
6   Sándor Krebs (HUN) 598
7   Erling Kongshaug (NOR) 598
8   Severino Moreira (BRA) 597
9   Constantin Antonescu (ROU) 596
10   Don Tolhurst (AUS) 596
11   Rudi Sigl (EUA) 596
12   John Sundberg (SWE) 596
13   Anker Hagen (NOR) 596
14   Anders Kvissberg (SWE) 596
15   Vilho Ylönen (FIN) 596
16   Zlatko Mašek (YUG) 595
17   Johannes Human (RSA) 595
18   Uffe Schultz Larsen (DEN) 595
19   Wu Tao-yan (TPE) 595
20   Milton Sobocinski (BRA) 594
21   Oscar Caceres (PER) 594
22   Norman Rule (AUS) 594
23   César Jayme (PHI) 594
24   Yukio Inokuma (JPN) 594
25   Enrique Lucca (VEN) 594
26   Steffen Cranmer (GBR) 593
27   Albert Sigl (EUA) 593
28   Luis Coquis (PER) 593
29   Anatoly Bogdanov (URS) 593
30   Robin Lavine (RSA) 593
31   Art Jackson (USA) 593
32   Jorma Taitto (FIN) 592
33   Juan Llabot (VEN) 592
34   Hernando Castelo (PHI) 592
35   Jacques Mazoyer (FRA) 591
36   Verle Wright Jr. (USA) 590
37   Ole Hviid Jensen (DEN) 590
38   Frederick Hopkinson (GBR) 590
39   Maurice Racca (FRA) 589
40   Roy Congreve (KEN) 587
41   Charles Trotter (KEN) 586
42   Frans Lafortune (BEL) 585
43   Tomokazu Maruyama (JPN) 584
44   Zafar Ahmed Muhammad (PAK) 582

References edit

  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.