Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

With the competitions in shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Olympic shooting program began its expansion. Three new events were added: 100 metre running deer, 50 metre rifle three positions and trap. In total there were seven events.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
300 metre rifle three positions	Anatoli Bogdanov Soviet Union (URS)	1123	Robert Bürchler Switzerland (SUI)	1120	Lev Weinstein Soviet Union (URS)	1109
50 metre rifle three positions	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug Norway (NOR)	1164	Vilho Ylönen Finland (FIN)	1164	Boris Andreyev Soviet Union (URS)	1163
50 metre rifle prone	Iosif Sârbu Romania (ROU)	400	Boris Andreyev Soviet Union (URS)	400	Arthur Jackson United States (USA)	399
50 metre pistol	Huelet Benner United States (USA)	553	Angel Leon de Gozalo Spain (ESP)	550	Ambrus Balogh Hungary (HUN)	549
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Károly Takács Hungary (HUN)	579	Szilard Kun Hungary (HUN)	578	Gheorghe Lichiardopol Romania (ROU)	578
Trap	George Genereux Canada (CAN)	192	Knut Holmqvist Sweden (SWE)	191	Hans Liljedahl Sweden (SWE)	190
100 metre running deer (single and double shot)	John Larsen Norway (NOR)	413	Per Olof Sköldberg Sweden (SWE)	409	Tauno Mäki Finland (FIN)	407

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	2	0	0	2
2	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	2	4
3	Hungary (HUN)	1	1	1	3
4	Romania (ROU)	1	0	1	2
	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
6	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	1	3
8	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
9	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1

References

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• medals at sports-reference.com (English)