Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Appearance
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, seven events in shooting were contested, all for men only. They were held between 29 November and 5 December 1956.[1]
Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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Rifle | |
300 metre rifle | men |
50 m rifle, three positions | men |
50 m rifle, prone | men |
Pistol | |
25 m rapid fire pistol | men |
50 metre pistol | men |
Shotgun | |
Trap | men |
Running deer | |
100 m running deer | men |
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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rapid fire pistol |
Ștefan Petrescu Romania |
Yevgeny Cherkasov Soviet Union |
Gheorghe Lichiardopol Romania |
pistol |
Pentti Linnosvuo Finland |
Makhmud Umarov Soviet Union |
Offutt Pinion United States |
300 meter rifle three positions |
Vasily Borisov Soviet Union |
Allan Erdman Soviet Union |
Vilho Ylönen Finland |
rifle three positions |
Anatoli Bogdanov Soviet Union |
Otakar Hořínek Czechoslovakia |
John Sundberg Sweden |
rifle prone |
Gerald Ouellette Canada |
Vasily Borisov Soviet Union |
Stuart Boa Canada |
running deer |
Vitali Romanenko Soviet Union |
Per Olof Sköldberg Sweden |
Vladimir Sevryugin Soviet Union |
trap |
Galliano Rossini Italy |
Adam Smelczyński Poland |
Alessandro Ciceri Italy |
Participating nations
A total of 156 shooters from 37 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
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Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
References
- ^ a b "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 December 2006.