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Shooting at the 1952 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 XV Olympiad
VenueMalmi shooting range, Malmi, Helsinki
Dates27–28 July 1952
Competitors53 from 28 nations
Winning score579
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Károly Takács
 Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Szilárd Kun
 Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gheorghe Lichiardopol
 Romania
← 1948
1956 →

The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 27 and 28 July 1952 at the shooting ranges in Helsinki with 53 shooters from 28 nations competing.[1] The maximum number of shooters per nation was reduced to 2, from 3 in previous Games.[2] The event was won by Károly Takács of Hungary, the first man to successfully defend an Olympic rapid fire title (and second to win multiple medals of any color). Hungary also took the second place, with Szilárd Kun earning silver. Gheorghe Lichiardopol of Romania won bronze in his nation's debut in the event.

Background

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This was the ninth 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.[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6] The post-World War II event substantially altered the competition once again.[7]

Four of the top 10 shooters from 1948 returned: gold medalist Károly Takács of Hungary, silver medalist Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente of Argentina, fourth-place finisher (and 1936 bronze medalist Torsten Ullman of Sweden, and ninth-place finisher Michelangelo Borriello of Italy. The two-time reigning (1949 and 1952) world champion was Huelet Benner of the United States; Penait Calcai of Romania had been the runner-up in 1952 and Valiente (the 1947 world champion) had placed third.

Bulgaria, Canada, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Romania, the Soviet Union, and Venezuela each made their debut in the event. The United States made its seventh appearance in the event, most of any nation.

Competition format

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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. Hits were the primary measurement of success; points were only used to differentiate between shooters with the same number of hits.

Records

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

World record  Károly Takács (HUN) 580 London, United Kingdom 4 August 1948
Olympic record  Károly Takács (HUN) 580 London, United Kingdom 4 August 1948

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Sunday, 27 July 1952 9:00 Course 1
Monday, 28 July 1952 9:00 Course 2

Results

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A shoot-off was held between Kun and Lichiardopol for the silver and bronze medals; both tied at 142 in the first shoot-off round of 15 shots. In the second shoot-off round, Kun won 140 to 137.[8]

Rank Shooter Nation Hits Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Károly Takács  Hungary 60 579
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Szilárd Kun  Hungary 60 578
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gheorghe Lichiardopol  Romania 60 578
4 Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente  Argentina 60 577
5 Pentti Linnosvuo  Finland 60 577
6 Penait Calcai  Romania 60 575
7 William McMillan  United States 60 575
8 Vasily Frolov  Soviet Union 60 573
9 Giorgio Pennacchietti  Italy 60 572
10 Oscar Cervo  Argentina 60 571
11 Vasily Novikov  Soviet Union 60 569
12 Mario de Armas  Cuba 60 568
13 Emilio Álava  Spain 60 568
14 Veli-Jussi Hölsö  Finland 60 566
15 Ernesto Montemayor, Sr.  Mexico 60 565
16 Michelangelo Borriello  Italy 60 561
17 Georgi Keranov  Bulgaria 60 561
18 Carlos Rodríguez  Mexico 60 561
19 Ladislav Ondřej  Czechoslovakia 60 560
20 Herman Barreto  Venezuela 60 558
21 Rogério Tavares  Portugal 60 556
22 José Rua  Puerto Rico 60 553
23 Ludwig Leupold  Germany 60 553
24 Paul Wehner  Germany 60 553
25 Todor Stanchev  Bulgaria 60 552
26 Rudolf Schnyder  Switzerland 60 551
27 Per Winge  Denmark 60 549
28 Guilherme Cavalcanti  Brazil 60 547
29 Ernesto Rivera  Puerto Rico 60 546
30 Gunnar Svendsen  Norway 60 543
31 Zlatko Poláček  Czechoslovakia 60 535
32 José Gómez  Guatemala 60 531
33 Herman Schultz  Monaco 60 512
34 Huelet Benner  United States 59 572
35 Gösta Pihl  Sweden 59 565
36 Martin Gison  Philippines 59 550
37 Oddvar Wenner Nilssen  Norway 59 546
38 Pedro Simão  Brazil 59 543
39 Ernesto Herrero  Cuba 59 540
40 Torsten Ullman  Sweden 59 539
41 Henry Steele  Great Britain 59 538
42 Edson Warner  Canada 59 538
43 Ludovic Heraud  France 59 537
44 Albino de Jesus  Portugal 59 530
45 Félix Cortes  Philippines 58 537
46 Konstantinos Mylonas  Greece 58 533
47 Per Nielsen  Denmark 58 527
48 Henry Swire  Great Britain 58 526
49 Francisco Sandoval  Guatemala 58 508
50 André Martin  France 58 506
51 Angelos Papadimas  Greece 56 506
52 Carlos Monteverde  Venezuela 55 483
53 Charles Bergonzi  Monaco 46 370

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 454.
  3. ^ "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Shooting". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1896)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  8. ^ Official Report, p. 455.