Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

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Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne, Australia
Date1 December
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vasily Borisov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Allan Erdman  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vilho Ylönen  Finland
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Shooting at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Rifle
300 metre riflemen
50 m rifle, three positionsmen
50 m rifle, pronemen
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistolmen
50 metre pistolmen
Shotgun
Trapmen
Running deer
100 m running deermen

The men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the 300 metre rifle three positions event at an Olympic Games. The competition was held on 1 December 1956, with 20 shooters from 14 nations competing.[1]

Results

Place Shooter Total
1  Vasily Borisov (URS) 1138
2  Allan Erdman (URS) 1137
3  Vilho Ylönen (FIN) 1128
4  Jorma Taitto (FIN) 1120
5  Constantin Antonescu (ROU) 1101
6  John Sundberg (SWE) 1094
7  Anders Kvissberg (SWE) 1093
8  James Smith (USA) 1082
9  Sándor Krebs (HUN) 1078
10  Herbert Voelcker (USA) 1075
11  Gerald Ouellette (CAN) 1066
12  Rubén Váldez (PER) 1044
13  Martin Gison (PHI) 1043
14  Guillermo Baldwin (PER) 1040
15  Wu Tao-yan (TPE) 1025
16  Ian Wrigley (AUS) 1021
17  Norman Goff (AUS) 1010
18  Steffen Cranmer (GBR) 999
19  Chu Hwa-il (KOR) 903
20  Saifi Chaudhry (PAK) 267

References

  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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