1956 Summer Olympics / Shooting

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Shooting at the
XVI. Olympic Games
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venue AustraliaAustralia Williamstown , Laverton
Competition venue Merrett Rifle Range , RAAF Williams Laverton Base
Nations 37
Athletes 156 (156 men)
date November 29 -
December 5, 1956
decisions 7th
← Helsinki 1952

At the XVI. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , seven sports shooting competitions were held. The venue was a shooting range in the Williamstown district (rifle and pistol competitions) and the Royal Australian Air Force air base in the Laverton district (shotgun competitions).

Balance sheet

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 4th 1 8th
2 FinlandFinland Finland 1 - 1 2
ItalyItaly Italy 1 - 1 2
Canada 1921Canada Canada 1 - 1 2
Romania 1952Romania Romania 1 - 1 2
6th SwedenSweden Sweden - 1 1 2
7th Poland 1944Poland Poland - 1 - 1
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia - 1 - 1
9 United States 48United States United States - - 1 1

Medalist

competitor gold silver bronze
Free rifle three position fight 300 m Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vasily Borisov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Allan Erdman FinlandFinland Vilho Ylönen
Small caliber three-position fight 50 m Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Anatoly Bogdanov CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Otakar Hořínek SwedenSweden John Sundberg
Small bore, lying 50 m Canada 1921Canada Gerald Ouellette Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vasily Borisov Canada 1921Canada Gilmour Boa
Running deer 100 m Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vitaly Romanenko SwedenSweden Olof Skoldberg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Sevryugin
Free pistol 50 m FinlandFinland Pentti Linnosvuo Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Machmud Umarov United States 48United States Offutt Pinion
Rapid fire pistol 25 m Romania 1952Romania Ștefan Petrescu Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Yevgeny Cherkassov Romania 1952Romania Gheorghe Lichiardopol
Clay pigeon shooting ItalyItaly Galliano Rossini Poland 1944Poland Adam Smelczyński ItalyItaly Alessandro Ciceri

Results

Free rifle three position fight 300 m

space country athlete Points
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Vasily Borisov 1138
2 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Allan Erdman 1137
3 FinlandFinland FIN Vilho Ylönen 1128
4th FinlandFinland FIN Jorma Taitto 1120
5 Romania 1952Romania ROME Constantin Antonescu 1101
6th SwedenSweden SWE John Sundberg 1094
7th SwedenSweden SWE Kvissberg is different 1093
8th United States 48United States United States James Smith 1082

Date: December 1st, 1956
20 participants from 14 countries

Small caliber three-position fight 50 m

space country athlete Points
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Anatoly Bogdanov 1172
2 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TCH Otakar Hořínek 1172
3 SwedenSweden SWE John Sundberg 1167
4th Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Vasily Borisov 1163
5 FinlandFinland FIN Vilho Ylönen 1161
6th Canada 1921Canada CAN Gilmour Boa 1159
7th Romania 1952Romania ROME Iosif Sîrbu 1157
8th SwedenSweden SWE Kvissberg is different 1156
9 Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Rudolf Sigl 1155
11 Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Albert Sigl 1154

Date: December 4, 1956
44 participants from 27 countries

Small bore, lying 50 m

space country athlete Points
1 Canada 1921Canada CAN Gerald Ouellette 600
2 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Vasily Borisov 599
3 Canada 1921Canada CAN Gilmour Boa 598
4th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TCH Otakar Hořínek 598
5 Romania 1952Romania ROME Iosif Sîrbu 598
6th Hungary 1956Hungary HUN Sándor Krebs 598
7th NorwayNorway NOR Erling Kongshaug 598
8th Brazil 1889Brazil BRA Severino Moreira 597
11 Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Rudolf Sigl 596
27 Germany team all German 1956All-German team EUA Albert Sigl 593

Date: December 5, 1956
44 participants from 25 countries

Running deer 100 m

space country athlete Points
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Vitaly Romanenko 441
2 SwedenSweden SWE Olof Skoldberg 432
3 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Vladimir Sevryugin 429
4th Hungary 1956Hungary HUN Miklós Kovács 417
5 Hungary 1956Hungary HUN Miklós Kocsis 416
6th NorwayNorway NOR Rolf Bergersen 409
7th SwedenSweden SWE Benets Austrin 405
8th NorwayNorway NOR John Larsen 390

Date: December 3rd to 4th, 1956
11 participants from 6 countries

Free pistol 50 m

space country athlete Points
1 FinlandFinland FIN Pentti Linnosvuo 556
2 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Machmud Umarov 556
3 United States 48United States United States Offutt Pinion 551
4th JapanJapan JPN Choji Hosaka 550
5 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Anton Yasynskyi 550
6th SwedenSweden SWE Torsten Ullman 549
7th SwedenSweden SWE Åke Lindblom 542
8th AustraliaAustralia OUT Len Tolhurst 541

Date: November 30, 1956
33 participants from 22 countries

Rapid fire pistol 25 m

space country athlete Points
1 Romania 1952Romania ROME Ștefan Petrescu 587
2 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Yevgeny Cherkassov 585
3 Romania 1952Romania ROME Gheorghe Lichiardopol 581
4th FinlandFinland FIN Pentti Linnosvuo 581
5 ArgentinaArgentina ARG Oscar Cervo 580
6th Hungary 1956Hungary HUN Szilárd Kun 578
7th FinlandFinland FIN Kalle Sievänen 576
8th Hungary 1956Hungary HUN Károly Takács 575

Date: 4th to 5th December 1956
35 participants from 22 countries

Clay pigeon shooting

space country athlete Points
1 ItalyItaly ITA Galliano Rossini 195
2 Poland 1944Poland POLE Adam Smelczyński 190
3 ItalyItaly ITA Alessandro Ciceri 188
4th Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Nikolai Mogilewski 188
5 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Yuri Nikandrov 188
6th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TCH František Čapek 187
7th SwedenSweden SWE Knut Holmqvist 178
8th SwedenSweden SWE Hans Liljedahl 177

Date: November 29th to December 1st, 1956
32 participants from 18 countries

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