1956 Summer Olympics / Shooting
Shooting at the XVI. Olympic Games |
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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
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3 | 4th | 1 | 8th |
2 |
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1 | - | 1 | 2 |
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1 | - | 1 | 2 | |
6th |
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7th |
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
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- | 1 | - | 1 | |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Free rifle three position fight 300 m |
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Small caliber three-position fight 50 m |
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Small bore, lying 50 m |
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Running deer 100 m |
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Free pistol 50 m |
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Rapid fire pistol 25 m |
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Clay pigeon shooting |
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Results
Free rifle three position fight 300 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Vasily Borisov | 1138 |
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Allan Erdman | 1137 |
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Vilho Ylönen | 1128 |
4th |
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Jorma Taitto | 1120 |
5 |
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Constantin Antonescu | 1101 |
6th |
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John Sundberg | 1094 |
7th |
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Kvissberg is different | 1093 |
8th |
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James Smith | 1082 |
Date: December 1st, 1956
20 participants from 14 countries
Small caliber three-position fight 50 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Anatoly Bogdanov | 1172 |
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Otakar Hořínek | 1172 |
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John Sundberg | 1167 |
4th |
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Vasily Borisov | 1163 |
5 |
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Vilho Ylönen | 1161 |
6th |
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Gilmour Boa | 1159 |
7th |
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Iosif Sîrbu | 1157 |
8th |
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Kvissberg is different | 1156 |
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Rudolf Sigl | 1155 |
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Albert Sigl | 1154 |
Date: December 4, 1956
44 participants from 27 countries
Small bore, lying 50 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Gerald Ouellette | 600 |
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Vasily Borisov | 599 |
3 |
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Gilmour Boa | 598 |
4th |
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Otakar Hořínek | 598 |
5 |
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Iosif Sîrbu | 598 |
6th |
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Sándor Krebs | 598 |
7th |
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Erling Kongshaug | 598 |
8th |
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Severino Moreira | 597 |
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Rudolf Sigl | 596 |
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Albert Sigl | 593 |
Date: December 5, 1956
44 participants from 25 countries
Running deer 100 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Vitaly Romanenko | 441 |
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Olof Skoldberg | 432 |
3 |
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Vladimir Sevryugin | 429 |
4th |
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Miklós Kovács | 417 |
5 |
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Miklós Kocsis | 416 |
6th |
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Rolf Bergersen | 409 |
7th |
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Benets Austrin | 405 |
8th |
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John Larsen | 390 |
Date: December 3rd to 4th, 1956
11 participants from 6 countries
Free pistol 50 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Pentti Linnosvuo | 556 |
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Machmud Umarov | 556 |
3 |
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Offutt Pinion | 551 |
4th |
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Choji Hosaka | 550 |
5 |
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Anton Yasynskyi | 550 |
6th |
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Torsten Ullman | 549 |
7th |
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Åke Lindblom | 542 |
8th |
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Len Tolhurst | 541 |
Date: November 30, 1956
33 participants from 22 countries
Rapid fire pistol 25 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Ștefan Petrescu | 587 |
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Yevgeny Cherkassov | 585 |
3 |
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Gheorghe Lichiardopol | 581 |
4th |
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Pentti Linnosvuo | 581 |
5 |
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Oscar Cervo | 580 |
6th |
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Szilárd Kun | 578 |
7th |
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Kalle Sievänen | 576 |
8th |
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Károly Takács | 575 |
Date: 4th to 5th December 1956
35 participants from 22 countries
Clay pigeon shooting
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Galliano Rossini | 195 |
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Adam Smelczyński | 190 |
3 |
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Alessandro Ciceri | 188 |
4th |
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Nikolai Mogilewski | 188 |
5 |
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Yuri Nikandrov | 188 |
6th |
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František Čapek | 187 |
7th |
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Knut Holmqvist | 178 |
8th |
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Hans Liljedahl | 177 |
Date: November 29th to December 1st, 1956
32 participants from 18 countries
Web links
Commons : Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1956 Summer Games (PDF, 32.5 MB)