Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |
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Dates | 29 November–5 December 1956 |
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[edit]
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[edit]
A total of 156 shooters from 37 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
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Medal table[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 December 2006.