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Free Pistol, 50 metres, Team, Men

Date 2 August 1920 — 8:00
StatusOlympic
LocationKamp Beverlo, Beverlo
Participants65 from 13 countries
Format50 metres. Five-man teams, each given 60 shots Team possible 3,000. Individual possible 600.

The United States and the Brazilian teams shot nearby each other, separated by a small embankment. After about 15 shots per man, someone noticed that something did not seem right. An investigation showed that the Brazilians were shooting from 45 metres from the targets, while the Americans were 54 metres out. It was ruled that Brazil would have to begin shooting again. The U.S. was given the option of starting over or allowing the scores from 54 metres to stand. The U.S. elected to start over, which was a mistake, in a sense, as the wind had picked up a bit and their scores in the re-shoot were lower. However, it did not change the outcome of the event, which the Americans won very easily.

PosCompetitorsNOCPointsString #1String #2String #3String #4String #5String #6
1United StatesUSA2,372Gold
Karl Frederick 496838380858382
Al Lane 481788082758779
James Snook 471778077788376
Mike Kelly 468688786747875
Ray Bracken 456657771718488
2SwedenSWE2,289Silver
Anders Andersson 467
Casimir Reuterskiöld 464
Gunnar Gabrielsson 460
Sigvard Hultcrantz 450
Anders Johnsson 448
3BrazilBRA2,264Bronze
Afrânio da Costa 489
Guilherme Paraense 456
Sebastião Wolf 454
Dario Barbosa 441
Fernando Soledade 424
4GreeceGRE2,240
Iason Sappas 464
Ioannis Theofilakis 462
Alexandros Theofilakis 2,240
Georgios Moraitinis 2,240
Alexandros Vrasivanopoulos 2,240
5BelgiumBEL2,229
Paul Van Asbroeck 466
Conrad Adriaenssens
Arthur Balbaert
Joseph Haesaerts
François Heyens
6FranceFRA2,225
Joseph Pecchia
Jules Maujean
Léon Johnson
Émile Boitout
André Regaud
7ItalyITA2,224
Riccardo Ticchi
Alfredo Galli
Roberto Preda
Giancarlo Boriani
Raffaele Frasca
8DenmarkDEN2,159
Niels Larsen 470
Lars Jørgen Madsen 450
Otto Plantener 419
Carl Pedersen 413
Christian Andersen (Bøtø) 407
9SwitzerlandSUI2,136
Fritz Zulauf 436
Domenico Giambonini 432
Hans Egli 427
Gustave Amoudruz 426
Bernard Siegenthaler 415
10NetherlandsNED2,123
Gerard van den Bergh 445
Antoine Bouwens 444
Klaas Woldendorp 443
Cornelis van Altenburg 397
Herman Bouwens 394
11FinlandFIN2052
Kalle Lappalainen
Vilho Vauhkonen
Robert Tikkanen
Nestori Toivonen
Yrjö Kolho
12SpainESP2,010
José Bento
Luis Calvet
Antonio Bonilla
José María Miró
Antonio Vázquez de Aldana
DNFCzechoslovakiaTCH
František Procházka
Josef Štojdl
František Bláha
Antonín Brych
Václav Kindl