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Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men

Date13 August 1932 — 9:00
StatusOlympic
LocationLos Angeles Police Pistol Range, Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California
Participants26 from 9 countries
Format50 metres prone. 30 shots. 300 possible.

There were 14 firing points at the rifle range, and with 26 in the event, the English Match was fired in two relays. During the first relay, Hungary’s Antal Barát-Lemberkovits shot one round at the wrong target. The shot scored a 10 on the wrong target. The error eventually cost Barát-Lemberkovits the gold medal, as he finished 9 points out of the gold medal. Bertil Rönnmark (SWE), a pharmacist, and Gustavo Huet (MEX), a student, tied for first with 294 and shot-off for the gold medal, with Rönnmark winning. Rönnmark used a Danish rifle and ammunition, while Huet used American equipment. After the shooting, Swedes Rönnmark and Andersson (5th) had given their left-over bullets to friends. When they both made a shoot-off, they had to track back their ammo, risking elimination without bullets.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsShoot-Off
1Bertil RönnmarkSWE294Gold
2Gustavo HuetMEX294Silver
3Zoltán Soós-Ruszka HradetzkyHUN293Bronze
4Mario ZorziITA293
5Gustaf AnderssonSWE292296
6William HardingUSA292
7Francisco António RealPOR292
8Karl August LarssonSWE292
9Julio CastroESP291
10Carlos GuerreroMEX290
=11Tibor TaryHUN289
=11Gustavo SalinasMEX289
=13Ugo CantelliITA288
=13Edward ShumakerUSA288
15Rom StaniferUSA287
=16Antonio DaneriARG286
=16Amedeo BruniITA286
18Antal Barát-LemberkovitsHUN285
19Manoel BragaBRA284
=20Manuel GuerraPOR282
=20Antônio GuimarãesBRA282
22Sigfrido VogelARG281
23José Maria FerreiraPOR279
24José CastroBRA277
25Buenaventura BagariaESP274
26Manuel CorralesESP268