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Free Pistol (50 metres), Men

Date	2 August 1948 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Bisley Rifle Range, Bisley
Participants	50 from 22 countries
Format	50 metres. 60 shots in 6 series of 10 shots. 600 possible.

This event was shot in six series of 10 shots, shooting from 50 metres at a target with a diameter of 50 cm, which was divided into 10 scoring rings. There was a center section of the target called the aiming mark, which was 20 cm in diameter, and hits on the aiming mark was the first tie-breaker.

Edwin Vásquez won the event to win Peru’s first gold medal ever, scoring 545. Of his six series, his lowest score was 89, easily the most consistent shooter. There was a three-way tie for second place at 539, between Rudolf Schnyder of Switzerland, Torsten Ullman of Sweden, and Joe Benner of the United States. Both Schnyder and Ullman had all shots in the aiming mark, while Benner had only 58 and was placed 4th. The second tie-breaker was greatest number of number of 10s, and Schnyder won the silver medal on this, scoring 21 10s against Ullman’s 16. This was Ullman’s third shooting medal, as he had won gold and bronze in the pistol events in 1936. Rudolf Schnyder was the son of Willy Schnyder, a former UIT World Champion in free pistol.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Series #1 Points	Series #2 Points	Series #3 Points	Series #4 Points	Series #5 Points	Series #6 Points	Hits	Xs
1	Edwin Vásquez	PER	545	93	89	89	91	90	93	60	21	Gold
2	Rudolf Schnyder	SUI	539	88	94	89	86	93	89	60	16	Silver
3	Torsten Ullman	SWE	539	90	87	92	87	90	93	58	–	Bronze
4	Joe Benner	USA	539	88	84	90	93	94	90	58	–
5	Beat Rhyner	SUI	536	90	91	96	85	91	83	–	–
6	Ángel León	ESP	534	85	93	87	92	87	90	–	–
7	Ambrus Balogh	HUN	532	86	87	93	86	88	92	–	–
8	Marcel Lafortune	BEL	530	86	89	91	92	86	86	–	–
9	Federico Grüben	ARG	527	86	89	89	87	83	93	–	–
10	Eino Saarnikko	FIN	527	86	91	84	92	86	88	–	–
11	Sture Nordlund	SWE	527	87	84	85	91	93	87	–	–
12	Walter Walsh	USA	525	89	88	90	87	84	87	–	–
13	Lajos Börzsönyi	HUN	525	89	85	87	90	89	85	–	–
14	Sándor Tölgyesi	HUN	525	90	87	87	94	82	85	–	–
15	Heinz Ambühl	SUI	524	86	93	87	84	88	86	–	–
16	Óscar Bidegain	ARG	523	81	84	91	86	92	89	–	–
17	Quentin Brooks	USA	523	83	86	86	89	90	89	–	–
18	Ignacio Cruzat	CHI	522	86	87	86	90	87	86	–	–
19	Klaus Lahti	FIN	522	81	91	82	92	91	85	–	–
20	Väinö Skarp	FIN	520	86	86	89	86	93	80	–	–
21	Guy Granet	GBR	519	87	88	87	84	87	86	–	–
22	Lars Berg	SWE	517	89	91	86	82	82	87	–	–
23	John Gallie	GBR	517	86	89	89	83	90	80	–	–
24	Jacques Mazoyer	FRA	516	86	88	86	84	84	88	–	–
25	Martin Gison	PHI	514	87	91	87	80	87	82	–	–
26	Albert von Einsiedel	PHI	512	79	89	85	85	84	90	–	–
27	Wenceslao Salgado	PER	512	78	91	85	90	84	84	–	–
28	Silvino Ferreira	BRA	511	83	81	85	86	90	86	–	–
29	Marcel Bonin	FRA	511	84	86	87	86	84	84	–	–
30	Gunnar Svendsen	NOR	510	83	84	87	80	88	88	–	–
31	Álvaro dos Santos Júnior	BRA	509	81	90	82	80	86	90	–	–
32	Vangelis Chrysafis	GRE	509	83	86	83	79	88	90	–	–
33	Nikolaos Tzovlas	GRE	508	83	88	82	85	82	88	–	–
34	César Injoque	PER	507	81	85	80	85	87	89	–	–
35	Juan Rostagno	ARG	507	86	82	89	84	80	86	–	–
36	Stefano Margotti	ITA	503	83	85	89	70	87	89	–	–
37	Luis Ruiz Tagle	CHI	502	84	84	82	88	81	83	–	–
38	Luis Palomo	ESP	501	86	76	83	84	87	85	–	–
39	Miguel Barasorda	PUR	501	83	81	73	89	88	87	–	–
40	Roberto Müller	CHI	497	81	81	83	85	85	82	–	–
41	Hermann Schultz	MON	495	84	78	80	83	81	89	–	–
42	Moisés Cardoso	POR	485	78	86	86	76	76	83	–	–
43	Peter Marchant	GBR	484	76	82	85	81	80	80	–	–
44	Georgios Stathis	GRE	484	85	75	80	89	75	80	–	–
45	Mauritz Amundsen	NOR	483	84	79	83	78	83	76	–	–
46	Carlos Queirós	POR	482	80	75	84	82	77	84	–	–
47	Godofredo Basso	CUB	477	82	77	82	82	82	72	–	–
48	René Stéphan	FRA	477	72	70	85	79	87	84	–	–
49	Enrique Tejeda	CUB	470	71	88	77	77	76	81	–	–
50	Khalil Hilmi	LBN	331	56	56	61	58	47	53	–	–