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Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men

Date 3 August 1948 — 9:00
StatusOlympic
LocationBisley Rifle Range, Bisley
Participants71 from 26 countries
Format50 metres prone. 60 shots in six rounds of 10-shots each. 600 possible.

The English Match consisted of 60 shots taken from the prone position, using .22 calibre rifles, shot from 50 metres at a target with 10 scoring zones. The target had an inner bullseye, called the X-ring, that was used to break ties. The competition came down to two Americans, Art Cook and Walter Tomsen. Cook used a Remington 37 with an electric barrel-bedding device, while Tomsen shot using a Winchester Model 52 with a special barrel. Both scored 599, with Cook firing 100 possibles on the first five series. The tie was broken by hits in the X-ring, and Cook won the gold medal on that tie-breaker, 43 X-hits to 42. Art Cook was the youngest member of the American team at only 20 years old. The Americans had the best equipment, especially their sights. It was considered on the edge of breaking the rules, and Cook received three warnings during competition.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRound 1 PointsRound 2 PointsRound 3 PointsRound 4 PointsRound 5 PointsRound 6 Points
1–Art CookUSA59910010010010010099GoldWR
2–Walter TomsenUSA59910010099100100100SilverWR
3–Jonas JonssonSWE597991009910099100Bronze
4–Halvor KongsjordenNOR5971009810010010099
5–Thore SkredegaardNOR5979998100100100100
6–Enrique BaldwinPER596991009810099100
7–Albert RavilaFIN596999810010099100
8–Willy RøgebergNOR596991001009998100
9–Harry CailUSA59699100100999999
10–Uno BergSWE595981001001009899
11–Gustaf NielsenDEN595100991001009799
12–Otto HorberSUI595100100100989998
13–Antônio GuimarãesBRA59410098989999100
14–Veijo KaakinenFIN59498991009910098
15–John ChandlerGBR5939810099999899
16–Onni HynninenFIN5939899100999998
17–César JaymePHI5939998100999998
18–George JonesGBR592971009810010097
19–Erland KochSWE59210098100989799
20–Georges Gauthier-LafondFRA592999998999899
21–Victor GilbertGBR5911009999989798
22–Albert von EinsiedelPHI59198979710010099
23–Jacques LafortuneBEL5919799991009898
24–Lucien GenotFRA591999997989999
25–George JohnsonPUR5901009996989899
26–Óscar LozanoMEX59098100989698100
27–Marcel BouchezFRA58997961001009898
28–Manoel BragaBRA589989999999995
29–Jan Hendrik BrussaardNED588999896989899
30–Gustavo HuetMEX588979898999898
31–Orlando SantamaríaCUB5889998961009798
32–Erik Sætter-LassenDEN5889798989810097
33–Jacques DelvalBEL5879699959899100
34–Emil GrünigSUI587989999969897
35–Augusto LarraburePER5869797969898100
36–Michel RavarinoMON5869796100979799
37–Wilfredo CotoCUB5869598959910099
38–Ilias ValatasGRE586969898979998
39–Marcel LafortuneBEL586959997999997
40–Georgios VichosGRE586979998989995
41–Luis MantillaPER5869796989810097
42–Børge ChristensenDEN5859698999610096
43–Martin GisonPHI585999796969998
44–Julio NolascoARG5851009697969799
45–Carlos de FariaBRA5841009797989795
46–Claude PlattAUS584949999979798
47–Neville HoltAUS584989795979899
48–Antonio AndóARG584949699999997
49–David SchiaffinoARG5839698981009695
50–Andreas KrapfAUT581989596979897
51–Geurt SchoonmanNED5809892961009797
52–Pierre MarsanMON580979696939999
53–José de la TorreMEX580989597969698
54–Rinaldo CapuzziITA579969795969798
55–Leo DoveAUS578989994959597
56–Mario CioccoSUI576969694959897
57–Abílio BrandãoPOR576949992969798
58–Richard BohslavskyAUT575959696949698
59–Luigi AdamiITA573949694949897
60–Ernst WöllAUT5739599100978696
61–Christiaan BothNED572959695959695
62–Cristóbal TaulerESP572959594939798
63–Carlos QueirósPOR572939697939697
64–José Manuel AndoinESP571989596929595
65–Athanasios AravositasGRE570919697959497
66–José da SilvaPOR570989296969395
67–Mahmoud SakhaieIRI552919491909690
68–Roger AbelMON551919396879688
69–Farhang Khosro PanahIRI545889088949293
70–Salem SalamLBN544949389878794
71–Molla ZalIRI511858783898582