Olympedia – Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men

Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men

Date	4 December 1956 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Merrett Rifle Range, Williamstown, Victoria
Participants	44 from 27 countries
Format	50 metres. 120 shots, 40 shots prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing. 400 possible at each distance, 1,200 posible overall.

Date

4 December 1956 — 9:00

Status

Olympic

Location

Merrett Rifle Range, Williamstown, Victoria

Participants

44 from 27 countries

Format

50 metres. 120 shots, 40 shots prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing. 400 possible at each distance, 1,200 posible overall.

Anatoly Bogdanov had won the free rifle event at the 1952 Olympic Games. In Melbourne he tied for first in this event with 1,172 points, equaling the mark of Czechoslovakia’s Otakar Hořínek. Bogdanov won the gold medal as he had the better score in prone position (396-393), which was the first tie-breaker. Bogdanov had won the 1955 European Championship in free rifle, with a new world record of 1,139, but did not defend his Olympic title in that event. He competed at Melbourne only in the small-bore events, finishing 29th in the English Match. The German father and son, Albert and Rudolf Sigl, finished 11th and 9th, respectively.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Prone Points	Kneeling Points	Standing Points
1	–	Anatoly Bogdanov	URS	1,172	396	392	384	Gold	OR
2	–	Otakar Hořínek	TCH	1,172	393	395	384	Silver	OR
3	–	John Sundberg	SWE	1,167	397	396	374	Bronze
4	–	Vasily Borisov	URS	1,163	395	391	377
5	–	Vilho Ylönen	FIN	1,161	394	386	381
6	–	Gil Boa	CAN	1,159	400	391	368
7	–	Iosif Sîrbu	ROU	1,157	397	392	368
8	–	Anders Kvissberg	SWE	1,156	394	389	373
9	–	Rudi Sigl	GER	1,155	392	390	373
10	–	Sándor Krebs	HUN	1,154	399	385	370
11	–	Albert Sigl	GER	1,154	391	389	374
12	–	Art Jackson	USA	1,153	395	387	371
13	–	Uffe Schultz Larsen	DEN	1,152	393	388	371
14	–	Verle Wright, Jr.	USA	1,151	397	384	370
15	–	Erling Kongshaug	NOR	1,151	394	386	371
16	–	Ole Hviid Jensen	DEN	1,149	396	392	361
17	–	Jorma Taitto	FIN	1,148	395	386	367
18	–	Constantin Antonescu	ROU	1,147	394	368	385
19	–	Frans Lafortune	BEL	1,145	390	381	374
20	–	Zlatko Mašek	YUG	1,144	394	377	373
21	–	Gerry Ouellette	CAN	1,141	394	379	368
22	–	Wu Tao-Yan	TPE	1,140	394	382	364
23	–	Steffen Cranmer	GBR	1,140	392	391	357
24	–	Jacques Mazoyer	FRA	1,139	392	380	367
25	–	Óscar Cáceres	PER	1,135	397	382	356
26	–	Carlo Varetto	ITA	1,135	392	387	356
27	–	Don Tolhurst	AUS	1,131	393	389	349
28	–	Maurice Racca	FRA	1,126	392	375	359
29	–	Luis Coquis	PER	1,124	392	379	353
30	–	Anker Hagen	NOR	1,124	390	377	357
31	–	Frederick Hopkinson	GBR	1,123	392	372	359
32	–	Juan Llabot	VEN	1,118	396	369	353
33	–	Milton Sobocinski	BRA	1,115	394	374	347
34	–	Norman Rule	AUS	1,114	393	382	339
35	–	Harihar Banerjee	IND	1,111	379	371	361
36	–	Yukio Inokuma	JPN	1,110	398	376	336
37	–	Severino Moreira	BRA	1,102	395	372	335
38	–	Haricharan Shaw	IND	1,102	392	372	338
39	–	Roy Congreve	KEN	1,096	394	364	338
40	–	Tomokazu Maruyama	JPN	1,085	393	362	330
41	–	Robin Lavine	RSA	1,082	397	366	319
42	–	Charles Trotter	KEN	1,030	391	340	299
43	–	Zafar Ahmed Muhammad	PAK	999	389	353	257
44	–	Guillermo Padilla	COL	983	381	317	285

Pos

Number

Competitor

NOC

Points

Prone Points

Kneeling Points

Standing Points

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Anatoly Bogdanov

URS