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Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men

Date 2 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationKamp Beverlo, Beverlo
Participants33 from 9 countries
Format50 metres. 60 shots. Individual possible 600. Team competitors could allow their score to stand for the individual match.

The United States loaned the Brazilians a new Colt .22 for this event. Afrânio da Costa used the borrowed pistol and some UMC ammunition to place second in this event. The champion was Karl Frederick who later captained the 1948 U.S. Olympic shooting team and eventually served as President of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and Vice-President of the U.S. Revolver Association. The defending champion from Stockholm, Al Lane, placed third.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCPoints
1–Karl FrederickUSA496Gold
2–Afrânio da CostaBRA489Silver
3–Al LaneUSA481Bronze
4–Laurits LarsenDEN475
5–Niels LarsenDEN470
6–Anders AnderssonSWE467
7–Paul Van AsbroeckBEL466
=8–Iason SappasGRE464
=8–Casimir ReuterskiöldSWE464
10–Ioannis TheofilakisGRE462
AC–Gunnar GabrielssonSWE460
AC–George FiskeUSA458
AC–Ray BrackenUSA456
AC–Guilherme ParaenseBRA456
AC–Sebastião WolfBRA454
AC–Lars Jørgen MadsenDEN450
AC–Sigvard HultcrantzSWE450
AC–Anders JohnssonSWE448
AC–Gerard van den BerghNED445
AC–Antoine BouwensNED444
AC–Klaas WoldendorpNED443
AC–Einar LibergNOR442
AC–Dario BarbosaBRA441
AC–James BoaCAN438
AC–Oluf Wesmann-KjærNOR434
AC–Howard BaylesUSA430
AC–Geoffrey LehainCAN429
AC–Fernando SoledadeBRA424
AC–Otto PlantenerDEN419
AC–Carl PedersenDEN413
AC–Christian Andersen (Bøtø)DEN407
AC–Cornelis van AltenburgNED397
AC–Herman BouwensNED394