Olympedia – Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men

Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men

Date	30 November 1956 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Merrett Rifle Range, Williamstown, Victoria
Participants	33 from 22 countries
Format	50 metres. 60 shots in six series of 10. 600 possible.

Date

30 November 1956 — 9:00

Status

Olympic

Location

Merrett Rifle Range, Williamstown, Victoria

Participants

33 from 22 countries

Format

50 metres. 60 shots in six series of 10. 600 possible.

Finland’s Pentti Linnosvuo and the USSR’s Makhmud Umarov, world record holder in the Center-Fire Pistol, tied for first in this event. Linnosvuo won the shoot-off, 26-24, to take the gold medal. Linnosvuo would return in 1964 to win the rapid-fire pistol event, becoming only the second shooter, after Al Lane of the USA, to win both of the classic Olympic pistol events. No Finnish flag was available at the range, and one had to be brought in from Melbourne. The medal ceremony was postponed for an hour because of this. Defending champion Joe Benner, was given a lane at the outside of the range, rendering almost nil his chance at retaining the title.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points	Round 4 Points	Round 5 Points	Round 6 Points
1	–	Pentti Linnosvuo	FIN	556	90	95	91	94	93	93	Gold	OR
2	–	Makhmud Umarov	URS	556	95	91	91	94	93	92	Silver	OR
3	–	Offutt Pinion	USA	551	94	92	93	88	93	91	Bronze
4	–	Choji Hosaka	JPN	550	92	91	88	94	91	94
5	–	Anton Yasinsky	URS	550	90	93	95	92	92	88
6	–	Torsten Ullman	SWE	549	90	90	91	91	94	93
7	–	Åke Lindblom	SWE	542	87	89	86	92	94	94
8	–	Len Tolhurst	AUS	541	94	90	92	84	91	90
9	–	Claudio Fiorentini	ITA	540	91	91	88	90	91	89
10	–	Fred Cooper	GBR	539	84	91	87	92	91	94
11	–	Joe Benner	USA	537	82	85	91	95	89	95
12	–	František Maxa	TCH	536	86	91	88	89	93	89
13	–	James Zavitz	CAN	536	94	89	88	90	88	87
14	–	Enrique Hanabergh	COL	534	89	81	95	90	95	84
15	–	Raúl Ibarra	MEX	533	89	86	87	88	94	89
16	–	Kalle Sievänen	FIN	526	85	90	82	92	88	89
17	–	Yoshihide Ueda	JPN	526	87	88	87	88	90	86
18	–	Alberto Martijena	ARG	526	85	91	91	88	88	83
19	–	Ignacio Cruzat	CHI	524	84	86	90	87	90	87
20	–	Charles des Jamonières	FRA	522	84	81	93	91	90	83
21	–	Rigoberto Fontt	CHI	521	81	81	87	87	92	93
22	–	Antonio Vita	PER	519	88	81	86	92	81	91
23	–	Marcel Lafortune	BEL	518	82	88	82	86	89	91
24	–	Héctor de Lima Polanco	VEN	511	91	83	87	84	82	84
25	–	José Bernal	VEN	508	85	82	86	86	80	89
26	–	Rodolfo Flores	MEX	507	82	85	90	80	88	82
27	–	Rodney Johnson	AUS	506	78	90	78	87	87	86
28	–	Henry Steele	GBR	503	83	85	82	80	85	88
29	–	Francisco Otayza	PER	503	81	83	84	87	85	83
30	–	Kim Yun-Gi	KOR	463	76	71	78	73	81	84
31	–	Zafar Ahmed Muhammad	PAK	460	67	74	83	81	76	79
32	–	Ricardo Hizon	PHI	456	71	73	81	73	85	73
33	–	Joseph Chong	MAL	438	56	70	78	75	77	82

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