Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

This was the seventh appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was open to women from 1968 to 1980.[3] The first five events were quite different, with some level of consistency finally beginning with the 1932 event—which, though it had differences from the 1924 competition, was roughly similar. The 1936 competition followed the 1932 one quite closely.[4]

Of the 12 men who scored a perfect score on the first round in 1932, two returned in 1936: silver medalist Heinrich Hax of Germany and fourth-place finisher Walter Boninsegni of Italy. Boninsegni was the reigning (1935) world champion.

Latvia, Monaco, the Philippines, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its fifth appearance in the event, most of any nation.

The German and Swedish teams used a new Walther autoloader.[4]

The competition format was very similar to the 1932 competition. All shooting was done at 25 metres. The first round consisted of 18 shots in 3 series of 6 shots each. For each series, there were six separate, 1.63 metre tall, standing silhouette targets that appeared for 8 seconds; the score for the series was how many targets were hit (there were no scoring rings). Maximum score was thus 18, 1 per shot.

Additional rounds were used as tie-breakers, with each round consisting of a single series of 6 shots. The time kept shortening: 6 seconds for the second round, 4 for the third, 3 for the fourth, and 2 for the fifth.

Shooters could use automatic pistols or revolvers of any calibre.[4][5]

Starting order and times were decided by draw. The competition started at 8.30 a.m.

Weather: Dry and fairly overcast. The first round was affected at times by the wind.

After the first round 25 competitors who were not able to hit all 18 targets were eliminated. After the second round another eleven shooters were eliminated, because they were unable to achieve all six hits. Twelve marksmen were eliminated after round three. Five shooters were left to compete in round four to determine their final position. The fourth round forced an issue and the final shoot off determined the bronze medal.

The five shooters who had hit 5 of the 6 targets in round 3 went to a tie-breaker under the same rules as round 4 (and when 2 were perfect there, another tie-breaker at round 5 rules). The Official Report also gives round 4 tie-breaker scores for 2 of the 5 shooters who scored 4 in the third round, but not the other shooters.

Cornelius van Oyen won the contest without missing any target.

The results of the competitors which were eliminated in the first round are unknown. They are listed in the order they appear in the official report.

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Total
	Cornelius van Oyen	Germany	18	6	6	6	N/A	36
	Heinrich Hax	Germany	18	6	6	5		35
	Torsten Ullman	Sweden	18	6	6	4	4*	34
4	Angelos Papadimas	Greece	18	6	6	4	1*	34
5	Helge Meuller	Sweden	18	6	6	3	N/A	33
6	Walter Boninsegni	Italy	18	6	5	6*	3*	29
7	Kazimierz Suchorzewski	Poland	18	6	5	6*	1*	29
8	Haralds Marvē	Latvia	18	6	5	3*	N/A	29
9	Hans Aasnæs	Norway	18	6	5	2*		29
10	László Vadnay	Hungary	18	6	5	1*		29
11	Bruno Giacconi	Italy	18	6	4	Did not advance		28
12	Marcel Lafortune	Belgium	18	6	4			28
13	Jaakko Rintanen	Finland	18	6	4	4*		28
14	Jan Gasche	Czechoslovakia	18	6	4	2*		28
15	Ingals Fisher	United States	18	6	4	Did not advance		28
16	Élie Monnier	France	18	6	2			26
17	Guillermo Huet	Mexico	18	6	2			26
18	Michelangelo Borriello	Italy	18	5	Did not advance			23
19	Carlos Balestrini	Argentina	18	5				23
20	Christos Zalokostas	Greece	18	5				23
21	Ville Elo	Finland	18	5				23
22	Erik Sætter-Lassen	Denmark	18	4				22
23	Kārlis Kļava	Latvia	18	4				22
24	Morris Doob	United States	18	4				22
25	František Pokorný	Czechoslovakia	18	4				22
26	Sulo Cederström	Finland	18	3				21
27	Zenon Piątkowski	Poland	18	3				21
28	Lorenzo Amaya	Argentina	18	1				19
—	François Lafortune	Belgium	Unknown	Did not advance				Unknown
	Axel Lerche	Denmark
	Christen Møller	Denmark
	Krikor Agathon	Egypt
	Charles des Jammonières	France
	Édouard Lambert	France
	Georg Dern	Germany
	Dimitrios Stathis	Greece
	Jakab Kőszegi	Hungary
	Dezső von Zirthy	Hungary
	Carlos Acosta	Mexico
	Roger Abel	Monaco
	Michel Ravarino	Monaco
	Herman Schultz	Monaco
	Dirk van den Bosch	Netherlands
	Martin Gison	Philippines
	Otoniel Gonzaga	Philippines
	Wojciech Bursa	Poland
	Alberto Andressen	Portugal
	Joaquim da Mota	Portugal
	Carlos Queiroz	Portugal
	Henrik Lönnberg	Sweden
	Josef Kopecký	Czechoslovakia
	Dean Hudnutt	United States
	Lazar Jovanović	Yugoslavia

• Official Report Part II
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2007.