Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

The men's 50 metre rifle, prone was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 8 August 1936 at the shooting ranges at Wannsee. 66 shooters from 25 nations competed.[1]

Men's 50 metre rifle, prone
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueWannsee, Berlin, Germany
Date8 August
Competitors66 from 25 nations
Medalists
Willy Røgeberg  Norway
Ralph Berzsenyi  Hungary
Władysław Karaś  Poland
Shooting at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m rifle pronemen
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistolmen
50 metre pistolmen

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
Willy Røgeberg
 Norway		 Ralph Berzsenyi
 Hungary		 Władysław Karaś
 Poland

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

World Record - none - -
Olympic Record 294(*) Bertil Rönnmark Los Angeles (USA) August 13, 1932
Olympic Record 398(**) Pierre Coquelin de Lisle Paris (FRA) June 23, 1924

There was no official world record registered.

(*) Olympic record according to the conditions of this Games - 300 rings possible

(**) 400 rings possible

Results

Starting order: The competitors were divided into three groups after draw.

Starting times: First group 8.30 to 10.30 a.m., second group 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and third group 3 to 5 p.m..

Weather: The first group started to shoot in the rain. But the rain stopped after half an hour. The overcast sky cleared up in the afternoon and brought occasional sunshine. The wind refreshed in the afternoon and disturbed occasionally.

The competition was held over 15 series of two shots, so every shooter had 30 shots. The maximum score was 300.

Willy Røgeberg won the contest with the maximum of 300 and set a new Olympic record. 12 shooters finished with a better score than the standing Olympic record prior the Games.

PlaceShooterTotal
1 Willy Røgeberg (NOR)300 OR
2 Ralph Berzsenyi (HUN)296
3 Władysław Karaś (POL)296
4 Martin Gison (PHI)296
5 José Mello (BRA)296
6 Jacques Mazoyer (FRA)296
7 Gustavo Huet (MEX)296
8 Bertil Rönnmark (SWE)295
 Mario Zorzi (ITA)295
 Bruno Frietsch (FIN)295
 Vilhelm Johansen (DEN)295
 Zoltán Soós-Ruszka Hradetzky (HUN)295
13 Alvaro García (MEX)294
 Tibor Tary (HUN)294
15 Erland Koch (SWE)293
 Raymond Durand (FRA)293
 Olavi Elo (FIN)293
 Eduardo Santos (POR)293
 Erik Sætter-Lassen (DEN)293
 Mihai Ionescu-Călineşti (ROU)293
 Marcel Fitoussi (FRA)293
 Viljo Leskinen (FIN)293
23 Antônio Guimarães (BRA)292
 Carlos Queiroz (POR)292
 Mauritz Amundsen (NOR)292
 Johann Schulz (GER)292
 Carlo Varetto (ITA)292
 Hakon Aasnæs (NOR)292
 Konstantinos Loudaros (GRE)292
 Erich Hotopf (GER)292
 Athanasios Aravositas (GRE)292
32 Otoniel Gonzaga (PHI)291
 Karl August Larsson (SWE)291
 Rudolfs Baumanis (LAT)291
 Theodor Janisch (AUT)291
36 Michel Ravarino (MON)290
 František Čermák (TCH)290
 Lodovico Nulli (ITA)290
 Julius Hansen (DEN)290
40 Gheorghe Mirea (ROU)289
 Alois Navratil (AUT)289
 Jan Wrzosek (POL)289
 François Lafortune (BEL)289
44 Georgios Vikhos (GRE)288
 Augustin Hilti (LIE)288
 Antonio García (MEX)288
 Antoni Pachla (POL)288
 Guillermo Canciani (ARG)288
 Arran Hoffmann (GER)288
 Jaroslav Mach (TCH)288
51 Manoel Braga (BRA)287
 Jan Hendrik Brussaard (NED)287
 Jorge Patiño (PER)287
 Christiaan Both (NED)287
55 Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL)285
 Marcel Lafortune (BEL)285
57 Roger Abel (MON)284
58 Boris Khristov (BUL)283
 Francisco António Real (POR)283
60 Tieleman Vuurman (NED)282
61 Alfred Hämmerle (AUT)281
 Rudolf Senti (LIE)281
63 Rudolf Jehle (LIE)280
64 Eduard Grand (ROU)279
65 Pierre Marsan (MON)275
– František Pokorný (TCH)DNF[2]

The places two to seven were established by comparison of the hits on target.

References
  1. "Shooting at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. withdrew after the fifth series
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