Shooting at the 1956 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 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 5 December 1956 at the shooting ranges in Melbourne. 44 shooters from 25 nations competed.[1]

Men's 50 metre rifle, prone
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne, Australia
Date5 December
Competitors44 from 25 nations
Medalists
Gerald Ouellette  Canada
Vasily Borisov  Soviet Union
Gil Boa  Canada
Shooting at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Rifle
300 metre riflemen
50 m rifle, three positionsmen
50 m rifle, pronemen
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistolmen
50 metre pistolmen
Shotgun
Trapmen
Running deer
100 m running deermen

Results
PlaceShooterTotal
1 Gerald Ouellette (CAN)600
2 Vasily Borisov (URS)599
3 Gil Boa (CAN)598
4 Otakar Hořínek (TCH)598
5 Iosif Sîrbu (ROU)598
6 Sándor Krebs (HUN)598
7 Erling Kongshaug (NOR)598
8 Severino Moreira (BRA)597
9 Constantin Antonescu (ROU)596
10 Don Tolhurst (AUS)596
11 Rudi Sigl (EUA)596
12 John Sundberg (SWE)596
13 Anker Hagen (NOR)596
14 Anders Kvissberg (SWE)596
15 Vilho Ylönen (FIN)596
16 Zlatko Mašek (YUG)595
17 Johannes Human (RSA)595
18 Uffe Schultz Larsen (DEN)595
19 Wu Tao-yan (TPE)595
20 Milton Sobocinski (BRA)594
21 Oscar Caceres (PER)594
22 Norman Rule (AUS)594
23 César Jayme (PHI)594
24 Yukio Inokuma (JPN)594
25 Enrique Lucca (VEN)594
26 Steffen Cranmer (GBR)593
27 Albert Sigl (EUA)593
28 Luis Coquis (PER)593
29 Anatoly Bogdanov (URS)593
30 Robin Lavine (RSA)593
31 Art Jackson (USA)593
32 Jorma Taitto (FIN)592
33 Juan Llabot (VEN)592
34 Hernando Castelo (PHI)592
35 Jacques Mazoyer (FRA)591
36 Verle Wright Jr. (USA)590
37 Ole Hviid Jensen (DEN)590
38 Frederick Hopkinson (GBR)590
39 Maurice Racca (FRA)589
40 Roy Congreve (KEN)587
41 Charles Trotter (KEN)586
42 Frans Lafortune (BEL)585
43 Tomokazu Maruyama (JPN)584
44 Zafar Ahmed Muhammad (PAK)582

References
  1. "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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