Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol
January 01, 1970
The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 25 July 1952 at the shooting ranges in Helsinki. 48 shooters from 28 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of shooters per nation was reduced to 2, from 3 in previous Games.[2] The event was won by Huelet Benner of the United States, the nation's first victory in the event since 1920 (and fourth overall, most of any nation). Silver went to Ángel León Gozalo of Spain and bronze to Ambrus Balogh of Hungary; they were the first medals in the free pistol for both nations.
This was the eighth appearance of the ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. A separate women's event would be introduced in 1984.[3] 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.[4][5]
Five of the top 10 shooters from the 1948 Games returned: bronze medalist (and 1936 gold medalist) Torsten Ullman of Sweden, fourth-place finisher Huelet Benner of the United States, fifth-place finisher Beat Rhyner of Switzerland, sixth-place finisher Ángel León Gozalo of Spain, and seventh-place finisher Ambrus Balogh of Hungary. Ullman was again the world champion in 1952, two weeks before the Games, his fifth time (1933, 1935, 1937, and 1947). Benner finished third at the world championships.
Bulgaria, Egypt, Guatemala, Mexico, the Soviet Union, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the event. Greece and the United States each made their seventh appearance, tied for most of any nation.
The competition had each shooter fire 60 shots, in 6 series of 10 shots each, at a distance of 50 metres. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible was 600 points. Any pistol was permitted.[5][6]
Recordsedit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
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The men s ISSF 50 meter pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme It was the eighth appearance of the event The competition was held on 25 July 1952 at the shooting ranges in Helsinki 48 shooters from 28 nations competed 1 The maximum number of shooters per nation was reduced to 2 from 3 in previous Games 2 The event was won by Huelet Benner of the United States the nation s first victory in the event since 1920 and fourth overall most of any nation Silver went to Angel Leon Gozalo of Spain and bronze to Ambrus Balogh of Hungary they were the first medals in the free pistol for both nations Men s 50 metre pistolat the Games of the XV OlympiadShooting pictogramVenueMalmi shooting range Malmi HelsinkiDate25 JulyCompetitors48 from 28 nationsWinning score553MedalistsHuelet Benner United StatesAngel Leon Gozalo SpainAmbrus Balogh Hungary 19481956 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the eighth appearance of the ISSF 50 meter pistol event The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 except 1904 when no shooting events were held and from 1936 to 2016 it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980 although very few women participated these years A separate women s event would be introduced in 1984 3 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards 4 5 Five of the top 10 shooters from the 1948 Games returned bronze medalist and 1936 gold medalist Torsten Ullman of Sweden fourth place finisher Huelet Benner of the United States fifth place finisher Beat Rhyner of Switzerland sixth place finisher Angel Leon Gozalo of Spain and seventh place finisher Ambrus Balogh of Hungary Ullman was again the world champion in 1952 two weeks before the Games his fifth time 1933 1935 1937 and 1947 Benner finished third at the world championships Bulgaria Egypt Guatemala Mexico the Soviet Union Venezuela and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the event Greece and the United States each made their seventh appearance tied for most of any nation Benner used a Hammerli 100 Competition format editThe competition had each shooter fire 60 shots in 6 series of 10 shots each at a distance of 50 metres The target was round 50 centimetres in diameter with 10 scoring rings Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points in increments of 1 point The maximum score possible was 600 points Any pistol was permitted 5 6 Records editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Torsten Ullman SWE 559 Berlin Germany 7 August 1936 Olympic record nbsp Torsten Ullman SWE 559 Berlin Germany 7 August 1936 No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition Schedule editDate Time Round Friday 25 July 1952 9 00 FinalResults editRank Shooter Nation Score nbsp Huelet Benner nbsp United States 553 nbsp Angel Leon Gozalo nbsp Spain 550 nbsp Ambrus Balogh nbsp Hungary 549 4 Konstantin Martazov nbsp Soviet Union 546 5 Lev Vainshtein nbsp Soviet Union 546 6 Torsten Ullman nbsp Sweden 543 7 Klaus Lahti nbsp Finland 541 8 Beat Rhyner nbsp Switzerland 539 9 Francisco Sandoval nbsp Guatemala 535 10 Oiva Tylli nbsp Finland 535 11 Hugo Lundkvist nbsp Sweden 532 12 Ronald Guy nbsp Great Britain 531 13 Raul Ibarra nbsp Mexico 530 14 Ferenc Decsey nbsp Hungary 530 15 Frantisek Maxa nbsp Czechoslovakia 530 16 Mario de Armas nbsp Cuba 526 17 Gunnar Svendsen nbsp Norway 523 18 Jose Reyes Rodriguez nbsp Mexico 523 19 Jorge de Oliveira nbsp Brazil 522 20 Luciano Galesi nbsp Italy 522 21 Edvard Delorenco nbsp Yugoslavia 521 22 Felix Cortes nbsp Philippines 521 23 Rudolf Vuk nbsp Yugoslavia 521 24 Miroslav Proft nbsp Czechoslovakia 519 25 Rolf Klementsen nbsp Norway 518 26 Stoyan Popov nbsp Bulgaria 517 27 Alberto Guerrero nbsp Puerto Rico 517 28 Antoine Shousha nbsp Egypt 517 29 Abdel Sattar Tarabulsi nbsp Lebanon 517 30 Harry Wendell Reeves nbsp United States 515 31 Carlos Choque nbsp Argentina 515 32 Martin Gison nbsp Philippines 515 33 Alvaro dos Santos Filho nbsp Brazil 513 34 Fritz Krempel nbsp Germany 512 35 Enrique Ojeda nbsp Chile 510 36 Renato Sacchi nbsp Italy 509 37 Hector de Lima Polanco nbsp Venezuela 506 38 Alexander Specker nbsp Switzerland 506 39 Herman Schultz nbsp Monaco 501 40 Andre Martin nbsp France 500 41 Nikolay Khristozov nbsp Bulgaria 500 42 William White nbsp Great Britain 498 43 Georgios Stathis nbsp Greece 496 44 Ramiro Ortiz nbsp Puerto Rico 492 45 Mohamed Ahmed Aly nbsp Egypt 491 46 Khalil Hilmi nbsp Lebanon 489 47 Roger Tauvel nbsp France 489 48 Carlos Marrero nbsp Venezuela 483References edit Shooting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games Men s Free Pistol 50 metres Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 4 February 2015 Official Report p 454 Shooting Olympedia Retrieved 24 August 2021 Historical Results issf sports org International Shooting Sport Federation Retrieved 15 December 2020 a b Free Pistol 50 Metres Men Olympedia Retrieved 15 December 2020 Official Report p 457 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics Men 27s 50 metre pistol amp oldid 1107414696, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
