shooting, 1956, summer, olympics, 1956, summer, olympics, melbourne, seven, events, shooting, were, contested, only, they, were, held, between, november, december, 1956, shootingat, games, olympiaddates29, november, december, 1956, 19521960, contents, medal, s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne seven events in shooting were contested all for men only They were held between 29 November and 5 December 1956 1 Shootingat the Games of the XVI OlympiadDates29 November 5 December 1956 19521960 Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Participating nations 3 Medal table 4 References 5 External linksMedal summary editEvent Gold Silver Bronzerapid fire pistol details Ștefan Petrescu nbsp Romania Yevgeny Cherkasov nbsp Soviet Union Gheorghe Lichiardopol nbsp Romaniapistol details Pentti Linnosvuo nbsp Finland Makhmud Umarov nbsp Soviet Union Offutt Pinion nbsp United States300 meter rifle three positions details Vasily Borisov nbsp Soviet Union Allan Erdman nbsp Soviet Union Vilho Ylonen nbsp Finlandrifle three positions details Anatoli Bogdanov nbsp Soviet Union Otakar Horinek nbsp Czechoslovakia John Sundberg nbsp Swedenrifle prone details Gerald Ouellette nbsp Canada Vasily Borisov nbsp Soviet Union Stuart Boa nbsp Canadarunning deer details Vitali Romanenko nbsp Soviet Union Per Olof Skoldberg nbsp Sweden Vladimir Sevryugin nbsp Soviet Uniontrap details Galliano Rossini nbsp Italy Adam Smelczynski nbsp Poland Alessandro Ciceri nbsp ItalyParticipating nations editA total of 156 shooters from 37 nations competed at the Melbourne Games 1 nbsp Argentina 4 nbsp Australia 12 nbsp Belgium 2 nbsp Brazil 4 nbsp Canada 5 nbsp Chile 3 nbsp Chinese Taipei 1 nbsp Colombia 3 nbsp Czechoslovakia 4 nbsp Denmark 2 nbsp Finland 4 nbsp France 5 nbsp United Team of Germany 2 nbsp Great Britain 6 nbsp Greece 2 nbsp Hungary 5 nbsp Indonesia 1 nbsp India 2 nbsp Italy 5 nbsp Japan 6 nbsp Kenya 2 nbsp Malaya 3 nbsp Mexico 3 nbsp Norway 5 nbsp Pakistan 2 nbsp Peru 8 nbsp Philippines 5 nbsp Poland 2 nbsp Puerto Rico 3 nbsp Romania 4 nbsp South Africa 2 nbsp South Korea 2 nbsp Soviet Union 11 nbsp Sweden 8 nbsp United States 8 nbsp Venezuela 9 nbsp Yugoslavia 1 Medal table editRankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Soviet Union URS 34182 nbsp Canada CAN 1012 nbsp Finland FIN 1012 nbsp Italy ITA 1012 nbsp Romania ROU 10126 nbsp Sweden SWE 01127 nbsp Czechoslovakia TCH 0101 nbsp Poland POL 01019 nbsp United States USA 0011Totals 9 entries 77721References edit a b Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 16 February 2015 External links edit Olympic Medal Winners International Olympic Committee Retrieved 22 December 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1127582058, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
