Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

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Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
VenueHelsinki, Finland
Date27 July
Competitors32 from 18 nations
Winning score1123 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anatoli Bogdanov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Bürchler
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lev Vainshtein
 Soviet Union
men
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistolmen
50 metre pistolmen
Shotgun
Trapmen
Running deer
100 m running deermen

The men's

Lev Vainshtein in third, as the Soviet Union took both gold and bronze in its debut. Between the Soviets was Robert Bürchler
of Switzerland, earning silver.

Background

This was the sixth appearance of the men's 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.[3][4] Three of the top 10 shooters from 1948 returned: silver medalist Pauli Janhonen of Finland, eighth-place finisher Holger Erbén of Sweden, and tenth-place finisher Emmett Swanson of the United States. August Hollenstein of Switzerland was the 1952 world champion, with his countryman Robert Bürchler finishing third.[5]

Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Israel, the Soviet Union, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the event. Denmark and Norway each made their sixth appearance, the only nations to have competed at every appearance of the event to date; France missed the event for the first time.

Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 120 shots, 40 shots in each of three positions: prone, kneeling, and standing. Shots were fired in series of 10. The target was 1 metre in diameter, with 10 scoring rings; targets were set at a distance of 300 metres. Thus, the maximum score possible was 1200 points. Any rifle could be used.[5][6]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Elmar Kivistik (EST) 1124 Helsinki, Finland 1937
Olympic record  Emil Grünig (SUI) 1120 London, United Kingdom 5–6 August 1948

Anatoli Bogdanov broke the Olympic record with 1123 points to win. The second-place finisher, Robert Bürchler, equalled the old record. Bürchler set a world record in the kneeling position, with 381 points.[6]

Schedule

All times are

UTC+3
)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 27 July 1952 9:00 Final

Results

Rank Shooter Nation Score Notes
Standing Kneeling Prone Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anatoli Bogdanov
  Soviet Union 359 376 388 1123 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Bürchler  Switzerland 350 381 WR 389 1120
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lev Vainshtein
  Soviet Union 355 376 378 1109
4 August Hollenstein  Switzerland 354 370 384 1108
5 Vilho Ylönen  Finland 351 377 379 1107
6 Robert Sandager  United States 349 371 384 1104
7 Holger Erbén  Sweden 347 376 379 1102
8 Walther Fröstell  Sweden 335 375 389 1099
9 Pablo Cagnasso  Argentina 342 369 381 1092
10 Ambrus Balogh  Hungary 349 359 374 1082
11 Erling Kongshaug  Norway 342 358 377 1077
12 Pauli Janhonen  Finland 348 351 378 1077
13 David Schiaffino  Argentina 340 359 375 1074
14 Jovan Kratohvil  Yugoslavia 346 352 375 1073
15 Uffe Schultz Larsen  Denmark 324 359 384 1067
16 Stjepan Prauhardt  Yugoslavia 326 362 377 1065
17 Mauritz Amundsen  Norway 330 355 372 1057
18 Emmett Swanson  United States 317 371 367 1055
19 Gil Boa  Canada 322 359 372 1053
20 Ferenc Décsey  Hungary 336 347 353 1036
21 Dov Ben-Dov  Israel 314 349 370 1033
22 Rigoberto Rivero  Venezuela 330 333 365 1028
23 Ahmed Hamdi  Egypt 303 332 373 1008
24 Harihar Banerjee  India 299 336 359 994
25 Humberto Briceño  Venezuela 270 343 371 984
26 Shmuel Laviv-Lubin  Israel 291 315 367 973
27 Alberto Braga  Brazil 288 323 351 962
28 John Pearson  Great Britain 279 318 358 955
29 Jocelyn Barlow  Great Britain 266 316 362 944
30 Saad El-Din El-Shorbagui  Egypt 251 321 369 941
31 Antônio Guimarães  Brazil 281 309 342 932
32 Alfredo Mury  Guatemala 245 277 363 885

References

  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 454.
  3. ^ "Historical Results". ISSF. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. ^ The event was open to women in 1968 and 1972.
  5. ^ a b "Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b Official Report, p. 462.
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