Shooting at the 1956 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 XVI Olympiad
Vasily Borisov (1954)
VenueMelbourne, Australia
Date1 December
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Winning score1138 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vasily Borisov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Allan Erdman
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vilho Ylönen
 Finland
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The men's 300 m rifle three positions was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event at an Olympic Games. The competition was held on 1 December 1956, with 20 shooters from 14 nations competing.[1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Vasily Borisov of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in two appearances (tying Switzerland for most gold medals in the event). The Soviets finished 1–2, with Allan Erdman taking silver. Vilho Ylönen of Finland earned the bronze.

Background

This was the seventh appearance of the men's 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.

Anatoli Bogdanov opted to compete only in small-bore events in 1956. This left his countryman Vasily Borisov, the runner-up at the world championship, as the favorite.[3]

The Republic of China, Pakistan, the Philippines, Romania, and South Korea each made their debut in the event. Denmark and Norway did not compete in the event for the first time; the Danes and Norwegians had competed in each of the first six appearances of the three-positions competition. Finland, Sweden, and the United States each made their sixth appearance, tied with Norway and Denmark for most appearances.

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.[3][4]

Records

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

World record  
Anatoli Bogdanov
 (URS)		 1143 1955
Olympic record  
Anatoli Bogdanov (URS
)		 1123 Helsinki, Finland 27 July 1952

Vasily Borisov broke the Olympic record with 1138 points to win. All three medalists were above the old record. Borisov also set a world record in the prone position, with 396 points.[5]

Schedule

All times are

UTC+10
)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 1 December 1956 9:00 Final

Results

Rank Shooter Nation Score Notes
Prone Kneeling Standing Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vasily Borisov  Soviet Union 396 WR 383 359 1138 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Allan Erdman  Soviet Union 392 385 360 1137
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vilho Ylönen  Finland 387 382 359 1128
4 Jorma Taitto  Finland 392 379 349 1120
5 Constantin Antonescu  Romania 386 374 341 1101
6 John Sundberg  Sweden 384 367 343 1094
7 Anders Kvissberg  Sweden 389 362 342 1093
8 James Smith  United States 381 368 333 1082
9 Sándor Krebs  Hungary 379 364 335 1078
10 Herbert Voelcker  United States 385 355 335 1075
11 Gerald Ouellette  Canada 370 357 339 1066
12 Rubén Váldez  Peru 373 338 333 1044
13 Martin Gison  Philippines 387 368 288 1043
14 Guillermo Baldwin  Peru 379 359 302 1040
15 Wu Tao-yan  Republic of China 370 349 306 1025
16 Ian Wrigley  Australia 382 350 289 1021
17 Norman Goff  Australia 372 343 295 1010
18 Steffen Cranmer  Great Britain 356 336 307 999
19 Chu Hwa-il  South Korea 338 286 279 903
20 Saifi Chaudhry  Pakistan 84 — 183 267

References

  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ The event was open to women in 1968 and 1972.
  3. ^ a b "Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 570.
  5. ^ Official Report, p. 563.
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