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Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

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Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueUmberto I Shooting Range
Dates5–6 September
Competitors67 from 40 nations
Winning time560 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksey Gushchin
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Makhmud Umarov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
 Japan
← 1956
1964 →

The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 5 and 6 September 1960 at the Umberto I Shooting Range in Rome. 67 shooters from 40 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Aleksey Gushchin of the Soviet Union, as the Soviet team finished 1–2 with Makhmud Umarov repeating as silver medalist (the third man to earn multiple medals in the event). Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (who would become the fourth multi-medalist four years later) of Japan took bronze.

Background

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This was the 10th 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.[2] 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.[3][4]

Three of the top 10 shooters from the 1956 Games returned: gold medalist Pentti Linnosvuo of Finland, silver medalist Makhmud Umarov of the Soviet Union, and sixth-place finisher (and 1936 gold and 1948 bronze medalist and 1952 sixth-place finisher) Torsten Ullman of Sweden. 1952 silver medalist Ángel León Gozalo of Spain and bronze medalist Ambrus Balogh of Hungary also returned. Umarov was the reigning (1958) world champion, with fellow Soviet Aleksey Gushchin the runner-up.

The British West Indies, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kenya, Luxembourg, Morocco, Poland, San Marino, Singapore, and Thailand each made their debut in the event; East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. The United States made its ninth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the 1900 event.

Gushchin used a Izhmash Isch 1.

Competition format

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The 1960 competition introduced a two-round format. In the first round, each shooter fired 40 shots, in 4 series of 10 shots each, at 50 metres. The top 27 shooters in each of the two qualifying groups advanced to the final. The final 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 in the final was 600 points. Any pistol was permitted. Shoot-offs were held to break ties for top ranks.[4][5]

Records

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

World record  Anton Jasinsky (URS) 566 Bucharest, Romania 1955
Olympic record  Torsten Ullman (SWE) 559 Berlin, Germany 7 August 1936

The 24-year old Olympic record fell to Aleksey Gushchin, who beat it by 1 point with his final round of 560.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Monday, 5 September 1960 9:00 Qualifying
Tuesday, 6 September 1960 9:00 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Group 1

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Rank Shooter Nation Score Notes
1 Vladimír Kudrna  Czechoslovakia 376 Q
2 Stanisław Romik  Poland 365 Q
3 Torsten Ullman  Sweden 363 Q
4 Nelson Lincoln  United States 360 Q
5 Minervino González  Spain 360 Q
6 Aleksey Gushchin  Soviet Union 359 Q
7 Todor Kozlovski  Bulgaria 359 Q
8 Albert Späni  Switzerland 356 Q
9 Piercarlo Beroldi  Italy 356 Q
10 Tadao Matsui  Japan 354 Q
11 Karlo Umek  Yugoslavia 353 Q
12 Kaarle Pekkala  Finland 353 Q
13 Ambrus Balogh  Hungary 350 Q
14 Ilie Nițu  Romania 350 Q
15 Miguel Barasorda  Puerto Rico 349 Q
16 Wolfgang Losack  United Team of Germany 348 Q
17 António Jorge  Portugal 345 Q
18 Marcel Lafortune  Belgium 343 Q
19 Pedro Puente  Peru 343 Q
20 Dimitrios Kasoumis  Greece 341 Q
21 Álvaro dos Santos Filho  Brazil 341 Q
22 François Fug  Luxembourg 337 Q
23 Godfrey Brunner  Canada 337 Q
24 Amorn Yuktanandana  Thailand 336 Q
25 Raúl Ibarra  Mexico 334 Q
26 José Agdamag  Philippines 332 Q
27 Rodney Johnson  Australia 329 Q
28 Sanusi Tjokroadiredjo  Indonesia 328
29 Noe Balvin  Colombia 323
30 Frank Dobson  Great Britain 319
31 Zafar Ahmed Muhammad  Pakistan 289
32 Spartaco Cesaretti  San Marino 252
33 Naji El-Mekki  Morocco 247
Keith De Casseres  British West Indies DNF

Group 2

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Rank Shooter Nation Score Notes
1 Makhmud Umarov  Soviet Union 375 Q
2 Jiří Hrneček  Czechoslovakia 366 Q
3 Pentti Linnosvuo  Finland 363 Q
4 Horst Kadner  United Team of Germany 359 Q
5 Giorgio Ercolani  Italy 358 Q
6 Ilija Ničić  Yugoslavia 355 Q
7 Dencho Denev  Bulgaria 355 Q
8 Frédéric Michel  Switzerland 354 Q
9 Garfield McMahon  Canada 352 Q
10 John Hurst  United States 350 Q
11 Yoshihisa Yoshikawa  Japan 350 Q
12 André Antunes  Portugal 348 Q
13 Andrzej Tomza  Poland 347 Q
14 Leif Larsson  Sweden 347 Q
15 Kurt Johannessen  Norway 346 Q
16 Ángel León Gozalo  Spain 345 Q
17 John Tremelling  Australia 344 Q
18 John Tomlinson  Great Britain 344 Q
19 An Jae-song  South Korea 341 Q
20 Edward Penn  Kenya 340 Q
21 Ignacio Mendoza  Mexico 340 Q
22 Chalermsakdi Inswang  Thailand 339 Q
23 Fred Guillermety  Puerto Rico 339 Q
24 Antonio Vita  Peru 337 Q
25 Ambrosio Rocha  Brazil 336 Q
26 Gavril Maghiar  Romania 336 Q
27 Georgios Marmaridis  Greece 332 Q
28 William Gillies  Hong Kong 332
29 Serge Hubert  France 330
30 Kok Kum Woh  Singapore 325
31 Hernando Hoyos  Colombia 319
32 Tony Bridge  British West Indies 319
33 Aroldo Casali  San Marino 271

Final

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Rank Shooter Nation Qualifying Final Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksey Gushchin  Soviet Union 359 560 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Makhmud Umarov  Soviet Union 375 552 Shoot-off: 26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yoshihisa Yoshikawa  Japan 350 552 Shoot-off: 20
4 Torsten Ullman  Sweden 363 550
5 Stanisław Romik  Poland 365 548
6 Albert Späni  Switzerland 356 546
7 Vladimír Kudrna  Czechoslovakia 376 545
8 Horst Kadner  United Team of Germany 359 544
9 Nelson Lincoln  United States 360 543
10 Gavril Maghiar  Romania 336 542
11 Garfield McMahon  Canada 352 542
12 Tadao Matsui  Japan 354 540
13 Pentti Linnosvuo  Finland 363 539
14 Wolfgang Losack  United Team of Germany 348 538
15 Leif Larsson  Sweden 347 538
16 Ambrus Balogh  Hungary 350 538
17 John Hurst  United States 350 538
18 Ángel León Gozalo  Spain 345 537
19 Frédéric Michel  Switzerland 354 537
20 Antonio Vita  Peru 337 535
21 John Tremelling  Australia 344 534
22 Karlo Umek  Yugoslavia 353 533
23 Piercarlo Beroldi  Italy 356 532
24 Dencho Denev  Bulgaria 355 532
25 Todor Kozlovski  Bulgaria 359 532
26 Kurt Johannessen  Norway 346 531
27 Kaarle Pekkala  Finland 353 531
28 Andrzej Tomza  Poland 347 530
29 Ilija Ničić  Yugoslavia 355 529
30 Godfrey Brunner  Canada 337 528
31 Minervino González  Spain 360 528
32 Rodney Johnson  Australia 329 527
33 Chalermsakdi Inswang  Thailand 339 525
34 Marcel Lafortune  Belgium 343 525
35 Ilie Nițu  Romania 350 524
36 António Jorge  Portugal 345 522
37 Pedro Puente  Peru 343 522
38 Raúl Ibarra  Mexico 334 522
39 Miguel Barasorda  Puerto Rico 349 522
40 Edward Penn  Kenya 340 521
41 Ignacio Mendoza  Mexico 340 520
42 An Jae-song  South Korea 341 520
43 Álvaro dos Santos Filho  Brazil 341 518
44 Giorgio Ercolani  Italy 358 517
45 Amorn Yuktanandana  Thailand 336 515
46 Dimitrios Kasoumis  Greece 341 515
47 Jiří Hrneček  Czechoslovakia 366 513
48 Fred Guillermety  Puerto Rico 339 513
49 John Tomlinson  Great Britain 344 507
50 Ambrosio Rocha  Brazil 336 503
51 François Fug  Luxembourg 337 502
52 Georgios Marmaridis  Greece 332 497
53 José Agdamag  Philippines 332 490
54 André Antunes  Portugal 348 489

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Shooting". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 937.