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Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men

Date	6 August 1936 — 8:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Schießstände (Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Handfeuerwaffen), Wannsee
Participants	53 from 22 countries
Format	25 metres. Morning qualifying consisted of 3 series of 6 shots each, to be shot within 8 seconds. Places were then contested in the afternoon in 6-shot series, with the time reduced successively, in each round, to 6 seconds, 4 seconds, 3 seconds, and 2 seconds, respectively.

The rapid-fire shooters were aided by a new gun, the Walther autoloader with a lightweight slide. It far outclassed the older American pistols. It was used by the German and Swedish teams and they dominated the competition. The competition was held in the same manner as in 1932 – 18 shots in three strings of 6 shots fired in 8 seconds, with 6-shot shoot-offs then at 6 seconds, 4 seconds, 3 seconds, and 2 seconds. Of the 53 competitors, 28 scored perfect 18s in the first round. Seventeen shooters also shot cleanly in the 6-second round. In the 4-second round, five shooters hit all six targets to advance: Cornelius van Oyen (GER), Heinz Hax (GER), Torsten Ullman (SWE), Angelos Papadimas (GRE), and Helge Meuller (SWE). In the 3-second round, van Oyen shot a clean round to win the gold medal. Hax hit 5 targets to repeat his silver medal from 1932, after having finished fifth in the modern pentathlon in 1928.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round 1 (8 seconds) Points	Round 2 (6 seconds) Points	Round 3 (4 seconds) Points	Round 4 (3 seconds) Points	Round 5 (2 seconds) Points
1	–	Cornelus van Oyen	GER	18	6	6	6	–	Gold
2	–	Heinz Hax	GER	18	6	6	5	–	Silver
3	–	Torsten Ullman	SWE	18	6	6	4	4	Bronze
4	–	Angelos Papadimas	GRE	18	6	6	4	1
5	–	Helge Meuller	SWE	18	6	6	3	–
6	–	Walter Boninsegni	ITA	18	6	5	6	3
7	–	Kazimierz Suchorzewski	POL	18	6	5	6	1
8	–	Haralds Marvē	LAT	18	6	5	3	–
9	–	Hans Aasnæs	NOR	18	6	5	2	–
10	–	László Vadnay	HUN	18	6	5	1	–
11	–	Bruno Giacconi	ITA	18	6	4	–	–
12	–	Marcel Lafortune	BEL	18	6	4	–	–
13	–	Jaakko Rintanen	FIN	18	6	4	4	–
14	–	Jan Gasche	TCH	18	6	4	2	–
15	–	Ingals Fisher	USA	18	6	4	–	–
16	–	Élie Monnier	FRA	18	6	2	–	–
17	–	Guillermo Huet	MEX	18	6	2	–	–
18	–	Michelangelo Borriello	ITA	18	5	–	–	–
19	–	Carlos Balestrini	ARG	18	5	–	–	–
20	–	Christos Zalokostas	GRE	18	5	–	–	–
21	–	Ville Elo	FIN	18	5	–	–	–
22	–	Erik Sætter-Lassen	DEN	18	4	–	–	–
23	–	Kārlis Kļava	LAT	18	4	–	–	–
24	–	Morris Doob	USA	18	4	–	–	–
25	–	František Pokorný	TCH	18	4	–	–	–
26	–	Sulo Cederström	FIN	18	3	–	–	–
27	–	Zenon Piątkowski	POL	18	3	–	–	–
28	–	Lorenzo Amaya	ARG	18	1	–	–	–
AC	–	Jacques Lafortune	BEL	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Axel, Baron Lerche	DEN	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Christen Møller	DEN	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Krikor Agathon	EGY	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Charles des Jamonières	FRA	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Édouard Lambert	FRA	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Georg Dern	GER	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Dimitrios Stathis	GRE	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Jakab Kőszegi	HUN	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Dezső Zirthy	HUN	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Carlos Acosta	MEX	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Roger Abel	MON	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Michel Ravarino	MON	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Hermann Schultz	MON	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Dirk van den Bosch	NED	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Martin Gison	PHI	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Otoniel Gonzaga	PHI	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Wojciech Bursa	POL	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Alberto Andresen Junior	POR	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Joaquim Ferreira da Mota	POR	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Carlos Queirós	POR	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Henrik Lönnberg	SWE	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Josef Kopecký	TCH	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Dean Hudnutt	USA	–	–	–	–	–
AC	–	Lazar Jovanović	YUG	–	–	–	–	–