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Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men

Date	3 August 1948 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Bisley Rifle Range, Bisley
Participants	71 from 26 countries
Format	50 metres prone. 60 shots in six rounds of 10-shots each. 600 possible.

The English Match consisted of 60 shots taken from the prone position, using .22 calibre rifles, shot from 50 metres at a target with 10 scoring zones. The target had an inner bullseye, called the X-ring, that was used to break ties. The competition came down to two Americans, Art Cook and Walter Tomsen. Cook used a Remington 37 with an electric barrel-bedding device, while Tomsen shot using a Winchester Model 52 with a special barrel. Both scored 599, with Cook firing 100 possibles on the first five series. The tie was broken by hits in the X-ring, and Cook won the gold medal on that tie-breaker, 43 X-hits to 42. Art Cook was the youngest member of the American team at only 20 years old. The Americans had the best equipment, especially their sights. It was considered on the edge of breaking the rules, and Cook received three warnings during competition.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points	Round 4 Points	Round 5 Points	Round 6 Points	Xs
1	Art Cook	USA	599	100	100	100	100	100	99	43	Gold	WR
2	Walter Tomsen	USA	599	100	100	99	100	100	100	42	Silver	WR
3	Jonas Jonsson	SWE	597	99	100	99	100	99	100	44	Bronze
4	Halvor Kongsjorden	NOR	597	100	98	100	100	100	99	39
5	Thore Skredegaard	NOR	597	99	98	100	100	100	100	39
6	Enrique Baldwin	PER	596	99	100	98	100	99	100	39
7	Albert Ravila	FIN	596	99	98	100	100	99	100	37
8	Willy Røgeberg	NOR	596	99	100	100	99	98	100	37
9	Harry Cail	USA	596	99	100	100	99	99	99	30
10	Uno Berg	SWE	595	98	100	100	100	98	99	38
11	Gustaf Nielsen	DEN	595	100	99	100	100	97	99	36
12	Otto Horber	SUI	595	100	100	100	98	99	98	35
13	Antônio Guimarães	BRA	594	100	98	98	99	99	100	34
14	Veijo Kaakinen	FIN	594	98	99	100	99	100	98	32
15	John Chandler	GBR	593	98	100	99	99	98	99	39
16	Onni Hynninen	FIN	593	98	99	100	99	99	98	37
17	César Jayme	PHI	593	99	98	100	99	99	98	27
18	George Jones	GBR	592	97	100	98	100	100	97	40
19	Erland Koch	SWE	592	100	98	100	98	97	99	37
20	Georges Gauthier-Lafond	FRA	592	99	99	98	99	98	99	26
21	Victor Gilbert	GBR	591	100	99	99	98	97	98	36
22	Albert von Einsiedel	PHI	591	98	97	97	100	100	99	33
23	Jacques Lafortune	BEL	591	97	99	99	100	98	98	28
24	Lucien Genot	FRA	591	99	99	97	98	99	99	27
25	George Johnson	PUR	590	100	99	96	98	98	99	34
26	Óscar Lozano	MEX	590	98	100	98	96	98	100	27
27	Marcel Bouchez	FRA	589	97	96	100	100	98	98	29
28	Manoel Braga	BRA	589	98	99	99	99	99	95	27
29	Jan Hendrik Brussaard	NED	588	99	98	96	98	98	99	30
30	Gustavo Huet	MEX	588	97	98	98	99	98	98	28
31	Orlando Santamaría	CUB	588	99	98	96	100	97	98	27
32	Erik Sætter-Lassen	DEN	588	97	98	98	98	100	97	26
33	Jacques Delval	BEL	587	96	99	95	98	99	100	23
34	Emil Grünig	SUI	587	98	99	99	96	98	97	21
35	Augusto Larrabure	PER	586	97	97	96	98	98	100	30
36	Michel Ravarino	MON	586	97	96	100	97	97	99	30
37	Wilfredo Coto	CUB	586	95	98	95	99	100	99	28
38	Ilias Valatas	GRE	586	96	98	98	97	99	98	27
39	Marcel Lafortune	BEL	586	95	99	97	99	99	97	25
40	Georgios Vichos	GRE	586	97	99	98	98	99	95	25
41	Luis Mantilla	PER	586	97	96	98	98	100	97	25
42	Børge Christensen	DEN	585	96	98	99	96	100	96	27
43	Martin Gison	PHI	585	99	97	96	96	99	98	27
44	Julio Nolasco	ARG	585	100	96	97	96	97	99	18
45	Carlos de Faria	BRA	584	100	97	97	98	97	95	30
46	Claude Platt	AUS	584	94	99	99	97	97	98	29
47	Neville Holt	AUS	584	98	97	95	97	98	99	2
48	Antonio Andó	ARG	584	94	96	99	99	99	97	320
49	David Schiaffino	ARG	583	96	98	98	100	96	95	26
50	Andreas Krapf	AUT	581	98	95	96	97	98	97	23
51	Geurt Schoonman	NED	580	98	92	96	100	97	97	34
52	Pierre Marsan	MON	580	97	96	96	93	99	99	28
53	José de la Torre	MEX	580	98	95	97	96	96	98	21
54	Rinaldo Capuzzi	ITA	579	96	97	95	96	97	98	21
55	Leo Dove	AUS	578	98	99	94	95	95	97	20
56	Mario Ciocco	SUI	576	96	96	94	95	98	97	24
57	Abílio Brandão	POR	576	94	99	92	96	97	98	18
58	Richard Bohslavsky	AUT	575	95	96	96	94	96	98	19
59	Luigi Adami	ITA	573	94	96	94	94	98	97	19
60	Ernst Wöll	AUT	573	95	99	100	97	86	96	20
61	Christiaan Both	NED	572	95	96	95	95	96	95	18
62	Cristóbal Tauler	ESP	572	95	95	94	93	97	98	16
63	Carlos Queirós	POR	572	93	96	97	93	96	97	13
64	José Manuel Andoin	ESP	571	98	95	96	92	95	95	13
65	Athanasios Aravositas	GRE	570	91	96	97	95	94	97	20
66	José da Silva	POR	570	98	92	96	96	93	95	10
67	Mahmoud Sakhaie	IRI	552	91	94	91	90	96	90	15
68	Roger Abel	MON	551	91	93	96	87	96	88	16
69	Farhang Khosro Panah	IRI	545	88	90	88	94	92	93	13
70	Salem Salam	LBN	544	94	93	89	87	87	94	10
71	Molla Zal	IRI	511	85	87	83	89	85	82	6