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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 6 series of 10-shots each. 600 possible.

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