| Date | 5 – 6 August 1948 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Bisley Rifle Range, Bisley | |
| Participants | 36 from 13 countries | |
| Format | 300 metres. 120 shots in series of 10. 40 prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing. 1,200 possible. | |
This was the final event of the 1948 shooting competition, contested over two days on 5-6 August. Each shooter took 120 shots (40 prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing) with any rifle of not more than 9 caliber allowed. The shooting was done at 300 metres, at a one metre target with a black bullseye of 60 cm, the entire target divided into 10 scoring rings. Most of the European shooters used a short-action bolt rifle, and 6.5 or 7.5 mm cartridges.
The event was won comfortably by Switzerland’s Emil Grünig, with a score of 1,120 from 1,200 possible. He was consistent throughout, with the highest score prone, the second highest score kneeling, and the third highest score shot standing.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Prone Points | Kneeling Points | Standing Points | Hits | Centrals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emil Grünig |  SUI | 1,120 | 390 | 375 | 355 | – | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Pauli Janhonen |  FIN | 1,114 | 387 | 376 | 351 | – | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | Willy Røgeberg |  NOR | 1,112 | 382 | 373 | 357 | – | – | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Kurt Johansson |  SWE | 1,104 | 383 | 374 | 347 | – | – | |||
| 5 | Kullervo Leskinen | FIN | 1,103 | 389 | 368 | 346 | – | – | |||
| 6 | Olavi Elo | FIN | 1,095 | 379 | 359 | 357 | – | – | |||
| 7 | Halvor Kongsjorden | NOR | 1,093 | 384 | 373 | 336 | – | – | |||
| 8 | Holger Erbén | SWE | 1,091 | 380 | 367 | 344 | – | – | |||
| 9 | Otto Horber | SUI | 1,080 | 381 | 366 | 333 | – | – | |||
| 10 | Emmett Swanson |  USA | 1,079 | 380 | 355 | 344 | – | – | |||
| 11 | Mario Ciocco | SUI | 1,078 | 384 | 364 | 330 | – | – | |||
| 12 | Pablo Cagnasso |  ARG | 1,075 | 370 | 358 | 347 | – | – | |||
| 13 | Ricardo Grimau | ARG | 1,074 | 378 | 352 | 344 | – | – | |||
| 14 | Abel Ortiz | ARG | 1,072 | 379 | 357 | 336 | – | – | |||
| 15 | Odd Sannes | NOR | 1,070 | 377 | 371 | 322 | – | – | |||
| 16 | Art Jackson | USA | 1,067 | 369 | 356 | 342 | 120 | – | |||
| 17 | Walther Fröstell | SWE | 1,067 | 376 | 366 | 325 | 119 | – | |||
| 18 | Frank Parsons, Jr. | USA | 1,057 | 376 | 348 | 333 | 120 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Gustaf Nielsen |  DEN | 1,057 | 379 | 353 | 325 | 120 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Enrique Baldwin |  PER | 1,052 | 380 | 351 | 321 | – | – | |||
| 21 | Uffe Schultz Larsen | DEN | 1,047 | 378 | 342 | 327 | – | – | |||
| 22 | José Nozari |  MEX | 1,013 | 372 | 337 | 304 | – | – | |||
| 23 | Jean Fournier |  FRA | 1,001 | 347 | 346 | 308 | – | – | |||
| 24 | Édouard Rouland | FRA | 991 | 348 | 320 | 323 | – | – | |||
| 25 | Bob Maslen-Jones |  GBR | 981 | 362 | 323 | 296 | – | – | |||
| 26 | John Knott | GBR | 966 | 372 | 322 | 272 | – | – | |||
| 27 | Stéphane Lesceux | FRA | 952 | 349 | 331 | 272 | – | – | |||
| 28 | Jocelyn Barlow | GBR | 949 | 367 | 308 | 274 | – | – | |||
| 29 | José Reyes Rodríguez | MEX | 944 | 324 | 312 | 308 | – | – | |||
| 30 | Reginald Parker |  AUS | 926 | 359 | 281 | 286 | – | – | |||
| 31 | Gilberto Martínez | MEX | 915 | 329 | 298 | 288 | – | – | |||
| 32 | Mill Menghini | AUS | 856 | 362 | 292 | 202 | – | – | |||
| 33 | John Wise | AUS | 852 | 358 | 301 | 193 | – | – | |||
| 34 | Molla Zal |  IRI | 660 | 284 | 234 | 142 | – | – | |||
| 35 | Mahmoud Sakhaie | IRI | 587 | 232 | 217 | 138 | – | – | |||
| 36 | Farhang Khosro Panah | IRI | 472 | 180 | 186 | 106 | – | – |
