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Rapid-Fire Pistol (25 metres), Men

Date	27 – 28 July 1952 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Malmin Ampumarata, Malmi, Helsinki
Participants	53 from 28 countries
Format	25 metres. 60 shots in 2 courses of 30. 600 possible. Rankings by targets hit and then by points.

The first round was led by the United States’ Bill McMillan, but he faltered on the second day. Defending champion Károly Takács (HUN) did not post the best score on either day, but was the most consistent and defended his Olympic title, winning by one over his teammate Szilárd Kun and Romania’s Gheorghe Lichiardopol. Kun and Lichiardopol had a 15-round shoot-off for the medals, and again tied with 142. In a second shoot-off, Kun prevailed 140-137 to win the silver medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Targets Hit	Points	Round 1 Targets Hits	Round 2 Targets Hit	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Day 1 Course 1 Points	Day 1 Course 2 Points	Day 1 Course 3 Points	Day 2 Course 1 Points	Day 2 Course 2 Points	Day 2 Course 3 Points
1	Károly Takács	HUN	60	579	30	30	287	292	98	92	97	100	99	93	Gold
2	Szilárd Kun	HUN	60	578	30	30	284	294	98	95	91	99	99	96	Silver
3	Gheorghe Lichiardopol	ROU	60	578	30	30	288	290	99	96	93	98	95	97	Bronze
4	Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente	ARG	60	577	30	30	287	290	96	99	92	97	98	95
5	Pentti Linnosvuo	FIN	60	577	30	30	289	288	100	95	94	97	94	97
6	Panait Călcâi	ROU	60	575	30	30	282	293	95	99	88	97	99	97
7	Bill McMillan	USA	60	575	30	30	290	285	99	97	94	99	97	89
8	Vasily Frolov	URS	60	573	30	30	282	291	95	97	90	98	97	96
9	Giorgio Pennacchietti	ITA	60	572	30	30	283	289	96	95	92	98	97	94
10	Óscar Cervo	ARG	60	571	30	30	287	284	96	96	95	97	94	93
11	Vasily Novikov	URS	60	569	30	30	279	290	94	92	93	98	98	94
12	Mario de Armas	CUB	60	568	30	30	280	288	97	96	87	98	99	91
13	Emilio Álava	ESP	60	568	30	30	289	279	98	98	93	92	96	91
14	Veli-Jussi Hölsö	FIN	60	566	30	30	281	285	97	96	88	98	96	91
15	Ernesto Montemayor, Sr.	MEX	60	565	30	30	284	281	98	95	91	95	95	91
16	Michelangelo Borriello	ITA	60	561	30	30	280	281	95	97	88	96	96	89
17	Georgi Keranov	BUL	60	561	30	30	278	283	97	90	91	98	94	91
18	Carlos Rodríguez	MEX	60	561	30	30	279	282	96	93	90	97	98	87
19	Ladislav Ondřej	TCH	60	560	30	30	278	282	98	91	89	97	92	93
20	Hernán Barreto	VEN	60	558	30	30	270	288	92	87	91	97	97	94
21	Rogério Tavares	POR	60	556	30	30	284	272	97	97	90	93	94	85
22	José Rua	PUR	60	553	30	30	279	274	97	92	90	95	89	90
23	Ludwig Leupold	GER	60	553	30	30	280	273	99	87	94	95	93	85
24	Paul Wehner	GER	60	553	30	30	278	275	96	94	88	96	94	85
25	Todor Stanchev	BUL	60	552	30	30	276	276	92	92	92	96	93	87
26	Rudolf Schnyder	SUI	60	551	30	30	276	275	96	88	91	95	92	89
27	Per Winge	DEN	60	549	30	30	269	280	92	91	86	94	91	95
28	Guilherme Cavalcanti	BRA	60	547	30	30	273	274	95	92	86	95	92	87
29	Ernesto Rivera	PUR	60	546	30	30	273	273	97	88	88	92	94	87
30	Gunnar Svendsen	NOR	60	543	30	30	276	267	95	93	88	92	89	86
31	Zlatko Polášek	TCH	60	535	30	30	268	267	96	85	87	90	88	89
32	José Gómez	GUA	60	531	30	30	263	268	90	89	84	92	90	86
33	Hermann Schultz	MON	60	512	30	30	252	260	86	84	82	90	83	87
34	Joe Benner	USA	59	572	29	30	282	290	100	98	84	100	99	91
35	Gösta Pihl	SWE	59	565	29	30	280	285	97	97	86	96	96	93
36	Martin Gison	PHI	59	550	29	30	268	282	93	96	79	96	95	91
37	Oddvar Wenner Nilssen	NOR	59	546	29	30	270	276	97	95	78	94	92	90
38	Pedro Simão	BRA	59	543	29	30	269	274	94	91	84	93	90	91
39	Ernesto Herrero	CUB	59	540	29	30	267	273	94	82	91	98	90	85
40	Torsten Ullman	SWE	59	539	30	29	278	261	94	96	88	96	82	83
41	Henry Steele	GBR	59	538	29	30	259	279	96	92	71	98	93	88
42	Edson Warner	CAN	59	538	29	30	265	273	97	79	89	94	93	86
43	Ludovic Heraud	FRA	59	537	29	30	263	274	94	88	81	96	93	85
44	Albino de Jesus	POR	59	530	30	29	272	258	96	90	86	92	91	75
45	Félix Cortes	PHI	58	537	29	29	270	267	95	91	84	92	100	75
46	Konstantinos Mylonas	GRE	58	533	29	29	271	262	96	95	80	97	92	73
47	Per Nielsen	DEN	58	527	30	28	270	257	95	89	86	93	93	71
48	Henry Swire	GBR	58	526	29	29	259	267	90	98	71	94	94	79
49	Francisco Sandoval	GUA	58	508	28	30	247	261	83	91	73	97	91	73
50	André Martin	FRA	58	506	28	30	242	264	86	82	74	94	91	79
51	Angelos Papadimas	GRE	56	506	30	26	273	233	96	86	91	87	90	56
52	Carlos Monteverde	VEN	55	483	29	26	260	223	94	89	77	82	81	60
53	Charles Bergonzi	MON	46	370	22	24	181	189	84	56	41	60	81	48