Olympedia – Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men

Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men

Date	27 July 1952 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Malmin Ampumarata, Malmi, Helsinki
Participants	32 from 18 countries
Format	300 metres. 120 shots, 40 shots prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing. 400 possible at each distance, 1,200 posible overall.

Date

27 July 1952 — 9:00

Status

Olympic

Location

Malmin Ampumarata, Malmi, Helsinki

Participants

32 from 18 countries

Format

300 metres. 120 shots, 40 shots prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing. 400 possible at each distance, 1,200 posible overall.

The Soviets emphasized rifle shooting, and introduced a new gun of their own design with the site on the left side, to prevent mirages and fogging as the gun heated up. Anatoly Bogdanov won by three points over Robert Bürchler (SUI), although Bürchler set a world record in the kneeling phase of the event with 381. In fact, Bürchler outpointed Bogdanov in both prone and kneeling, but Bogdanov’s dominance, 9 points, in the standing gave him the gold medal. It was noted that the two shot next to each other in standing, and Bürchler stood well forward, sometimes being buffeted by the muzzle blast from Bogdanov’s shots. Bogdanov had been an orphan, left behind in a railway wagon, with his name and date of birth written on a note. His surname, Russian for “given by God” was traditional for Russian orphans.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Standing Points	Kneeling Points	Prone Points
1	–	Anatoly Bogdanov	URS	1,123	359	376	388	Gold	OR
2	–	Robert Bürchler	SUI	1,120	350	381	389	Silver
3	–	Lev Vaynshteyn	URS	1,109	355	376	378	Bronze
4	–	August Hollenstein	SUI	1,108	354	370	384
5	–	Vilho Ylönen	FIN	1,107	351	377	379
6	–	Robert Sandager	USA	1,104	349	371	384
7	–	Holger Erbén	SWE	1,102	347	376	379
8	–	Walther Fröstell	SWE	1,099	335	375	389
9	–	Pablo Cagnasso	ARG	1,092	342	369	381
10	–	Ambrus Balogh	HUN	1,082	349	359	374
11	–	Erling Kongshaug	NOR	1,077	342	358	377
12	–	Pauli Janhonen	FIN	1,077	348	351	378
13	–	David Schiaffino	ARG	1,074	340	359	375
14	–	Jovan Kratohvil	YUG	1,073	346	352	375
15	–	Uffe Schultz Larsen	DEN	1,067	324	359	384
16	–	Stjepan Prauhardt	YUG	1,065	326	362	377
17	–	Mauritz Amundsen	NOR	1,057	330	355	372
18	–	Emmett Swanson	USA	1,055	317	371	367
19	–	Gil Boa	CAN	1,053	322	359	372
20	–	Ferenc Décsey	HUN	1,036	336	347	353
21	–	Dov Ben-Dov	ISR	1,033	314	349	370
22	–	Rigoberto Rivero	VEN	1,028	330	333	365
23	–	Ahmed Hamdy	EGY	1,008	303	332	373
24	–	Harihar Banerjee	IND	994	299	336	359
25	–	Humberto Briceño	VEN	984	270	343	371
26	–	Shmuel Laviv-Lubin	ISR	973	291	315	367
27	–	Alberto Braga	BRA	962	288	323	351
28	–	Jack Pearson	GBR	955	279	318	358
29	–	Jocelyn Barlow	GBR	944	266	316	362
30	–	Saad El-Din El-Shorbagui	EGY	941	251	321	369
31	–	Antônio Guimarães	BRA	932	281	309	342
32	–	Alfredo Mury	GUA	885	245	277	363

Pos

Number

Competitor

NOC

Points

Standing Points

Kneeling Points

Prone Points

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Anatoly Bogdanov

URS