Olympedia – Free Pistol (50 metres), Men

Free Pistol (50 metres), Men

Date	30 November 1956 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Merrett Rifle Range, Williamstown, Victoria
Participants	33 from 22 countries
Format	50 metres. 60 shots in 6 series of 10 shots. 600 possible.

Date

30 November 1956 — 9:00

Status

Olympic

Location

Merrett Rifle Range, Williamstown, Victoria

Participants

33 from 22 countries

Format

50 metres. 60 shots in 6 series of 10 shots. 600 possible.

Finland’s Pentti Linnosvuo and the USSR’s Makhmud Umarov, world record holder in the Center-Fire Pistol, tied for first in this event. Linnosvuo won the shoot-off, 26-24, to take the gold medal. Linnosvuo would return in 1964 to win the rapid-fire pistol event, becoming only the second shooter, after Al Lane of the USA, to win both of the classic Olympic pistol events. No Finnish flag was available at the range, and one had to be brought in from Melbourne. The medal ceremony was postponed for an hour because of this. Defending champion Joe Benner, was given a lane at the outside of the range, rendering almost nil his chance at retaining the title.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	10s	Series #1 Points	Series #2 Points	Series #3 Points	Series #4 Points	Series #5 Points	Series #6 Points
1	Pentti Linnosvuo	FIN	556	26	90	95	91	94	93	93	Gold	OR
2	Makhmud Umarov	URS	556	24	95	91	91	94	93	92	Silver	OR
3	Offutt Pinion	USA	551	–	94	92	93	88	93	91	Bronze
4	Choji Hosaka	JPN	550	24	92	91	88	94	91	94
5	Anton Yasinsky	URS	550	20	90	93	95	92	92	88
6	Torsten Ullman	SWE	549	–	90	90	91	91	94	93
7	Åke Lindblom	SWE	542	–	87	89	86	92	94	94
8	Len Tolhurst	AUS	541	–	94	90	92	84	91	90
9	Claudio Fiorentini	ITA	540	–	91	91	88	90	91	89
10	Fred Cooper	GBR	539	–	84	91	87	92	91	94
11	Joe Benner	USA	537	–	82	85	91	95	89	95
12	František Maxa	TCH	536	–	86	91	88	89	93	89
13	James Zavitz	CAN	536	–	94	89	88	90	88	87
14	Enrique Hanabergh	COL	534	–	89	81	95	90	95	84
15	Raúl Ibarra	MEX	533	–	89	86	87	88	94	89
16	Kalle Sievänen	FIN	526	–	85	90	82	92	88	89
17	Yoshihide Ueda	JPN	526	–	87	88	87	88	90	86
18	Alberto Martijena	ARG	526	–	85	91	91	88	88	83
19	Ignacio Cruzat	CHI	524	–	84	86	90	87	90	87
20	Charles des Jamonières	FRA	522	–	84	81	93	91	90	83
21	Rigoberto Fontt	CHI	521	–	81	81	87	87	92	93
22	Antonio Vita	PER	519	–	88	81	86	92	81	91
23	Marcel Lafortune	BEL	518	–	82	88	82	86	89	91
24	Héctor D'Lima Polanco	VEN	511	–	91	83	87	84	82	84
25	José Bernal	VEN	508	–	85	82	86	86	80	89
26	Rodolfo Flores	MEX	507	–	82	85	90	80	88	82
27	Rodney Johnson	AUS	506	–	78	90	78	87	87	86
28	Henry Steele	GBR	503	–	83	85	82	80	85	88
29	Francisco Otayza	PER	503	–	81	83	84	87	85	83
30	Kim Yun-Gi	KOR	463	–	76	71	78	73	81	84
31	M. Z. Ahmed	PAK	460	–	67	74	83	81	76	79
32	Ricardo Hizon	PHI	456	–	71	73	81	73	85	73
33	Joseph Chong	MAL	438	–	56	70	78	75	77	82

Pos

Competitor

NOC

Points

10s

Series #1 Points

Series #2 Points

Series #3 Points

Series #4 Points

Series #5 Points

Series #6 Points

Pentti Linnosvuo