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Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men

Date	20 October 1964 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Asaka Shooting Range, Nezu Park, Asaka, Saitama
Participants	53 from 33 countries
Format	50 metres. 120 shots, 40 shots prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing. 400 possible at each distance, 1,200 posible overall.

American Lones Wigger had lost the English match gold medal on a tie-breaker, but in the three-position event he left no doubt as to the outcome. He shot 372 standing to equal Bulgaria’s Velichko Velichkov, but in both prone and kneeling he had the leading marks, finishing with a world record 1,164, to win by a dominating 12 points. Wigger would return in 1972 to win the free rifle gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Prone Points	Kneeling Points	Standing Points
1	304	Lones Wigger	USA	1,164	398	394	372	Gold	WR
2	116	Velichko Velichkov	BUL	1,152	396	384	372	Silver
3	171	László Hammerl	HUN	1,151	397	387	367	Bronze
4	148	Harry Köcher	GER	1,148	394	389	365
5	249	Jerzy Nowicki	POL	1,147	396	389	362
6	305	Tommy Pool	USA	1,147	393	392	362
7	260	Ion Olărescu	ROU	1,144	393	391	360
8	277	Kurt Müller	SUI	1,143	390	386	367
9	312	Viktor Shamburkin	URS	1,142	394	379	369
10	106	Don Tolhurst	AUS	1,141	396	386	359
11	313	Vladimir Chuyan	URS	1,141	395	385	361
12	170	Tibor Jakosits	HUN	1,141	394	393	354
13	135	Niels Petersen	DEN	1,140	392	380	368
14	136	Ole Hviid Jensen	DEN	1,139	394	385	360
15	140	Vilho Ylönen	FIN	1,136	388	386	362
16	272	Jan Poignant	SWE	1,135	394	382	359
17	278	Erwin Vogt	SUI	1,133	395	388	350
18	248	Henryk Górski	POL	1,132	397	384	351
19	212	Olegario Vázquez	MEX	1,132	396	379	357
20	261	Nicolae Rotaru	ROU	1,132	395	386	351
21	220	Magne Landrø	NOR	1,131	394	377	360
22	147	Klaus Zähringer	GER	1,131	392	380	359
23	117	Martsel Koen	BUL	1,130	391	387	352
24	138	Esa Kervinen	FIN	1,129	394	385	350
25	187	Takao Ishii	JPN	1,128	389	382	357
26	115	Frans Lafortune	BEL	1,126	392	384	350
27	273	John Sundberg	SWE	1,123	389	373	361
28	131	Vladimír Stibořík	TCH	1,122	391	371	360
29	213	Abel Vázquez	MEX	1,115	393	373	349
30	232	Óscar Cáceres	PER	1,114	388	378	348
31	114	Hubert Hammerer	AUT	1,113	387	364	362
32	123	George Marsh	CAN	1,111	397	374	340
33	284	Wu Tao-Yan	TPE	1,107	397	371	339
34	185	Shigemi Saito	JPN	1,106	389	370	347
35	107	John Murphy	AUS	1,104	391	370	343
36	180	Hannan Crystal	ISR	1,103	391	369	343
37	200	Heo Uk-Bong	KOR	1,103	388	370	345
38	124	Gil Boa	CAN	1,100	393	371	336
39	206	Victor Kremer	LUX	1,099	391	368	340
40	231	Joop van Domselaar	NED	1,098	396	368	334
41	198	Sin Hyeon-Ju	KOR	1,097	385	375	337
42	242	Adolfo Feliciano	PHI	1,094	385	368	341
43	291	Krisada Arunwong	THA	1,093	383	358	352
44	100	Eduardo Armella	ARG	1,092	379	365	348
45	218	Tüvdiin Tserendondov	MGL	1,087	384	362	341
46	233	Carlos Lastarria	PER	1,086	388	369	329
47	290	Salai Srisathorn	THA	1,086	388	361	337
48	241	Martin Gison	PHI	1,073	388	366	319
49	164	Peter Rull, Sr.	HKG	1,047	392	366	289
50	257	Aziz Ahmed	PAK	1,040	376	352	312
51	163	Reginaldo Dos Remédios	HKG	1,027	393	335	299
52	207	Wong Foo Wah	MAS	1,019	373	335	311
53	176	Nasser Sharifi	IRI	1,018	376	317	325
DNS	327	Saifi Chaudhry	PAK	–	–	–	–
DNS	121	Kyaw Shein	MYA	–	–	–	–
DNS	177	Mohammad Ja'far Kalani	IRI	–	–	–	–
DNS	161	Lampis Manthos	GRE	–	–	–	–