| Date | 15 October 1964 — 9:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Asaka Shooting Range, Nezu Park, Asaka, Saitama | |
| Participants | 30 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. | |
Gary Anderson (USA) was better known as a small-bore shooter, holding the world record in three-positions coming into the Olympics. But he failed to make the US team in that event and instead was entered in the free rifle. His first-string kneeling was only 92, but he pulled together with strings of 97-97-98 for a kneeling score of 384. He then posted the highest scores standing and prone for a world record of 1,153 to win the gold medal. Anderson had stunned the shooting world at the 1962 World Championships when he won four individual titles and set three world records.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Prone Points | Kneeling Points | Standing Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 303 | Gary Anderson |  USA | 1,153 | 392 | 384 | 377 | Gold | ||
| 2 | 310 | Shota Kveliashvili |  URS | 1,144 | 389 | 389 | 366 | Silver | ||
| 3 | 302 | Martin Gunnarsson | USA | 1,136 | 389 | 380 | 367 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 311 | Aleksandrs Gerasimjonoks | URS | 1,135 | 396 | 376 | 363 | |||
| 5 | 276 | August Hollenstein |  SUI | 1,135 | 382 | 381 | 372 | |||
| 6 | 138 | Esa Kervinen |  FIN | 1,133 | 392 | 383 | 358 | |||
| 7 | 277 | Kurt Müller | SUI | 1,131 | 392 | 385 | 354 | |||
| 8 | 148 | Harry Köcher |  GER | 1,130 | 392 | 378 | 360 | |||
| 9 | 114 | Hubert Hammerer |  AUT | 1,125 | 394 | 383 | 348 | |||
| 10 | 137 | Antti Rissanen | FIN | 1,124 | 382 | 384 | 358 | |||
| 11 | 273 | John Sundberg |  SWE | 1,122 | 388 | 380 | 354 | |||
| 12 | 272 | Jan Poignant | SWE | 1,115 | 390 | 377 | 348 | |||
| 13 | 220 | Magne Landrø |  NOR | 1,114 | 379 | 376 | 359 | |||
| 14 | 147 | Klaus Zähringer | GER | 1,110 | 384 | 363 | 363 | |||
| 15 | 248 | Henryk Górski |  POL | 1,110 | 381 | 382 | 347 | |||
| 16 | 168 | Zoltán Sándor |  HUN | 1,106 | 391 | 358 | 357 | |||
| 17 | 221 | Thormod Næs | NOR | 1,104 | 389 | 374 | 341 | |||
| 18 | 131 | Vladimír Stibořík |  TCH | 1,104 | 386 | 368 | 350 | |||
| 19 | 169 | Imre Simkó | HUN | 1,099 | 379 | 380 | 340 | |||
| 20 | 185 | Shigemi Saito |  JPN | 1,096 | 390 | 362 | 344 | |||
| 21 | 199 | Nam Sang-Wan |  KOR | 1,091 | 376 | 360 | 355 | |||
| 22 | 198 | Sin Hyeon-Ju | KOR | 1,086 | 377 | 366 | 343 | |||
| 23 | 284 | Wu Tao-Yan |  TPE | 1,073 | 370 | 352 | 351 | |||
| 24 | 217 | Lkhamjavyn Dekhlee |  MGL | 1,070 | 371 | 356 | 343 | |||
| 25 | 240 | Leopoldo Ang |  PHI | 1,062 | 380 | 354 | 328 | |||
| 26 | 239 | Bernardo San Juan | PHI | 1,060 | 371 | 357 | 332 | |||
| 27 | 163 | Reginaldo Dos Remédios |  HKG | 1,031 | 390 | 319 | 322 | |||
| 28 | 186 | Hajime Watanuki | JPN | 1,028 | 359 | 344 | 325 | |||
| 29 | 289 | Turong Tousvasu |  THA | 1,008 | 357 | 343 | 308 | |||
| 30 | 288 | Chan Pancharut | THA | 1,005 | 370 | 329 | 306 | |||
| 123 | George Marsh |  CAN | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 164 | Peter Rull, Sr. | HKG | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 249 | Jerzy Nowicki | POL | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 233 | Carlos Lastarria |  PER | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 232 | Óscar Cáceres | PER | – | – | – | – |
