Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
| Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||
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| Date | 1 December | |||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics  | |
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| 25 m rapid fire pistol | men |
| 50 metre pistol | men |
| 300 metre rifle | men |
| 50 m rifle, three positions | men |
| 50 m rifle, prone | men |
| 100 m running deer | men |
| Trap | men |
The men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the 300 metre rifle three positions event at an Olympic Games. The competition was held on 1 December 1956, with 20 shooters from 14 nations competing.[1]
Results
| Place | Shooter | Total |
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| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Vasily Borisov (URS) | 1138 |
| 2 | Allan Erdman (URS) | 1137 |
| 3 |  Vilho Ylönen (FIN) | 1128 |
| 4 | Jorma Taitto (FIN) | 1120 |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Constantin Antonescu (ROU) | 1101 |
| 6 |  John Sundberg (SWE) | 1094 |
| 7 | Anders Kvissberg (SWE) | 1093 |
| 8 |  James Smith (USA) | 1082 |
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} Sándor Krebs (HUN) | 1078 |
| 10 | Herbert Voelcker (USA) | 1075 |
| 11 |  Gerald Ouellette (CAN) | 1066 |
| 12 |  Rubén Váldez (PER) | 1044 |
| 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} Martin Gison (PHI) | 1043 |
| 14 | Guillermo Baldwin (PER) | 1040 |
| 15 |  Wu Tao-yan (TPE) | 1025 |
| 16 |  Ian Wrigley (AUS) | 1021 |
| 17 | Norman Goff (AUS) | 1010 |
| 18 |  Steffen Cranmer (GBR) | 999 |
| 19 | .svg.png){kind=small} Chu Hwa-il (KOR) | 903 |
| 20 |  Saifi Chaudhry (PAK) | 267 |
References
- ↑ "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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