Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

The men's 300 m rifle three positions was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event at an Olympic Games. The competition was held on 27 July 1952, with 32 shooters from 18 nations competing.[1] Each nation was limited to two shooters.[2] The event was won by Anatoli Bogdanov with Lev Vainshtein in third, as the Soviet Union took both gold and bronze in its debut. Between the Soviets was Robert Bürchler of Switzerland, earning silver.

Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
VenueHelsinki, Finland
Date27 July
Competitors32 from 18 nations
Winning score1123 OR
Medalists
Anatoli Bogdanov
 Soviet Union
Robert Bürchler
 Switzerland
Lev Vainshtein
 Soviet Union
Shooting at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Rifle
300 metre riflemen
50 m rifle, three positionsmen
50 m rifle, pronemen
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistolmen
50 metre pistolmen
Shotgun
Trapmen
Running deer
100 m running deermen

Background

This was the sixth appearance of the men's 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.[3][4] Three of the top 10 shooters from 1948 returned: silver medalist Pauli Janhonen of Finland, eighth-place finisher Holger Erbén of Sweden, and tenth-place finisher Emmett Swanson of the United States. August Hollenstein of Switzerland was the 1952 world champion, with his countryman Robert Bürchler finishing third.[5]

Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Israel, the Soviet Union, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the event. Denmark and Norway each made their sixth appearance, the only nations to have competed at every appearance of the event to date; France missed the event for the first time.

Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 120 shots, 40 shots in each of three positions: prone, kneeling, and standing. Shots were fired in series of 10. The target was 1 metre in diameter, with 10 scoring rings; targets were set at a distance of 300 metres. Thus, the maximum score possible was 1200 points. Any rifle could be used.[5][6]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Elmar Kivistik (EST)1124Helsinki, Finland1937
Olympic record Emil Grünig (SUI)1120London, United Kingdom5–6 August 1948

Anatoli Bogdanov broke the Olympic record with 1123 points to win. The second-place finisher, Robert Bürchler, equalled the old record. Bürchler set a world record in the kneeling position, with 381 points.[6]

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 27 July 19529:00Final

Results
RankShooterNationScoreNotes
StandingKneelingProneTotal
Anatoli Bogdanov Soviet Union3593763881123OR
Robert Bürchler Switzerland350381 WR3891120'
Lev Vainshtein Soviet Union3553763781109
4August Hollenstein Switzerland3543703841108
5Vilho Ylönen Finland3513773791107
6Robert Sandager United States3493713841104
7Holger Erbén Sweden3473763791102
8Walther Fröstell Sweden3353753891099
9Pablo Cagnasso Argentina3423693811092
10Ambrus Balogh Hungary3493593741082
11Erling Kongshaug Norway3423583771077
12Pauli Janhonen Finland3483513781077
13David Schiaffino Argentina3403593751074
14Jovan Kratohvil Yugoslavia3463523751073
15Uffe Schultz Larsen Denmark3243593841067
16Stjepan Prauhardt Yugoslavia3263623771065
17Mauritz Amundsen Norway3303553721057
18Emmett Swanson United States3173713671055
19Gil Boa Canada3223593721053
20Ferenc Décsey Hungary3363473531036
21Dov Ben-Dov Israel3143493701033
22Rigoberto Rivero Venezuela3303333651028
23Ahmed Hamdi Egypt3033323731008
24Harihar Banerjee India299336359994
25Humberto Briceño Venezuela270343371984
26Shmuel Laviv-Lubin Israel291315367973
27Alberto Braga Brazil288323351962
28John Pearson Great Britain279318358955
29Jocelyn Barlow Great Britain266316362944
30Saad El-Din El-Shorbagui Egypt251321369941
31Antônio Guimarães Brazil281309342932
32Alfredo Mury Guatemala245277363885

References
  1. "Shooting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. Official Report, p. 454.
  3. "Historical Results". ISSF. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. The event was open to women in 1968 and 1972.
  5. "Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. Official Report, p. 462.
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