Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 27 and 28 July 1952 at the shooting ranges in Helsinki with 53 shooters from 28 nations competing.[1] The maximum number of shooters per nation was reduced to 2, from 3 in previous Games.[2] The event was won by Károly Takács of Hungary, the first man to successfully defend an Olympic rapid fire title (and second to win multiple medals of any color). Hungary also took the second place, with Szilárd Kun earning silver. Gheorghe Lichiardopol of Romania won bronze in his nation's debut in the event.

Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
VenueMalmi Rifle Range
Dates27–28 July
Competitors53 from 28 nations
Winning score579
Medalists
Károly Takács
 Hungary
Szilárd Kun
 Hungary
Gheorghe Lichiardopol
 Romania

Background

This was the ninth appearance of what had been standardised in 1948 as the men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896.[3] The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was open to women from 1968 to 1980.[4] The first five events were quite different, with some level of consistency finally beginning with the 1932 event—which, though it had differences from the 1924 competition, was roughly similar. The 1936 competition followed the 1932 one quite closely.[5] The post-World War II event substantially altered the competition once again.[6]

Four of the top 10 shooters from 1948 returned: gold medalist Károly Takács of Hungary, silver medalist Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente of Argentina, fourth-place finisher (and 1936 bronze medalist Torsten Ullman of Sweden, and ninth-place finisher Michelangelo Borriello of Italy. The two-time reigning (1949 and 1952) world champion was Huelet Benner of the United States; Penait Calcai of Romania had been the runner-up in 1952 and Valiente (the 1947 world champion) had placed third.

Bulgaria, Canada, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Romania, the Soviet Union, and Venezuela each made their debut in the event. The United States made its seventh appearance in the event, most of any nation.

Competition format

The competition format followed the 1948 format, now very close to the modern rapid fire pistol competition after significant variation before World War II. Each shooter fired 60 shots. These were done in two courses of 30; each course consisted of two stages of 15; each stage consisted of three series of 5. In each stage, the time limit for each series was 8 seconds for the first, 6 seconds for the second, and 4 seconds for the third.

A holdover from the previous Games was that full-body silhouettes, rather than round targets, continued to be used; however, scoring rings had been added so that now each shot was scored up to 10 rather than being strictly hit or miss. Hits were the primary measurement of success; points were only used to differentiate between shooters with the same number of hits.

Records

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

World record Károly Takács (HUN)580London, United Kingdom4 August 1948
Olympic record Károly Takács (HUN)580London, United Kingdom4 August 1948

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Sunday, 27 July 19529:00Course 1
Monday, 28 July 19529:00Course 2

Results

A shoot-off was held between Kun and Lichiardopol for the silver and bronze medals; both tied at 142 in the first shoot-off round of 15 shots. In the second shoot-off round, Kun won 140 to 137.[7]

RankShooterNationHitsScore
Károly Takács Hungary60579
Szilárd Kun Hungary60578
Gheorghe Lichiardopol Romania60578
4Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente Argentina60577
5Pentti Linnosvuo Finland60577
6Penait Calcai Romania60575
7William McMillan United States60575
8Vasily Frolov Soviet Union60573
9Giorgio Pennacchietti Italy60572
10Oscar Cervo Argentina60571
11Vasily Novikov Soviet Union60569
12Mario de Armas Cuba60568
13Emilio Álava Spain60568
14Veli-Jussi Hölsö Finland60566
15Ernesto Montemayor, Sr. Mexico60565
16Michelangelo Borriello Italy60561
17Georgi Keranov Bulgaria60561
18Carlos Rodríguez Mexico60561
19Ladislav Ondřej Czechoslovakia60560
20Herman Barreto Venezuela60558
21Rogério Tavares Portugal60556
22José Rua Puerto Rico60553
23Ludwig Leupold Germany60553
24Paul Wehner Germany60553
25Todor Stanchev Bulgaria60552
26Rudolf Schnyder Switzerland60551
27Per Winge Denmark60549
28Guilherme Cavalcanti Brazil60547
29Ernesto Rivera Puerto Rico60546
30Gunnar Svendsen Norway60543
31Zlatko Poláček Czechoslovakia60535
32José Gómez Guatemala60531
33Herman Schultz Monaco60512
34Huelet Benner United States59572
35Gösta Pihl Sweden59565
36Martin Gison Philippines59550
37Oddvar Wenner Nilssen Norway59546
38Pedro Simão Brazil59543
39Ernesto Herrero Cuba59540
40Torsten Ullman Sweden59539
41Henry Steele Great Britain59538
42Edson Warner Canada59538
43Ludovic Heraud France59537
44Albino de Jesus Portugal59530
45Félix Cortes Philippines58537
46Konstantinos Mylonas Greece58533
47Per Nielsen Denmark58527
48Henry Swire Great Britain58526
49Francisco Sandoval Guatemala58508
50André Martin France58506
51Angelos Papadimas Greece56506
52Carlos Monteverde Venezuela55483
53Charles Bergonzi Monaco46370

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  2. Official Report, p. 454.
  3. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. "Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1896)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. Official Report, p. 455.
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