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The competition had each shooter fire 60 shots, in 6 series of 10 shots each, at a distance of 50 metres. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible was 600 points. Any pistol
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event. The event was held at every Summer
Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was
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Australia, Canada, Colombia, Japan, Malaya, Pakistan, and South Korea each made their debut in the event. The United States made its eighth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the 1900 event.
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Linnosvuo won the shoot-off for gold against Umarov, 26–24. The shoot-off for fourth place went to Hosaka over
Yasynskiy, 24–20.
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programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 30 November 1956 at the shooting ranges in
356:. 33 shooters from 22 nations competed. Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The winner was
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Finland, the nation's first medal in the free pistol. The Soviet Union also won its first medal in the event, with
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of Sweden. Benner and Ullman had finished first and second, respectively, at the 1954 world championships.
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Two of the top 10 shooters from the 1952 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1948 fourth-place finisher)
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of the United States and sixth-place finisher (and 1936 gold and 1948 bronze medalist)
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and
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not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.
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No new world or
Olympic records were set during the competition.
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1461:"Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Men"
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1484:Official Report, p. 566.
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39:Pentti Linnosvuo (1964)
1152:Hector de Lima Polanco
260:25 m rapid fire pistol
16:Olympic shooting event
24:Men's 50 metre pistol
1950:Kanstantsin Lukashyk
1432:"Historical Results"
1318:Zafar Ahmed Muhammad
378:ISSF 50 meter pistol
364:'s silver. American
342:ISSF 50 meter pistol
205:1956 Summer Olympics
1881:Alexander Melentyev
792:Claudio Fiorentini
407:Competition format
300:100 m running deer
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1582:Karl Röderer
1559:Sumner Paine
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1468:. Retrieved
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1440:. Retrieved
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1414:. Retrieved
1410:the original
1405:
1396:
1366:Joseph Chong
1246:Henry Steele
1104:Antonio Vita
888:James Zavitz
768:Len Tolhurst
744:Åke Lindblom
707:Soviet Union
672:Choji Hosaka
629:Soviet Union
557:
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295:Running deer
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139:Soviet Union
49:Williamstown
18:
2088:Jin Jong-oh
2065:Jin Jong-oh
2042:Jin Jong-oh
1927:Sorin Babii
1858:Uwe Potteck
1628:Alfred Lane
1470:15 December
1442:15 December
1416:18 February
1353:Philippines
1305:South Korea
1176:José Bernal
936:Raúl Ibarra
816:Fred Cooper
64:Competitors
59:30 November
2120:Categories
1904:Xu Haifeng
1388:References
1294:Kim Yun-gi
840:Joe Benner
372:Background
340:The men's
1524:in men's
1465:Olympedia
1233:Australia
1187:Venezuela
1163:Venezuela
1019:Argentina
779:Australia
458:Bucharest
354:Melbourne
80:Medalists
1329:Pakistan
923:Colombia
519:Schedule
401:Hämmerli
200:Shooting
1536:Summary
1139:Belgium
971:Finland
599:Finland
567:Shooter
554:Results
505:Germany
462:Romania
416:Records
280:Shotgun
111:Finland
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573:Total
570:Nation
532:Round
501:Berlin
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344:was a
255:Pistol
202:at the
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1091:Chile
1043:Chile
995:Japan
803:Italy
683:Japan
546:Final
529:Time
526:Date
466:1955
403:100.
220:Rifle
45:Venue
2078:2016
2055:2012
2032:2008
2009:2004
1986:2000
1963:1996
1940:1992
1917:1988
1894:1984
1871:1980
1848:1976
1825:1972
1802:1968
1779:1964
1756:1960
1733:1956
1710:1952
1687:1948
1664:1936
1641:1920
1618:1912
1595:1908
1572:1900
1549:1896
1472:2020
1444:2020
1418:2015
1381:438
1357:456
1333:460
1309:463
1285:503
1281:Peru
1261:503
1237:506
1213:507
1191:508
1167:511
1143:518
1119:519
1115:Peru
1095:521
1071:522
1047:524
1023:526
999:526
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951:533
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903:536
879:536
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783:541
759:542
735:549
711:550
687:550
663:551
633:556
603:556
564:Rank
541:9:00
496:559
453:566
285:Trap
186:1960
181:1952
56:Date
2094:KOR
2071:KOR
2048:KOR
2025:RUS
2002:BUL
1979:RUS
1956:EUN
1933:ROM
1910:CHN
1887:URS
1864:GDR
1841:SWE
1818:URS
1795:FIN
1772:URS
1749:FIN
1726:USA
1703:PER
1680:SWE
1657:USA
1634:USA
1611:BEL
1588:SUI
1565:USA
489:SWE
446:URS
304:men
289:men
274:men
264:men
249:men
239:men
229:men
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