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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
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Olympic record with 1138 points to win. All three medalists were above the old record. Borisov also set a world record in the prone position, with 396 points.
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1969:Einar Liberg
1926:Franz Böckli
1769:Any position
1751:Lones Wigger
1648:
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1439:
1427:. Retrieved
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1390:. Retrieved
1386:the original
1381:
1372:
1353:
1316:
1279:
1242:
1205:
1168:
1131:
1094:
1070:Martin Gison
1057:
1033:Rubén Váldez
1020:
983:
946:
923:Sándor Krebs
911:
874:
837:
800:
763:
739:Jorma Taitto
726:
702:Vilho Ylönen
683:
670:Soviet Union
659:Allan Erdman
640:
635:
622:
617:Soviet Union
549:
544:
513:
502:
483:
459:
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422:World record
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384:Vilho Ylönen
380:
371:Vilho Ylönen
367:Allan Erdman
344:
300:Running deer
233:
162:Vilho Ylönen
144:Soviet Union
134:Allan Erdman
116:Soviet Union
76:
18:
2059:Carl Osburn
1973:Olaf Sæther
1619:Emil Grünig
1429:10 December
1392:18 February
1303:South Korea
1218:Norman Goff
1181:Ian Wrigley
1081:Philippines
887:James Smith
64:Competitors
51:, Australia
2086:Categories
1977:Ole Sæther
1573:Paul Colas
1364:References
1292:Chu Hwa-il
1144:Wu Tao-yan
377:Background
345:The men's
59:1 December
1492:in men's
1424:Olympedia
1229:Australia
1192:Australia
85:Medalists
49:Melbourne
1871:Standing
1803:Kneeling
1340:Pakistan
588:Standing
585:Kneeling
510:Schedule
489:Helsinki
205:Shooting
1504:Summary
933:Hungary
787:Romania
750:Finland
713:Finland
568:Shooter
558:Results
493:Finland
411:Records
285:Shotgun
172:Finland
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1005:
968:
931:
896:
861:Sweden
859:
824:Sweden
822:
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711:
668:
615:
591:Total
577:Notes
571:Nation
536:Round
521:UTC+10
473:
469:
437:
432:
349:was a
260:Pistol
207:at the
170:
142:
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1837:Prone
1645:(URS)
582:Prone
574:Score
550:Final
533:Time
530:Date
484:1123
454:1955
448:1143
225:Rifle
75:1138
45:Venue
2037:1920
1994:1912
1951:1908
1912:1900
1905:Team
1878:1900
1844:1900
1810:1900
1776:1896
1741:1972
1718:1968
1695:1964
1672:1960
1649:1956
1632:1952
1609:1948
1586:1920
1563:1912
1540:1908
1517:1900
1431:2020
1394:2015
1243:1010
1206:1021
1169:1025
1132:1040
1118:Peru
1095:1043
1058:1044
1044:Peru
1021:1066
984:1075
947:1078
912:1082
875:1093
838:1094
801:1101
764:1120
727:1128
684:1137
636:1138
621:396
565:Rank
545:9:00
290:Trap
191:1960
186:1952
56:Date
2069:USA
2030:SWE
1987:NOR
1944:SUI
1894:DEN
1860:FRA
1826:SUI
1792:GRE
1757:USA
1734:USA
1711:USA
1688:AUT
1665:URS
1625:SUI
1602:USA
1579:FRA
1556:NOR
1533:SUI
1354:267
1350:183
1317:903
1313:279
1310:286
1307:338
1280:999
1276:307
1273:336
1270:356
1239:295
1236:343
1233:372
1202:289
1199:350
1196:382
1165:306
1162:349
1159:370
1128:302
1125:359
1122:379
1091:288
1088:368
1085:387
1054:333
1051:338
1048:373
1017:339
1014:357
1011:370
980:335
977:355
974:385
943:335
940:364
937:379
908:333
905:368
902:381
871:342
868:362
865:389
834:343
831:367
828:384
797:341
794:374
791:386
760:349
757:379
754:392
723:359
720:382
717:387
680:360
677:385
674:392
632:359
629:383
477:URS
441:URS
309:men
294:men
279:men
269:men
254:men
244:men
234:men
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642:OR
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