Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 18 October 1964 at the shooting ranges in Tokyo. 52 shooters from 34 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Väinö Markkanen of Finland, the nation's second victory in the event (only the second nation to have multiple wins, behind the United States at 4). American Franklin Green took silver, returning the United States to the podium in the event after a one-Games absence. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa of Japan repeated as bronze medalist, the fourth man to earn multiple medals in the free pistol.

Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Japanese stamp commemorating 1964 Olympic shooting
VenueCamp Asaka
Date18 October
Competitors52 from 34 nations
Winning score560 =OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Väinö Markkanen
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Franklin Green
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
 Japan
← 1960
1968
(mixed) →

Background

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This was the 11th appearance of the ISSF 50 meter pistol 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. A separate women's event would be introduced in 1984.[2] 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.[3][4]

Three of the top 10 shooters from the 1960 Games returned: bronze medalist Yoshihisa Yoshikawa of Japan, seventh-place finisher Vladimír Kudrna of Czechoslovakia, and tenth-place finisher Gavril Maghiar of Romania. The reigning (1962) world champion, Vladimir Stolipin, was not on the Soviet Olympic team, but runner-up Yoshikawa and third-place finisher Ludwig Hemauer of Switzerland did compete in Tokyo.

Iran, Jamaica, and Mongolia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 10th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the 1900 event.

Markkanen used a Hämmerli 101. Green also used a Hämmerli, but with an electric trigger he designed himself.[4]

Competition format

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The 1964 competition abandoned the two-round format introduced in 1960 and returned to a single round. Each shooter fired 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 was permitted. Shoot-offs were held to break ties for top ranks.[4][5]

Records

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

World record   Anton Jasinsky (URS) 566 1957
Olympic record   Aleksey Gushchin (URS) 560 Rome, Italy 6 September 1960

Väinö Markkanen matched the Olympic record.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Sunday, 18 October 1964 9:00 Final

Results

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Rank Shooter Nation Total Notes
  Väinö Markkanen   Finland 560 =OR
  Franklin Green   United States 557
  Yoshihisa Yoshikawa   Japan 554 Won shoot-off
4 Johann Garreis   United Team of Germany 554 Lost shoot-off
5 Anthony Chivers   Great Britain 552
6 Antonio Vita   Peru 550
7 Leif Larsson   Sweden 549
8 Thomas Smith   United States 548
9 An Jae-song   South Korea 548
10 Immo Huhtinen   Finland 546
11 Albert Udachin   Soviet Union 545
12 Juan García   Spain 545
13 Lajos Kelemen   Hungary 545
14 Jean Renaux   France 544
15 Dencho Denev   Bulgaria 543
16 Garfield McMahon   Canada 543
17 Ludwig Hemauer   Switzerland 542
18 Vladimír Kudrna   Czechoslovakia 542
19 Neagu Bratu   Romania 542
20 Ferenc Gönczi   Hungary 541
21 Yevgeny Rasskazov   Soviet Union 541
22 Gavril Maghiar   Romania 540
23 Todor Kozlovski   Bulgaria 540
24 Ernst Stoll   Switzerland 539
25 Kazimierz Kurzawski   Poland 537
26 Shinji Takahashi   Japan 536
27 William Hare   Canada 535
28 Edgar Espinoza   Venezuela 532
29 Harry Cullum   Great Britain 532
30 Hans Kaupmannsennecke   United Team of Germany 530
31 William Gillies   Hong Kong 529
32 Seo Gang-uk   South Korea 527
33 Ugo Simoni   Italy 526
34 Edgar Bond   Philippines 526
35 Enrique Torres   Mexico 524
36 Michael Horner   Kenya 524
37 Raúl Ibarra   Mexico 524
38 Rodney Johnson   Australia 521
39 Paitoon Smuthranond   Thailand 518
40 Tüdeviin Myagmarjav   Mongolia 518
41 Humberto Aspitia   Argentina 514
42 Fred Guillermety   Puerto Rico 512
43 Hoo Kam Chiu   Hong Kong 510
44 Amorn Yuktanandana   Thailand 509
45 Leslie Coffey   Australia 508
46 Ahmad Salam Muhammad   Pakistan 507
47 Hassan El-Sayed Attia   Egypt 506
48 Mariano Ninonuevo   Philippines 501
49 Kok Kum Woh   Malaysia 498
50 Pedro Puente   Peru 494
51 Tony Bridge   Jamaica 492
52 Nosratollah Momtahen   Iran 490

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Shooting". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 610.