Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueNational Shooting Centre
Date4 August
Competitors59 from 22 nations
Winning score580 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Károly Takács
 Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente
 Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sven Lundquist
 Sweden

The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 4 August 1948 at the shooting ranges at London. 59 shooters from 22 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three shooters each since the 1932 Games. The event was won by Károly Takács of Hungary, the nation's first medal in the event. Argentine Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente took silver, also his nation's first rapid fire pistol medal. Unlike Hungary and Argentina, Sweden was no stranger to the podium in this event; Sven Lundquist's bronze made it the fourth consecutive time that Sweden competed it earned a medal (Sweden had not had any rapid fire pistol shooters in 1920 or 1932, however).

Background

This was the eighth appearance of what had finally been standardised as the men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. There is no women's equivalent on the Olympic programme, as of 2021.[2][3] 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.[4] The post-World War II event substantially altered the competition once again.[5]

1936 bronze medalist Torsten Ullman of Sweden returned in 1948. The reigning (1947) world champion was Carlos Enrique Diaz Saenz Valiente.

Cuba, Lebanon, and Peru each made their debut in the event. The United States made its sixth appearance in the event, tied for most of any nation.

Common pistols were the Walther Olympia and the Beretta.[5]

Competition format

The competition format was almost completely different from the 1924–1936 Games, and was now very close to the modern rapid fire pistol competition. 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. Targets were 1.60 metres tall and 45 centimetres wide. As in 1912, hits were the primary measurement of success; points were only used to differentiate between shooters with the same number of hits.

The pistol had to be of .22 calibre. No telescope sights were allowed. Bullet weight could not exceed 40 grains.[5][6]

Records

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

World record
Olympic recordNew formatn/a n/an/a

Károly Takács broke the world record and set the initial Olympic record for the 60-shot format with a score of 580.[5]

Schedule

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 4 August 19488:00Final

Results

RankShooterNationHitsScore
1st place, gold medalist(s)Károly Takács Hungary60580
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente Argentina60571
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Sven Lundquist Sweden60569
4Torsten Ullman Sweden60564
5Leo Ravilo Finland60563
6Väinö Heusala Finland60563
7Lajos Börzsönyi Hungary60562
8Birger Bühring-Andersen Norway60559
9Michelangelo Borriello Italy60557
10Charles des Jammonières France60555
11Konstantinos Mylonas Greece60554
12Charles Willott Great Britain60554
13Bob Chow United States60553
14Ernesto Montemayor, Sr. Mexico60550
15Walter Boninsegni Italy60549
16Odd Bonde Nielsen Norway60546
17Luis Palomo Spain60546
18Francisco Bustamente Mexico60539
19Hernando Hernández Cuba60532
20Rudolf Schnyder Switzerland60531
21Roberto Müller Chile60528
22José Maria Ferreira Portugal60524
23Philip Roettinger United States59554
24Claes Egnell Sweden59548
25John Layton United States59548
26Rafael Cadalso Cuba59548
27Henry Steele Great Britain59545
28Hans Aasnæs Norway59544
29Jaakko Rintanen Finland59543
30Pedro Simão Brazil59540
31Axel Lerche Denmark59540
32R. Bouillet France59534
33D. Hesse France59533
34Álvaro dos Santos Filho Brazil59527
35Froilán Tantaleán Peru59520
36Georgios Vikhos Greece59518
37Raúl Valderrama Peru59506
38Ambrus Balogh Hungary58555
39Henry Swire Great Britain58538
40Martin Gison Philippines58530
41Charles Villholth Denmark58523
42Ignacio Cruzat Chile58496
43Carlos Rodríguez-Feo Cuba57533
44José Alanís Mexico57529
45José Roger Argentina57513
46José Alonso Spain57500
47Pedro Peña y Lillo Chile57496
48Enrique Mendizábal Peru57480
49Ferdinando Bernini Italy56528
50Dionisio Fernández Argentina56511
51Gregers Münter Denmark56498
52Paulus Kessels Netherlands56479
53Vangelis Khrysafis Greece55511
54Carlos Queiroz Portugal55489
55Moysés Cardoso Portugal55464
56Allan Sobocinski Brazil54490
57Khalil Hilmi Lebanon53423
58Pelegrín Esteve Spain52447
59Walter Lienhard Switzerland50416

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. "Shooting". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. "Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1896)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. Official Report, p. 441.
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