Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London comprised four events. The competitions were held from 2 to 6 August 1948.^[1]

Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
50 metre pistol	men
300 metre rifle	men
50 m rifle, prone	men

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Károly Takács Hungary	Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente Argentina	Sven Lundquist Sweden
50 metre pistol	Edwin Vásquez Peru	Rudolf Schnyder Switzerland	Torsten Ullman Sweden
300 metre rifle	Emil Grünig Switzerland	Pauli Janhonen Finland	Willy Røgeberg Norway
50 metre rifle prone	Art Cook United States	Walter Tomsen United States	Jonas Jonsson Sweden

A total of 188 shooters from 28 nations competed at the London Games:^[1]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	0	2
1	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
3	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
3	Peru (PER)	1	0	0	1
5	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
5	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	3	3
8	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1

1 2 "Shooting at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference.com. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

Events at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Athletics Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Lacrosse (demonstration) Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Art competitions (unofficial)

Shooting at the Summer Olympics

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