Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan

Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events, all for men only. They were held between 15 and 17 October 1964.[1]

Shooting at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistol men
50 m pistol men
Rifle
300 m rifle three positions   men  
50 m rifle three positions men
50 m rifle prone men
Shotgun
Trap men

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
rapid fire pistol
  Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN) 592  Ion Tripsa (ROU) 591  Lubomír Nácovský (TCH) 590
pistol
  Väinö Markkanen (FIN) 560  Franklin Green (USA) 557  Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (JPN) 554
300 metre rifle, three positions
  Gary Anderson (USA) 1153  Shota Kveliashvili (URS) 1144  Martin Gunnarsson (USA) 1136
50 metre rifle, three positions
 Lones Wigger
 United States 		1164 Velichko Velichkov
 Bulgaria 		1152 László Hammerl
 Hungary 		1151
rifle, prone
 László Hammerl
 Hungary 		597 Lones Wigger
 United States 		597 Tommy Pool
 United States 		597
Trap
 Ennio Mattarelli
 Italy 		198 Pāvels Seničevs
 Soviet Union 		194 William Morris
 United States 		194

Participating nations

A total of 262 shooters from 51 nations competed at the Tokyo Games:[1]

Medal count

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 2 2 3 7
2  Finland 2 0 0 2
3  Hungary 1 0 1 2
4  Italy 1 0 0 1
5  Soviet Union 0 2 0 2
6  Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
 Romania 0 1 0 1
8  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
 Japan 0 0 1 1

References

  1. 1 2 "Shooting at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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