Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

The men's 50-metre pistol event was part of the shooting sports at the 1936 Summer Olympics. It was the sixth time this event had been held.

The competition took place on August 6th and 7th, 1936, at the shooting ranges in Wannsee.

Forty-three shooters from nineteen countries took part. Each country could send up to three shooters.

Torsten Ullman from Sweden won the gold medal. This was Sweden’s first medal in this event. Erich Krempel from Germany won the silver medal. This was Germany’s first medal in this event. Charles des Jammonières from France won the bronze medal. This was France’s first medal in this event since 1900.

Background

This was the sixth time the men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event was held. It happened at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904) and again from 1936 to 2016. In 1896 and 1908, the distance was not 50 metres.

The world champion from 1933 and 1935 was Torsten Ullman of Sweden. Charles des Jammonières from France was second in 1933, and Erich Krempel from Germany was second in 1935.

Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Monaco, the Philippines, Portugal, and Romania were all competing for the first time. Greece and the United States each competed for the fifth time.

Ullman used a special pistol called the Udo Anschütz Record 210.

Competition format

In this event, each shooter fired 60 shots from 50 metres away. The target was a circle 50 centimetres wide with 10 rings for scoring. Each shot could earn up to 10 points, so the highest possible total was 600 points. Any type of pistol was allowed, but shooters could not use special glasses. The competition had to be finished in two hours. If two shooters had the same score, the one with more hits near the centre would win.

Records

Before this race, there were world and Olympic records. During the race, the top 33 shooters broke an old Olympic record that was 36 years old. The 34th shooter tied this record. Erich Krempel had the new Olympic record after the first day, but Torsten Ullman broke the world record on the second day.

Schedule

On August 6, 1936, shooters from countries like Argentina, Chile, Italy, and Germany began their competition. The next day, shooters from all other countries joined in. The competition started at 8 a.m. each day.

The weather on the first day was dry and overcast, with some wind. On the second day, it was sunny in the morning and overcast in the afternoon. It was warmer with no wind.

Results

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total
	Torsten Ullman	Sweden	95	92	94	91	92	95	559
	Erich Krempel	Germany	87	88	91	92	95	91	544
	Charles des Jammonières	France	91	92	86	91	90	90	540
4	Marcel Bonin	France	92	90	91	86	89	90	538
5	Tapio Wartiovaara	Finland	95	86	86	88	93	89	537
6	Elliott Jones	United States	92	90	83	92	90	89	536
7	Georgios Stathis	Greece	90	89	92	89	87	85	532
8	Aatto Nuora	Finland	86	89	90	86	92	89	532
9	Sándor Tölgyesi	Hungary	87	88	88	90	90	85	528
10	Bertalan Zsótér	Hungary	87	85	88	84	92	89	525
11	Mauritz Amundsen	Norway	89	87	92	86	84	87	525
12	Paul Wehner	Germany	90	84	88	87	88	88	525
13	Marcel Lafortune	Belgium	83	87	89	85	85	95	524
14	Roberto Müller	Chile	88	89	83	85	83	93	521
15	Jaakko Rintanen	Finland	89	85	83	88	89	86	520
16	Carlos Lalanne	Chile	86	87	89	86	87	85	520
17	William Riedell	United States	82	87	85	89	84	92	519
18	Juan Rostagno	Argentina	90	85	88	80	89	87	519
19	Emil Martin	Germany	84	86	91	81	88	89	519
20	René Koch	France	82	89	88	90	80	90	519
21	Stefano Margotti	Italy	84	84	82	93	88	87	518
22	Julius Lehrmann	Denmark	81	86	91	88	84	88	518
23	Václav Krecl	Czechoslovakia	91	82	89	82	82	92	518
24	Helge Meuller	Sweden	85	85	82	88	87	90	517
25	Harvey Dias Villela	Brazil	82	84	87	87	85	90	515
26	Gustaf Bergström	Sweden	85	88	77	88	88	88	514
27	Miguel Lonegro	Argentina	87	79	87	85	90	85	513
28	Christen Møller	Denmark	84	90	82	85	87	85	513
29	Enrique Ojeda	Chile	86	88	80	89	85	84	512
30	Martin Gison	Philippines	80	82	86	92	82	89	511
31	Paul Van Asbroeck	Belgium	90	86	87	71	89	87	510
32	Giancarlo Boriani	Italy	80	85	86	90	79	86	506
33	Ralph Marshall	United States	91	87	84	82	83	78	505
34	Jan Koller	Czechoslovakia	84	82	87	81	86	83	503
35	Georgios Kontogiannis	Greece	81	85	85	86	83	82	502
36	Ugo Pistolesi	Italy	86	80	88	80	87	81	502
37	Otoniel Gonzaga	Philippines	84	79	84	84	83	87	501
38	Herman Schultz	Monaco	82	79	85	82	87	81	496
39	François Lafortune	Belgium	75	78	90	89	84	79	495
40	Moysés Cardoso	Portugal	79	80	84	82	86	79	490
41	Louis Briano	Monaco	73	72	79	87	80	76	467
42	Vasile Crişan	Romania	73	65	72	71	80	85	446
43	Victor Bonafède	Monaco	61	79	74	79	68	72	433