Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Dates	25-29 July 1952
	← 1948 1956 →

With the competitions in shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Olympic shooting program began its expansion. Three new events were added: 100 metre running deer, 50 metre rifle three positions and trap. In total there were seven events held between 25 and 29 July 1952.^[1] No women participated in the 1952 shooting events. This was the first year that a new format was introduced as well: the sights on the guns were now located on the left side of the barrel.^[2]

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Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Rifle
300 metre rifle	men
50 m rifle, three positions	men
50 m rifle, prone	men
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
50 metre pistol	men
Shotgun
Trap	men
Running deer
100 m running deer	men
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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
rapid fire pistol details	Károly Takács Hungary	579	Szilárd Kun Hungary	578	Gheorghe Lichiardopol Romania	578
pistol details	Huelet Benner United States	553	Angel Leon de Gozalo Spain	550	Ambrus Balogh Hungary	549
rifle prone details	Iosif Sîrbu Romania	400	Boris Andreyev Soviet Union	400	Arthur Jackson United States	399
rifle three positions details	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug Norway	1164	Vilho Ylönen Finland	1164	Boris Andreyev Soviet Union	1163
running deer (single and double shot) details	John Larsen Norway	413	Per Olof Sköldberg Sweden	409	Tauno Mäki Finland	407
300 metre rifle three positions details	Anatoli Bogdanov Soviet Union	1123	Robert Bürchler Switzerland	1120	Lev Weinstein Soviet Union	1109
trap details	George Genereux Canada	192	Knut Holmqvist Sweden	191	Hans Liljedahl Sweden	190

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	2	0	0	2
2	Soviet Union	1	1	2	4
3	Hungary	1	1	1	3
4	Romania	1	0	1	2
4	United States	1	0	1	2
6	Canada	1	0	0	1
7	Sweden	0	2	1	3
8	Finland	0	1	1	2
9	Spain	0	1	0	1
9	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		7	7	7	21

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Editions	1896 1900 1904 1906 (Intercalated) 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Current events	50 m rifle 3 positions men women 10 m air rifle men women mixed team 25 m pistol women 25 m rapid fire pistol men 10 m air pistol men women mixed team trap men women mixed team skeet men women
Former events	free rifle 300 m 3 pos 300 m prone 300 m kneeling 300 m standing 300 m team 3 pos 600 m 1000 yd military rifle 200 m 300 m 3 pos 300 m prone 300 m standing 300 m team prone 300 m team standing 600 m prone 600 m team prone 300 m & 600 m team prone small-bore rifle disappearing target moving target stationary target 25 m 25 m team 50 m team running deer single shot single shot team double shot double shot team single & double shot running target 10 m 50 m free pistol 50 m 50 m team rapid fire pistol team military pistol 25 m trap double team
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Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Participating nations

Medal table

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