Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Shooting
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Shooting; at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Bisley Rifle Range
Dates	2–6 August 1948
Competitors	188 from 28 nations
	← 1936 1952 →

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

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
rapid fire pistol details	Károly Takács Hungary	Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente Argentina	Sven Lundquist Sweden
pistol details	Edwin Vásquez Peru	Rudolf Schnyder Switzerland	Torsten Ullman Sweden
300 metre rifle three positions details	Emil Grünig Switzerland	Pauli Janhonen Finland	Willy Røgeberg Norway
rifle prone details	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
Totals (8 entries)		4	4	4	12

^ ^a ^b "Shooting at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Rifle
300 metre rifle	men
50 m rifle, prone	men
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
50 metre pistol	men
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