Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

The men's 300 m rifle three positions was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event at an Olympic Games. The competition was held on 3 and 5 September 1960, with 39 shooters from 22 nations competing.[1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Hubert Hammerer in Austria's debut in the event. Hans Rudolf Spillmann of Switzerland took silver. Soviet Vasily Borisov was the second man to win two medals in the event, adding a bronze to his 1956 gold.

Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueCesano Infantry School Range
Dates3 September (qualifying)
5 September (final)
Competitors39 from 22 nations
Winning score1129
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hubert Hammerer
 Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hans Rudolf Spillmann
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vasily Borisov
 Soviet Union
← 1956
1964 →

Background

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This was the eighth appearance of the men's 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.[2][3] Half of the top 10 shooters from 1956 returned: gold medalist Vasily Borisov of the Soviet Union, bronze medalist (and 1952 fifth-place finisher) Vilho Ylönen of Finland, fifth-place finisher Constantin Antonescu of Romania, seventh-place finisher Anders Kvissberg of Sweden, and ninth-place finisher Sándor Krebs of Hungary. Ylönen was also the reigning world champion.[4]

Austria, Germany (as the United Team of Germany), Poland, and Sudan each made their debut in the event. Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and the United States each made their seventh appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Competition format

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For the only time, the competition was held over two rounds. The qualifying round was a half-sized round, with each shooter firing 60 shots (20 in each position: prone, kneeling, and standing). The 39 competitors were divided into two groups, with 20 in one group and 19 in the other. The top 19 in each group qualified for the final. Thus, only one man was eliminated.

The final round had each shooter fire 120 shots, 40 shots in each position.

Shots were fired in series of 10. The target was 1 metre in diameter, with 10 scoring rings; targets were set at a distance of 300 metres. Thus, the maximum score possible was 1200 points. Any rifle could be used.[4][5]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Anatoli Bogdanov (URS) 1145 1959
Olympic record   Vasily Borisov (URS) 1138 Melbourne, Australia 1 December 1956

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 3 September 1960 9:00 Qualifying
Monday, 5 September 1960 9:00 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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The qualifying round used a 60-shot format, with a total maximum score of 600. The top 19 shooters in each group advanced.

Group 1

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Bakri was the only shooter eliminated in the qualifying round, as he finished 20th in the 20-man group (and the other group had only 19 shooters, all of whom automatically advanced).

Rank Shooter Nation Total Notes
1 Hans Rudolf Spillmann   Switzerland 570 Q
2 Hubert Hammerer   Austria 567 Q
3 Daniel Puckel   United States 566 Q
4 Vasily Borisov   Soviet Union 559 Q
5 Esa Kervinen   Finland 557 Q
6 Adolfo Feliciano   Philippines 555 Q
7 Stefan Masztak   Poland 550 Q
8 Miklós Szabó   Hungary 550 Q
9 Anders Kvissberg   Sweden 549 Q
10 Jorge di Giandoménico   Argentina 548 Q
11 Constantin Antonescu   Romania 544 Q
12 František Prokop   Czechoslovakia 543 Q
13 Vladimir Grozdanović   Yugoslavia 538 Q
14 Don Tolhurst   Australia 533 Q
15 Wu Tao-yan   Formosa 527 Q
16 Egon Stephansen   Denmark 523 Q
17 Evald Gering   Canada 518 Q
18 Rubén Váldez   Peru 505 Q
19 Abdul Aziz Wains   Pakistan 487 Q
20 Basha Bakri   Sudan 421

Group 2

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Rank Shooter Nation Total Notes
1 Vilho Ylönen   Finland 1126 Q
2 Vladimír Stibořík   Czechoslovakia 1123 Q
3 Moisei Itkis   Soviet Union 1124 Q
4 John Foster   United States 1121 Q
5 August Hollenstein   Switzerland 1112 Q
6 Wilhelm Sachsenmaier   Austria 1098 Q
7 Sándor Krebs   Hungary 1118 Q
8 Kurt Johansson   Sweden 1095 Q
9 Hans-Joachim Mars   United Team of Germany 1105 Q
10 Pedro Armella   Argentina 1078 Q
11 Uffe Schultz Larsen   Denmark 1088 Q
12 Edson Warner   Canada 1078 Q
13 Marin Ferecatu   Romania 1050 Q
14 Henryk Górski   Poland 1098 Q
15 Josip Ćuk   Yugoslavia 1085 Q
16 Luis Albornoz   Peru 1037 Q
17 John Holt   Australia 1030 Q
18 Michiel Victor   South Africa 1012 Q
19 Omar Anas   Sudan 812 Q

Final

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Rank Shooter Nation Total
  Hubert Hammerer   Austria 1129
  Hans Rudolf Spillmann   Switzerland 1127
  Vasily Borisov   Soviet Union 1127
4 Vilho Ylönen   Finland 1126
5 Moisei Itkis   Soviet Union 1124
6 Vladimír Stibořík   Czechoslovakia 1123
7 John Foster   United States 1121
8 Sándor Krebs   Hungary 1118
9 Esa Kervinen   Finland 1117
10 Daniel Puckel   United States 1114
11 August Hollenstein   Switzerland 1112
12 Hans-Joachim Mars   United Team of Germany 1105
13 Stefan Masztak   Poland 1105
14 Anders Kvissberg   Sweden 1104
15 František Prokop   Czechoslovakia 1101
16 Wilhelm Sachsenmaier   Austria 1098
17 Henryk Górski   Poland 1098
18 Miklós Szabó   Hungary 1096
19 Kurt Johansson   Sweden 1095
20 Constantin Antonescu   Romania 1092
21 Uffe Schultz Larsen   Denmark 1088
22 Jorge di Giandoménico   Argentina 1088
23 Josip Ćuk   Yugoslavia 1085
24 Edson Warner   Canada 1078
25 Pedro Armella   Argentina 1078
26 Wu Tao-yan   Formosa 1074
27 Vladimir Grozdanović   Yugoslavia 1073
28 Adolfo Feliciano   Philippines 1072
29 Egon Stephansen   Denmark 1071
30 Marin Ferecatu   Romania 1050
31 Don Tolhurst   Australia 1049
32 Evald Gering   Canada 1037
33 Luis Albornoz   Peru 1037
34 John Holt   Australia 1030
35 Rubén Váldez   Peru 1028
36 Michiel Victor   South Africa 1012
37 Omar Anas   Sudan 812
Abdul Aziz Wains   Pakistan DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Historical Results". ISSF. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^ The event was open to women in 1968 and 1972.
  4. ^ a b "Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  5. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 934.