The men's 50-metre pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 6 and 7 August 1936 at the shooting ranges at Wannsee. 43 shooters from 19 nations competed. Nations were limited to three shooters each, as they had been for all individual shooting events since the 1932 Games.Official Report, vol. 2, p. 818. The event was won by Torsten Ullman of Sweden, the nation's first free pistol medal. Erich Krempel of Germany took silver (that nation's first medal in the event as well). Charles des Jammonières's bronze was France's first medal in the free pistol since 1900.

Background

This was the sixth appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. The event held in 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.

The two-time reigning (1933 and 1935) world champion was Torsten Ullman of Sweden. France's Charles des Jammonières was the runner-up in 1933; Germany's Erich Krempel had finished second in 1935.

Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Monaco, the Philippines, Portugal, and Romania each made their debut in the event. Greece and the United States each made their fifth appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Ullman used an Udo Anschütz Record 210.

Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 60 shots, in 10 series of 6 shots each, at a distance of 50 metres. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible was 600 points. Any pistol was permitted. "Glasses" could not be attached. The time limit for the full 60 shots was two hours. Ties were broken first by hits, then by bulls-eyes (7s and above), then by 10s, then by 9s, etc., then by the closest to the center of the last shot.Official Report, p. 821.

Records

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

The top 33 shooters broke the 36-year-old Olympic record, with the 34th tying it. Erich Krempel held the new Olympic record at the end of the first day, but Torsten Ullman had not shot yet. Ullman competed on the second day, breaking the world record by 12 points.

Schedule

On 6 August, the shooters from Argentina, Chile, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, USA, and Germany started. On the following day the shooters of all other countries competed. The competition started on both days at 8 a.m.

On the first day it was dry with fairly overcast sky. The wind influenced the competition at times during the morning. On the second day it was sunny in the morning and fairly overcast in the afternoon. In general the weather was warmer and there was no wind.

Date Time Round Thursday, 6 August 1936Friday, 7 August 1936 8:00 Final

Results

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

References

External links Official Report Part II