Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

The 50 metre rifle prone position rifle shooting event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 9 & 10.

Results The top twenty-seven in each of the two qualifying groups advanced to the final round.

Qualifying round

Group one

Rank Name Nationality Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Points 1 Nicolae Rotaru 99 96 98 98 391 2 William Godwin 97 97 98 99 391 3 Martsel Koen 94 99 99 99 391 4 Johannes Human 98 94 98 100 390 5 Carlos Lastarria 96 98 96 100 390 6 Hans Schönenberger 97 98 97 98 390 7 Bernd Klingner 95 99 97 98 389 8 Marat Nyýazow 96 98 99 95 388 9 Kurt Johansson 97 96 98 97 388 10 Daniel Puckel 96 97 97 97 387 11 Egon Stephansen 95 96 98 98 387 12 Gil Boa 97 96 94 99 386 13 Takao Ishii 98 95 98 94 385 14 Imre Simkó 94 96 98 97 385 15 Peter Rull, Sr. 93 97 97 97 384 16 Erling Kongshaug 96 96 95 97 384 17 Henryk Górski 97 94 95 98 384 18 Gholam Hossein Mobaser 94 99 96 95 384 19 Hernando Castelo 94 94 97 98 383 20 Jacques Lafortune 93 97 98 95 383 21 Petrus Visagie 94 96 96 97 383 22 Vilho Ylönen 94 95 97 97 383 23 Pierre Guy 93 97 97 95 382 24 Norman Rule 93 96 96 97 382 25 Pierre Marsan 92 97 95 97 381 26 Cirilo Nassiff 95 94 95 96 380 27 José Cazorla 93 98 94 95 380 28 Josip Ćuk 96 95 92 96 379 29 José Llorens 97 95 94 92 378 30 César Batista 91 98 94 95 378 31 Josef Fröwis 93 95 95 95 378 32 Rafael Peles 93 98 93 94 378 33 Ernesto Montemayor, Jr. 94 93 94 96 377 34 Georgios Liveris 96 93 93 95 377 35 Abdullah Jaroudi, Jr. 95 95 91 96 377 36 Saroj Silpikul 92 96 94 94 376 37 Dušan Houdek 94 96 89 97 376 38 Gustav Kaufmann 94 94 91 95 374 39 Saifi Chaudhry 95 89 96 93 373 40 Chan Kooi Chye 91 92 95 92 370 41 Habib Dallagi 86 90 88 89 353 42 Omar Anas 86 85 92 88 351 43 Bouchaib Zeroual 87 86 78 84 335

Group two

Rank Name Nationality Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Points 1 Edson Warner 98 99 98 99 394 2 Iosif Sîrbu 98 98 99 98 393 3 Enrico Forcella 99 99 97 96 391 4 Jim Hill 97 96 99 98 390 5 Jussi Nordqvist 98 97 99 95 389 6 Tor Richter 96 99 97 97 389 7 Hans Rudolf Spillmann 95 99 98 95 387 8 Peter Kohnke 98 98 96 95 387 9 Luiz Martins 98 100 93 96 387 10 Vasily Borisov 98 95 97 96 386 11 Arthur Skinner 96 97 94 98 385 12 Yukio Inokuma 96 97 92 99 384 13 Otakar Hořínek 96 99 96 93 384 14 Frans Lafortune 93 97 96 98 384 15 János Dosztály 95 96 97 96 384 16 Don Tolhurst 97 95 97 94 383 17 César Jayme 91 95 97 99 382 18 Mariano Antonelli 93 98 95 96 382 19 Wilhelm Sachsenmaier 95 97 96 94 382 20 Anders Kvissberg 95 98 95 94 382 21 Georges Wahler 96 94 96 96 382 22 Niels Petersen 96 93 96 97 382 23 Charles Trotter 95 98 94 94 381 24 Jerzy Nowicki 98 96 93 94 381 25 Miroslav Stojanović 97 92 95 97 381 26 Henry Souza 93 97 96 94 380 27 Paulino Díaz 95 92 96 97 380 28 Melchor López 95 93 94 97 379 29 José Luis Calvo 95 94 96 93 378 30 Carlos Cedron 92 97 94 95 378 31 Nikolaos Triantafyllopoulos 95 95 93 95 378 32 Velichko Velichkov 94 92 95 96 377 33 David du Plessis 97 94 86 99 376 34 Hannan Crystal 91 95 95 94 375 35 Albino da Silva 92 94 94 95 375 36 Guido Wolf 92 96 92 94 374 37 Michel Ravarino 91 93 97 86 367 38 Krisada Arunwong 90 90 92 92 364 39 Victor Kremer 88 92 88 96 364 40 Gibreel Ali 92 86 90 89 357 41 Moustafa Chellouf 88 91 86 85 350 42 Mohamed Ben Boujemaa 62 68 74 75 279

A total of 60 shots are taken from the prone position With the possibility of 600 overall points.

Final

Rank Name Nationality Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Points Peter Kohnke 96 100 99 98 99 98 590 Jim Hill 100 97 100 94 98 100 589 Enrico Forcella 98 97 98 98 98 98 587 4 Vasily Borisov 98 97 98 98 97 98 586 5 Arthur Skinner 98 98 96 98 97 99 586 6 Yukio Inokuma 97 99 98 97 97 98 586 7 Daniel Puckel 97 95 99 97 98 99 585 8 Martsel Koen 96 96 98 98 98 99 585 9 Marat Nyýazow 95 97 98 99 99 97 585 10 Iosif Sîrbu 97 98 97 97 98 98 585 11 Anders Kvissberg 97 98 97 98 98 96 584 12 Gil Boa 95 98 96 99 98 98 584 13 Henryk Górski 96 95 99 99 96 98 583 14 Pierre Guy 96 97 99 97 98 96 583 15 Kurt Johansson 93 99 97 97 97 99 582 16 Egon Stephansen 92 98 98 98 98 98 582 17 Vilho Ylönen 95 96 100 96 98 97 582 18 Jussi Nordqvist 95 97 98 98 98 96 582 19 Bernd Klingner 98 95 95 100 97 97 582 20 Takao Ishii 95 95 99 97 98 98 582 21 János Dosztály 94 95 96 98 100 97 580 22 Erling Kongshaug 98 96 98 96 95 97 580 23 Niels Petersen 98 95 97 96 98 96 580 24 Nicolae Rotaru 97 94 100 96 94 98 579 25 William Godwin 98 96 97 97 94 97 579 26 Jerzy Nowicki 95 97 97 98 98 94 579 27 Edson Warner 99 93 97 97 95 97 578 28 Otakar Hořínek 98 95 93 98 98 96 578 29 Carlos Lastarria 94 97 97 98 96 96 578 30 Imre Simkó 95 98 95 95 96 99 578 31 Johannes Human 97 96 97 95 96 97 578 32 Hans Rudolf Spillmann 93 94 98 97 96 99 577 33 Luiz Martins 97 96 97 96 96 95 577 34 Tor Richter 94 98 96 95 97 97 577 35 Mariano Antonelli 94 98 94 99 97 94 576 36 Peter Rull, Sr. 96 97 98 94 96 95 576 37 Charles Trotter 97 94 95 94 97 97 574 38 Don Tolhurst 94 93 99 94 96 98 574 39 Frans Lafortune 95 94 96 96 96 97 574 40 Cirilo Nassiff 95 96 95 95 95 97 573 41 Henry Souza 97 95 93 98 96 93 572 42 Wilhelm Sachsenmaier 95 96 97 96 94 94 572 43 Petrus Visagie 93 94 96 98 94 96 571 44 César Jayme 94 94 99 93 94 97 571 45 Paulino Díaz 89 93 99 98 95 96 570 46 José Cazorla 94 95 97 94 95 95 570 47 Norman Rule 92 94 95 94 95 99 569 48 Pierre Marsan 94 94 94 97 97 93 569 49 Hans Schönenberger 94 92 96 97 95 95 569 50 Gholam Hossein Mobaser 98 94 94 93 94 94 567 51 Miroslav Stojanović 96 86 96 97 95 96 566 52 Hernando Castelo 96 93 95 93 94 95 566 53 Georges Wahler 96 93 91 94 97 93 564 54 Jacques Lafortune 90 94 94 95 93 89 555

References 1960 Summer Olympics results: men's shooting, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-08-24.