Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre pistol
Games:	1936 Summer
Venue:	Wannsee, Berlin, Germany
Dates:	6–7 August
Competitors:	43
Nations:	19
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	559
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Torsten Ullman
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Erich Krempel
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Charles des Jammonières
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	1920
Next:	1948

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.^[1] Nations were limited to three shooters each, as they had been for all individual shooting events since the 1932 Games.^[2] 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. 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.^[3] ^[4]

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 closest to center of the last shot.^[5]

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.

Results

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total
			95	92	94	91	92	95	559
			87	88	91	92	95	91	544
			91	92	86	91	90	90	540
4			92	90	91	86	89	90	538
5			95	86	86	88	93	89	537
6			92	90	83	92	90	89	536
7			90	89	92	89	87	85	532
8			86	89	90	86	92	89	532
9			87	88	88	90	90	85	528
10			87	85	88	84	92	89	525
11			89	87	92	86	84	87	525
12			90	84	88	87	88	88	525
13			83	87	89	85	85	95	524
14			88	89	83	85	83	93	521
15			89	85	83	88	89	86	520
16			86	87	89	86	87	85	520
17			82	87	85	89	84	92	519
18			90	85	88	80	89	87	519
19			84	86	91	81	88	89	519
20			82	89	88	90	80	90	519
21			84	84	82	93	88	87	518
22			81	86	91	88	84	88	518
23			91	82	89	82	82	92	518
24			85	85	82	88	87	90	517
25			82	84	87	87	85	90	515
26			85	88	77	88	88	88	514
27			87	79	87	85	90	85	513
28			84	90	82	85	87	85	513
29			86	88	80	89	85	84	512
30			80	82	86	92	82	89	511
31			90	86	87	71	89	87	510
32			80	85	86	90	79	86	506
33			91	87	84	82	83	78	505
34			84	82	87	81	86	83	503
35			81	85	85	86	83	82	502
36			86	80	88	80	87	81	502
37			84	79	84	84	83	87	501
38			82	79	85	82	87	81	496
39			75	78	90	89	84	79	495
40			79	80	84	82	86	79	490
41			73	72	79	87	80	76	467
42			73	65	72	71	80	85	446
43			61	79	74	79	68	72	433

External links

Official Report Part II
Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 14 December 2007. pl.

Notes and References

Web site: Shooting at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205557/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/SHO/mens-free-pistol-50-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 January 2015 . Sports Reference.
Official Report, vol. 2, p. 818.
Web site: Historical Results. International Shooting Sport Federation. issf-sports.org. 2020-12-15.
Web site: Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Men . Olympedia . 15 December 2020.
Official Report, p. 821.