Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions explained

The men's 50 metre rifle three positions rifle shooting event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on 7–8 September 1960 with 75 shooters from 41 nations competing.^[1] The three positions consist of; prone position, kneeling position and standing position.

Results

All shooters scoring 530 points are better, of the two qualifying groups, qualify for the final round.

Group one

Rank	Prone	Kneeling	Standing	Total
1	195	188	186	569
2	190	191	185	566
3	195	190	180	565
4	197	191	173	561
5	196	193	171	560
6	196	187	177	560
7	194	188	178	560
8	193	188	173	554
9	199	187	167	553
10	194	181	178	553
11	190	190	172	552
12	193	182	176	551
13	188	187	176	551
14	192	188	169	549
15	186	186	177	549
16	190	189	168	547
17	190	182	175	547
18	187	184	173	544
19	193	178	172	543
20	195	179	168	542
21	189	187	164	540
22	191	182	164	537
23	189	180	167	536
24	190	174	170	534
25	189	179	165	533
26	191	167	174	532
27	191	180	159	530
28	189	177	162	528
29	189	181	157	527
30	184	174	158	516
31	177	182	157	516
32	192	162	154	508
33	179	170	144	493
34	184	171	133	488
35	190	155	126	471
36	181	161	112	454
37	158	97	61	316

Group two

Rank	Name	Prone	Kneeling	Standing	Total
1	János Holup	197	190	175	562
2		197	189	176	562
3		195	189	178	562
4		189	190	182	561
5		190	192	178	560
6		196	181	182	559
7		193	185	180	558
8		192	191	175	558
9		192	189	176	557
10		191	182	183	556
11		191	184	180	555
12		188	189	178	555
13		198	182	174	554
14		183	192	179	554
15		189	189	174	552
16		196	182	167	545
17		192	181	172	545
18		188	182	175	545
19		193	185	165	543
20		194	180	167	541
21		189	179	173	541
22		194	189	157	540
23		195	190	153	538
24		187	180	171	538
25		190	178	165	533
26		190	182	159	531
27		189	180	162	531
28		193	171	161	525
29		188	172	165	525
30		187	170	167	524
31		182	176	161	519
32		185	171	160	516
33		182	166	159	507
34		185	160	161	506
35		189	164	151	504
36		178	160	150	488
37		153	133	95	381
38		155	97	108	360

A total of 120 shots are taken 40 from each position, for a total of 400 points at each position. With the possibility of 1,200 overall points.

Rank	Name	Prone	Kneeling	Standing	Total	Notes
		394	386	369	1149	=WR
		384	388	373	1145
		394	381	364	1139
4		387	386	366	1139
5		394	378	365	1137
6		392	381	364	1137
7		390	385	361	1136
8	János Holup	394	384	356	1134
9		389	381	364	1134
10		393	373	367	1133
11		391	382	359	1132
12		390	384	357	1131
13		392	377	361	1130
14		391	382	355	1128
15		389	380	359	1128
16		390	375	362	1127
17		384	370	372	1126
18		391	380	352	1123
19		382	388	352	1122
20		382	378	360	1120
21		392	369	356	1117
22		391	370	356	1117
23		386	369	361	1116
24		392	378	345	1115
25		394	373	347	1114
26		389	376	348	1113
27		388	376	349	1113
28		385	371	356	1112
29		385	373	353	1111
30		386	377	347	1110
31		386	375	347	1108
32		385	374	349	1108
33		386	370	351	1107
34		388	380	338	1106
35		391	367	347	1105
36		392	377	335	1104
37		384	379	341	1104
38		384	370	350	1104
39		389	364	350	1103
40		387	365	351	1103
41		383	372	372	1099
42		383	367	349	1099
43		387	373	338	1098
44		392	377	328	1097
45		386	366	366	1095
46		388	369	369	1091
47		385	372	334	1091
48		388	356	343	1087
49		384	371	332	1087
50		388	370	326	1084
51		382	367	334	1083
52		388	358	331	1077
53		376	359	342	1077
54		377	358	321	1056

Key: =WR = equalled world record

Web site: Shooting at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130449/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/SHO/mens-small-bore-rifle-three-positions-50-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 3 July 2015 . sports-reference.com.