Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London comprised four events, all open to both men and women.

[edit] Medal count

Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Switzerland 1 1 0 2
United States 1 1 0 2
3 Hungary 1 0 0 1
Peru 1 0 0 1
5 Argentina 0 1 0 1
Finland 0 1 0 1
7 Sweden 0 0 3 3
8 Norway 0 0 1 1

[edit] Medalists by event

[edit] 300 m Rifle, Three positions

1 Emil Gruenig, Switzerland 1120
2 Pauli Aapeli Janhonen, Finland 1114
3 Willy Røgeberg, Norway 1112

[edit] 50 m Rifle, Prone position

1 Arthur Edwin Cook, United States 599
2 Walter Tomsen, United States 599
3 Jonas Jonsson, Sweden 597

[edit] 50 m Pistol

1 Edwin Vasquez Cam, Peru 545
2 Rudolf Schnyder, Switzerland 539
3 Torsten Ullman, Sweden 539

[edit] 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol

1 Károly Takács, Hungary 580
2 Carlos Valiente Diaz Saez, Argentina 571
3 Sven Lundquist, Sweden 569


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