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


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. The previous ban on hairspring trigger is now lifted.

Medallists

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.
World Record547 Torsten Ullman?1935
Olympic Record503 Karl RödererParis 1 August 1900
Olympic Record----

Results

Starting order: 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.
Weather: 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.
On the first day Erich Krempel set a new Olympic record. But on the second day Torsten Ullman set a new world record. 33 shooters finished with a better score than the standing Olympic record prior the Games.
PlaceShooterTotalRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6
1559959294919295
2544878891929591
3540919286919090
4538929091868990
5537958686889389
6536929083929089
7532908992898785
8532868990869289
9528878888909085
10525878588849289
11525898792868487
12525908488878888
13524838789858595
14521888983858393
15520898583888986
16520868789868785
17519828785898492
18519908588808987
19519848691818889
20519828988908090
21518848482938887
22518818691888488
23518918289828292
24517858582888790
25515828487878590
26514858877888888
27513877987859085
28513849082858785
29512868880898584
30511808286928289
31510908687718987
32506808586907986
33505918784828378
34503848287818683
35502818585868382
36502868088808781
37501847984848387
38496827985828781
39495757890898479
40490798084828679
41467737279878076
42446736572718085
43433617974796872

If the scores were level, the place was established according to position of hits on target.