The men's 50 metre rifle

50 metre rifle prone

50 metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle caliber rifle...

, prone

Prone position

The term means to lie on bed or ground in a position with chest downwards and back upwards.-Etymology :The word "prone," meaning "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," has been recorded in English since 1382; the meaning "lying face-down" was first recorded in 1578, but is also referred to...

was a shooting sports

Shooting sports

A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...

 event held as part of the Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics

When shooting was reintroduced at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the extent of the competitions was far from those in the previous Games: it consisted of only two events, one rifle event and one pistol event, and no team events at all . The competitions were held on August 12, 1932 and...

 programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held on August 13, 1932. 26 shooters from 9 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record	-	none	-	-
Olympic Record	398(*)	Pierre Coquelin de Lisle Pierre Coquelin de Lisle Pierre Coquelin de Lisle was a French sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the gold medal in the 50 metre rifle, prone competition.-External links:*...	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	June 23, 1924

There was no official world record registered.

(*) 400 rings possible

Results

A maximum of three competitors per nation were allowed.

The competition was held over 15 series of two shots, so every shooter had 30 shots. The maximum score was 300. The shot-off was again a compete series. No ties were shot-off after the first three places.

Antal Barát-Lemberkovits missed one shot when he fired on the target of Gustavo Huet

Gustavo Huet

Gustavo Huet Bobadilla was an athlete from Mexico. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He competed in shooting and represented Mexico at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won a silver medal in the Men's 50 meter rifle, prone.-References:...

. This ten rings would have given him the gold medal.

After the original competition Bertil Rönnmark

Bertil Rönnmark

Bertil Vilhelm Rönnmark was a Swedish rifle sports shooter who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he won the gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event....

 gave the rest of his rounds of ammunition to other marksmen not thinking about the possibility of a shoot-off. So he had to borrow the rounds for the final shoot-off to win the gold medal...

Zoltán Soós-Hradetzky set the best performance in the shoot-off with 296 rings, nevertheless the Olympic record was only credited to Bertil Rönnmark

Bertil Rönnmark

Bertil Vilhelm Rönnmark was a Swedish rifle sports shooter who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he won the gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event....

for his 294 rings.

Place	Shooter	Total	Shoot off
1		294	294
2		294	290
3		293	296
4		293	293
5		292
		292
		292
		292
9		291
10		290
11		289
		289
13		288
		288
15		287
16		286
		286
18		285
19		284
20		282
		282
22		281
23		279
24		277
25		274
26		268