# Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

The 50 metre rifle prone position rifle shooting event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 9 & 10.

## Results

The top twenty-seven in each of the two qualifying groups advanced to the final round.

### Qualifying round

Group one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Points |
| 1 | Nicolae Rotaru | Romania | 99 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 391 |
| 2 | William Godwin | Great Britain | 97 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 391 |
| 3 | Martsel Koen | Bulgaria | 94 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 391 |
| 4 | Johannes Human | South Africa | 98 | 94 | 98 | 100 | 390 |
| 5 | Carlos Lastarria | Peru | 96 | 98 | 96 | 100 | 390 |
| 6 | Hans Schönenberger | Switzerland | 97 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 390 |
| 7 | Bernd Klingner | United Team of Germany | 95 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 389 |
| 8 | Marat Nyýazow | Soviet Union | 96 | 98 | 99 | 95 | 388 |
| 9 | Kurt Johansson | Sweden | 97 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 388 |
| 10 | Daniel Puckel | United States | 96 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 387 |
| 11 | Egon Stephansen | Denmark | 95 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 387 |
| 12 | Gil Boa | Canada | 97 | 96 | 94 | 99 | 386 |
| 13 | Takao Ishii | Japan | 98 | 95 | 98 | 94 | 385 |
| 14 | Imre Simkó | Hungary | 94 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 385 |
| 15 | Peter Rull, Sr. | Hong Kong | 93 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 384 |
| 16 | Erling Kongshaug | Norway | 96 | 96 | 95 | 97 | 384 |
| 17 | Henryk Górski | Poland | 97 | 94 | 95 | 98 | 384 |
| 18 | Gholam Hossein Mobaser | Iran | 94 | 99 | 96 | 95 | 384 |
| 19 | Hernando Castelo | Philippines | 94 | 94 | 97 | 98 | 383 |
| 20 | Jacques Lafortune | Belgium | 93 | 97 | 98 | 95 | 383 |
| 21 | Petrus Visagie | Kenya | 94 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 383 |
| 22 | Vilho Ylönen | Finland | 94 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 383 |
| 23 | Pierre Guy | France | 93 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 382 |
| 24 | Norman Rule | Australia | 93 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 382 |
| 25 | Pierre Marsan | Monaco | 92 | 97 | 95 | 97 | 381 |
| 26 | Cirilo Nassiff | Argentina | 95 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 380 |
| 27 | José Cazorla | Venezuela | 93 | 98 | 94 | 95 | 380 |
| 28 | Josip Ćuk | Yugoslavia | 96 | 95 | 92 | 96 | 379 |
| 29 | José Llorens | Spain | 97 | 95 | 94 | 92 | 378 |
| 30 | César Batista | Portugal | 91 | 98 | 94 | 95 | 378 |
| 31 | Josef Fröwis | Austria | 93 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 378 |
| 32 | Rafael Peles | Israel | 93 | 98 | 93 | 94 | 378 |
| 33 | Ernesto Montemayor, Jr. | Mexico | 94 | 93 | 94 | 96 | 377 |
| 34 | Georgios Liveris | Greece | 96 | 93 | 93 | 95 | 377 |
| 35 | Abdullah Jaroudi, Jr. | Lebanon | 95 | 95 | 91 | 96 | 377 |
| 36 | Saroj Silpikul | Thailand | 92 | 96 | 94 | 94 | 376 |
| 37 | Dušan Houdek | Czechoslovakia | 94 | 96 | 89 | 97 | 376 |
| 38 | Gustav Kaufmann | Liechtenstein | 94 | 94 | 91 | 95 | 374 |
| 39 | Saifi Chaudhry | Pakistan | 95 | 89 | 96 | 93 | 373 |
| 40 | Chan Kooi Chye | Malaya | 91 | 92 | 95 | 92 | 370 |
| 41 | Habib Dallagi | Tunisia | 86 | 90 | 88 | 89 | 353 |
| 42 | Omar Anas | Sudan | 86 | 85 | 92 | 88 | 351 |
| 43 | Bouchaib Zeroual | Morocco | 87 | 86 | 78 | 84 | 335 |
Group two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Points |
| 1 | Edson Warner | Canada | 98 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 394 |
| 2 | Iosif Sîrbu | Romania | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 393 |
| 3 | Enrico Forcella | Venezuela | 99 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 391 |
| 4 | Jim Hill | United States | 97 | 96 | 99 | 98 | 390 |
| 5 | Jussi Nordqvist | Finland | 98 | 97 | 99 | 95 | 389 |
| 6 | Tor Richter | Norway | 96 | 99 | 97 | 97 | 389 |
| 7 | Hans Rudolf Spillmann | Switzerland | 95 | 99 | 98 | 95 | 387 |
| 8 | Peter Kohnke | United Team of Germany | 98 | 98 | 96 | 95 | 387 |
| 9 | Luiz Martins | Brazil | 98 | 100 | 93 | 96 | 387 |
| 10 | Vasily Borisov | Soviet Union | 98 | 95 | 97 | 96 | 386 |
| 11 | Arthur Skinner | Great Britain | 96 | 97 | 94 | 98 | 385 |
| 12 | Yukio Inokuma | Japan | 96 | 97 | 92 | 99 | 384 |
| 13 | Otakar Hořínek | Czechoslovakia | 96 | 99 | 96 | 93 | 384 |
| 14 | Frans Lafortune | Belgium | 93 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 384 |
| 15 | János Dosztály | Hungary | 95 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 384 |
| 16 | Don Tolhurst | Australia | 97 | 95 | 97 | 94 | 383 |
| 17 | César Jayme | Philippines | 91 | 95 | 97 | 99 | 382 |
| 18 | Mariano Antonelli | Italy | 93 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 382 |
| 19 | Wilhelm Sachsenmaier | Austria | 95 | 97 | 96 | 94 | 382 |
| 20 | Anders Kvissberg | Sweden | 95 | 98 | 95 | 94 | 382 |
| 21 | Georges Wahler | France | 96 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 382 |
| 22 | Niels Petersen | Denmark | 96 | 93 | 96 | 97 | 382 |
| 23 | Charles Trotter | Kenya | 95 | 98 | 94 | 94 | 381 |
| 24 | Jerzy Nowicki | Poland | 98 | 96 | 93 | 94 | 381 |
| 25 | Miroslav Stojanović | Yugoslavia | 97 | 92 | 95 | 97 | 381 |
| 26 | Henry Souza | Hong Kong | 93 | 97 | 96 | 94 | 380 |
| 27 | Paulino Díaz | Mexico | 95 | 92 | 96 | 97 | 380 |
| 28 | Melchor López | Argentina | 95 | 93 | 94 | 97 | 379 |
| 29 | José Luis Calvo | Spain | 95 | 94 | 96 | 93 | 378 |
| 30 | Carlos Cedron | Peru | 92 | 97 | 94 | 95 | 378 |
| 31 | Nikolaos Triantafyllopoulos | Greece | 95 | 95 | 93 | 95 | 378 |
| 32 | Velichko Velichkov | Bulgaria | 94 | 92 | 95 | 96 | 377 |
| 33 | David du Plessis | South Africa | 97 | 94 | 86 | 99 | 376 |
| 34 | Hannan Crystal | Israel | 91 | 95 | 95 | 94 | 375 |
| 35 | Albino da Silva | Portugal | 92 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 375 |
| 36 | Guido Wolf | Liechtenstein | 92 | 96 | 92 | 94 | 374 |
| 37 | Michel Ravarino | Monaco | 91 | 93 | 97 | 86 | 367 |
| 38 | Krisada Arunwong | Thailand | 90 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 364 |
| 39 | Victor Kremer | Luxembourg | 88 | 92 | 88 | 96 | 364 |
| 40 | Gibreel Ali | Sudan | 92 | 86 | 90 | 89 | 357 |
| 41 | Moustafa Chellouf | Tunisia | 88 | 91 | 86 | 85 | 350 |
| 42 | Mohamed Ben Boujemaa | Morocco | 62 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 279 |
A total of 60 shots are taken from the prone position With the possibility of 600 overall points.

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Points |
| | Peter Kohnke | United Team of Germany | 96 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 590 |
| | Jim Hill | United States | 100 | 97 | 100 | 94 | 98 | 100 | 589 |
| | Enrico Forcella | Venezuela | 98 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 587 |
| 4 | Vasily Borisov | Soviet Union | 98 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 586 |
| 5 | Arthur Skinner | Great Britain | 98 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 586 |
| 6 | Yukio Inokuma | Japan | 97 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 586 |
| 7 | Daniel Puckel | United States | 97 | 95 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 585 |
| 8 | Martsel Koen | Bulgaria | 96 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 585 |
| 9 | Marat Nyýazow | Soviet Union | 95 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 97 | 585 |
| 10 | Iosif Sîrbu | Romania | 97 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 585 |
| 11 | Anders Kvissberg | Sweden | 97 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 584 |
| 12 | Gil Boa | Canada | 95 | 98 | 96 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 584 |
| 13 | Henryk Górski | Poland | 96 | 95 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 98 | 583 |
| 14 | Pierre Guy | France | 96 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 96 | 583 |
| 15 | Kurt Johansson | Sweden | 93 | 99 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 99 | 582 |
| 16 | Egon Stephansen | Denmark | 92 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 582 |
| 17 | Vilho Ylönen | Finland | 95 | 96 | 100 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 582 |
| 18 | Jussi Nordqvist | Finland | 95 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 582 |
| 19 | Bernd Klingner | United Team of Germany | 98 | 95 | 95 | 100 | 97 | 97 | 582 |
| 20 | Takao Ishii | Japan | 95 | 95 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 582 |
| 21 | János Dosztály | Hungary | 94 | 95 | 96 | 98 | 100 | 97 | 580 |
| 22 | Erling Kongshaug | Norway | 98 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 95 | 97 | 580 |
| 23 | Niels Petersen | Denmark | 98 | 95 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 580 |
| 24 | Nicolae Rotaru | Romania | 97 | 94 | 100 | 96 | 94 | 98 | 579 |
| 25 | William Godwin | Great Britain | 98 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 94 | 97 | 579 |
| 26 | Jerzy Nowicki | Poland | 95 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 94 | 579 |
| 27 | Edson Warner | Canada | 99 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 97 | 578 |
| 28 | Otakar Hořínek | Czechoslovakia | 98 | 95 | 93 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 578 |
| 29 | Carlos Lastarria | Peru | 94 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 96 | 96 | 578 |
| 30 | Imre Simkó | Hungary | 95 | 98 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 99 | 578 |
| 31 | Johannes Human | South Africa | 97 | 96 | 97 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 578 |
| 32 | Hans Rudolf Spillmann | Switzerland | 93 | 94 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 99 | 577 |
| 33 | Luiz Martins | Brazil | 97 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 96 | 95 | 577 |
| 34 | Tor Richter | Norway | 94 | 98 | 96 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 577 |
| 35 | Mariano Antonelli | Italy | 94 | 98 | 94 | 99 | 97 | 94 | 576 |
| 36 | Peter Rull, Sr. | Hong Kong | 96 | 97 | 98 | 94 | 96 | 95 | 576 |
| 37 | Charles Trotter | Kenya | 97 | 94 | 95 | 94 | 97 | 97 | 574 |
| 38 | Don Tolhurst | Australia | 94 | 93 | 99 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 574 |
| 39 | Frans Lafortune | Belgium | 95 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 574 |
| 40 | Cirilo Nassiff | Argentina | 95 | 96 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 97 | 573 |
| 41 | Henry Souza | Hong Kong | 97 | 95 | 93 | 98 | 96 | 93 | 572 |
| 42 | Wilhelm Sachsenmaier | Austria | 95 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 94 | 94 | 572 |
| 43 | Petrus Visagie | Kenya | 93 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 94 | 96 | 571 |
| 44 | César Jayme | Philippines | 94 | 94 | 99 | 93 | 94 | 97 | 571 |
| 45 | Paulino Díaz | Mexico | 89 | 93 | 99 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 570 |
| 46 | José Cazorla | Venezuela | 94 | 95 | 97 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 570 |
| 47 | Norman Rule | Australia | 92 | 94 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 99 | 569 |
| 48 | Pierre Marsan | Monaco | 94 | 94 | 94 | 97 | 97 | 93 | 569 |
| 49 | Hans Schönenberger | Switzerland | 94 | 92 | 96 | 97 | 95 | 95 | 569 |
| 50 | Gholam Hossein Mobaser | Iran | 98 | 94 | 94 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 567 |
| 51 | Miroslav Stojanović | Yugoslavia | 96 | 86 | 96 | 97 | 95 | 96 | 566 |
| 52 | Hernando Castelo | Philippines | 96 | 93 | 95 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 566 |
| 53 | Georges Wahler | France | 96 | 93 | 91 | 94 | 97 | 93 | 564 |
| 54 | Jacques Lafortune | Belgium | 90 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 93 | 89 | 555 |