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

The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 5 and 6 September 1960 at the Umberto I Shooting Range in Rome. 67 shooters from 40 nations competed. Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Aleksey Gushchin of the Soviet Union, as the Soviet team finished 1–2 with Makhmud Umarov repeating as silver medalist (the third man to earn multiple medals in the event). Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (who would become the fourth multi-medalist four years later) of Japan took bronze.

## Background

This was the 10th appearance of the ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. A separate women's event would be introduced in 1984. 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.
Three of the top 10 shooters from the 1956 Games returned: gold medalist Pentti Linnosvuo of Finland, silver medalist Makhmud Umarov of the Soviet Union, and sixth-place finisher (and 1936 gold and 1948 bronze medalist and 1952 sixth-place finisher) Torsten Ullman of Sweden. 1952 silver medalist Ángel León Gozalo of Spain and bronze medalist Ambrus Balogh of Hungary also returned. Umarov was the reigning (1958) world champion, with fellow Soviet Aleksey Gushchin the runner-up.
The British West Indies, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kenya, Luxembourg, Morocco, Poland, San Marino, Singapore, and Thailand each made their debut in the event; East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. The United States made its ninth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the 1900 event.
Gushchin used a Izhmash Isch 1.

## Competition format

The 1960 competition introduced a two-round format. In the first round, each shooter fired 40 shots, in 4 series of 10 shots each, at 50 metres. The top 27 shooters in each of the two qualifying groups advanced to the final. The final had each shooter fire 60 shots, in 6 series of 10 shots each, at a distance of 50 metres.
The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible in the final was 600 points. Any pistol was permitted. Shoot-offs were held to break ties for top ranks.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Anton Jasinsky (URS) | 566 | Bucharest, Romania | 1955 |
| Olympic record | Torsten Ullman (SWE) | 559 | Berlin, Germany | 7 August 1936 |
The 24-year old Olympic record fell to Aleksey Gushchin, who beat it by 1 point with his final round of 560.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 5 September 1960 | 9:00 | Qualifying |
| Tuesday, 6 September 1960 | 9:00 | Final |

## Results
### Qualifying
#### Group 1

| Rank | Shooter | Nation | Score | Notes |
| 1 | Vladimír Kudrna | Czechoslovakia | 376 | Q |
| 2 | Stanisław Romik | Poland | 365 | Q |
| 3 | Torsten Ullman | Sweden | 363 | Q |
| 4 | Nelson Lincoln | United States | 360 | Q |
| 5 | Minervino González | Spain | 360 | Q |
| 6 | Aleksey Gushchin | Soviet Union | 359 | Q |
| 7 | Todor Kozlovski | Bulgaria | 359 | Q |
| 8 | Albert Späni | Switzerland | 356 | Q |
| 9 | Piercarlo Beroldi | Italy | 356 | Q |
| 10 | Tadao Matsui | Japan | 354 | Q |
| 11 | Karlo Umek | Yugoslavia | 353 | Q |
| 12 | Kaarle Pekkala | Finland | 353 | Q |
| 13 | Ambrus Balogh | Hungary | 350 | Q |
| 14 | Ilie Nițu | Romania | 350 | Q |
| 15 | Miguel Barasorda | Puerto Rico | 349 | Q |
| 16 | Wolfgang Losack | United Team of Germany | 348 | Q |
| 17 | António Jorge | Portugal | 345 | Q |
| 18 | Marcel Lafortune | Belgium | 343 | Q |
| 19 | Pedro Puente | Peru | 343 | Q |
| 20 | Dimitrios Kasoumis | Greece | 341 | Q |
| 21 | Álvaro dos Santos Filho | Brazil | 341 | Q |
| 22 | François Fug | Luxembourg | 337 | Q |
| 23 | Godfrey Brunner | Canada | 337 | Q |
| 24 | Amorn Yuktanandana | Thailand | 336 | Q |
| 25 | Raúl Ibarra | Mexico | 334 | Q |
| 26 | José Agdamag | Philippines | 332 | Q |
| 27 | Rodney Johnson | Australia | 329 | Q |
| 28 | Sanusi Tjokroadiredjo | Indonesia | 328 | |
| 29 | Noe Balvin | Colombia | 323 | |
| 30 | Frank Dobson | Great Britain | 319 | |
| 31 | Zafar Ahmed Muhammad | Pakistan | 289 | |
| 32 | Spartaco Cesaretti | San Marino | 252 | |
| 33 | Naji El-Mekki | Morocco | 247 | |
| — | Keith De Casseres | British West Indies | DNF | |

#### Group 2

| Rank | Shooter | Nation | Score | Notes |
| 1 | Makhmud Umarov | Soviet Union | 375 | Q |
| 2 | Jiří Hrneček | Czechoslovakia | 366 | Q |
| 3 | Pentti Linnosvuo | Finland | 363 | Q |
| 4 | Horst Kadner | United Team of Germany | 359 | Q |
| 5 | Giorgio Ercolani | Italy | 358 | Q |
| 6 | Ilija Ničić | Yugoslavia | 355 | Q |
| 7 | Dencho Denev | Bulgaria | 355 | Q |
| 8 | Frédéric Michel | Switzerland | 354 | Q |
| 9 | Garfield McMahon | Canada | 352 | Q |
| 10 | John Hurst | United States | 350 | Q |
| 11 | Yoshihisa Yoshikawa | Japan | 350 | Q |
| 12 | André Antunes | Portugal | 348 | Q |
| 13 | Andrzej Tomza | Poland | 347 | Q |
| 14 | Leif Larsson | Sweden | 347 | Q |
| 15 | Kurt Johannessen | Norway | 346 | Q |
| 16 | Ángel León Gozalo | Spain | 345 | Q |
| 17 | John Tremelling | Australia | 344 | Q |
| 18 | John Tomlinson | Great Britain | 344 | Q |
| 19 | An Jae-song | South Korea | 341 | Q |
| 20 | Edward Penn | Kenya | 340 | Q |
| 21 | Ignacio Mendoza | Mexico | 340 | Q |
| 22 | Chalermsakdi Inswang | Thailand | 339 | Q |
| 23 | Fred Guillermety | Puerto Rico | 339 | Q |
| 24 | Antonio Vita | Peru | 337 | Q |
| 25 | Ambrosio Rocha | Brazil | 336 | Q |
| 26 | Gavril Maghiar | Romania | 336 | Q |
| 27 | Georgios Marmaridis | Greece | 332 | Q |
| 28 | William Gillies | Hong Kong | 332 | |
| 29 | Serge Hubert | France | 330 | |
| 30 | Kok Kum Woh | Singapore | 325 | |
| 31 | Hernando Hoyos | Colombia | 319 | |
| 32 | Tony Bridge | British West Indies | 319 | |
| 33 | Aroldo Casali | San Marino | 271 | |

### Final

| Rank | Shooter | Nation | Qualifying | Final | Notes |
| | Aleksey Gushchin | Soviet Union | 359 | 560 | OR |
| | Makhmud Umarov | Soviet Union | 375 | 552 | Shoot-off: 26 |
| | Yoshihisa Yoshikawa | Japan | 350 | 552 | Shoot-off: 20 |
| 4 | Torsten Ullman | Sweden | 363 | 550 | |
| 5 | Stanisław Romik | Poland | 365 | 548 | |
| 6 | Albert Späni | Switzerland | 356 | 546 | |
| 7 | Vladimír Kudrna | Czechoslovakia | 376 | 545 | |
| 8 | Horst Kadner | United Team of Germany | 359 | 544 | |
| 9 | Nelson Lincoln | United States | 360 | 543 | |
| 10 | Gavril Maghiar | Romania | 336 | 542 | |
| 11 | Garfield McMahon | Canada | 352 | 542 | |
| 12 | Tadao Matsui | Japan | 354 | 540 | |
| 13 | Pentti Linnosvuo | Finland | 363 | 539 | |
| 14 | Wolfgang Losack | United Team of Germany | 348 | 538 | |
| 15 | Leif Larsson | Sweden | 347 | 538 | |
| 16 | Ambrus Balogh | Hungary | 350 | 538 | |
| 17 | John Hurst | United States | 350 | 538 | |
| 18 | Ángel León Gozalo | Spain | 345 | 537 | |
| 19 | Frédéric Michel | Switzerland | 354 | 537 | |
| 20 | Antonio Vita | Peru | 337 | 535 | |
| 21 | John Tremelling | Australia | 344 | 534 | |
| 22 | Karlo Umek | Yugoslavia | 353 | 533 | |
| 23 | Piercarlo Beroldi | Italy | 356 | 532 | |
| 24 | Dencho Denev | Bulgaria | 355 | 532 | |
| 25 | Todor Kozlovski | Bulgaria | 359 | 532 | |
| 26 | Kurt Johannessen | Norway | 346 | 531 | |
| 27 | Kaarle Pekkala | Finland | 353 | 531 | |
| 28 | Andrzej Tomza | Poland | 347 | 530 | |
| 29 | Ilija Ničić | Yugoslavia | 355 | 529 | |
| 30 | Godfrey Brunner | Canada | 337 | 528 | |
| 31 | Minervino González | Spain | 360 | 528 | |
| 32 | Rodney Johnson | Australia | 329 | 527 | |
| 33 | Chalermsakdi Inswang | Thailand | 339 | 525 | |
| 34 | Marcel Lafortune | Belgium | 343 | 525 | |
| 35 | Ilie Nițu | Romania | 350 | 524 | |
| 36 | António Jorge | Portugal | 345 | 522 | |
| 37 | Pedro Puente | Peru | 343 | 522 | |
| 38 | Raúl Ibarra | Mexico | 334 | 522 | |
| 39 | Miguel Barasorda | Puerto Rico | 349 | 522 | |
| 40 | Edward Penn | Kenya | 340 | 521 | |
| 41 | Ignacio Mendoza | Mexico | 340 | 520 | |
| 42 | An Jae-song | South Korea | 341 | 520 | |
| 43 | Álvaro dos Santos Filho | Brazil | 341 | 518 | |
| 44 | Giorgio Ercolani | Italy | 358 | 517 | |
| 45 | Amorn Yuktanandana | Thailand | 336 | 515 | |
| 46 | Dimitrios Kasoumis | Greece | 341 | 515 | |
| 47 | Jiří Hrneček | Czechoslovakia | 366 | 513 | |
| 48 | Fred Guillermety | Puerto Rico | 339 | 513 | |
| 49 | John Tomlinson | Great Britain | 344 | 507 | |
| 50 | Ambrosio Rocha | Brazil | 336 | 503 | |
| 51 | François Fug | Luxembourg | 337 | 502 | |
| 52 | Georgios Marmaridis | Greece | 332 | 497 | |
| 53 | José Agdamag | Philippines | 332 | 490 | |
| 54 | André Antunes | Portugal | 348 | 489 | |