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Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): Bisley Rifle Range, Bisley
Date Started: August 2, 1948
Date Finished: August 2, 1948
Format: Rapid-fire pistol. 200 shots.
| Gold: | Willie Grut |
| Silver: | George Moore |
| Bronze: | Gösta Gärdin |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | TH | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Riem | Switzerland | SUI | 20 | 194 | ||
| 2 | Werner Schmid | 28 | Switzerland | SUI | 20 | 193 | |
| 3 | Frigyes Hegedűs | 28 | Hungary | HUN | 20 | 193 | |
| 4 | Lauri Vilkko | 22 | Finland | FIN | 20 | 190 | |
| 5 | Willie Grut | 33 | Sweden | SWE | 20 | 190 | |
| 6 | Hernán Fuentes | 30 | Chile | CHI | 20 | 190 | |
| 7 | Olavi Larkas | 34 | Finland | FIN | 20 | 190 | |
| 8 | Christian Palant | 23 | France | FRA | 20 | 190 | |
| 9 | Louis Pichon | France | FRA | 20 | 188 | ||
| 10 | Gösta Gärdin | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 20 | 188 | |
| 11 | István Szondy | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 20 | 188 | |
| 12 | Duilio Brignetti | 21 | Italy | ITA | 20 | 183 | |
| 13 | Richard Gruenther | 23 | United States | USA | 20 | 183 | |
| 14 | Roberto Curcio | 35 | Italy | ITA | 20 | 188 | |
| 15 | Giulio Palmonella | 29 | Italy | ITA | 20 | 187 | |
| 16 | Alejandro Quiroz | Mexico | MEX | 20 | 186 | ||
| 17 | Alberto Ortíz | 25 | Uruguay | URU | 20 | 186 | |
| 18 | André Lacroix | 26 | France | FRA | 20 | 185 | |
| 19 | Alberto Moreiras | Spain | ESP | 20 | 183 | ||
| 20 | Nilo Floody | 27 | Chile | CHI | 20 | 183 | |
| 21 | George Moore | 29 | United States | USA | 20 | 183 | |
| 22 | Sune Wehlin | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 20 | 183 | |
| 23 | Albert Martin | Great Britain | GBR | 20 | 182 | ||
| 24 | Fritz Hegner | Switzerland | SUI | 20 | 181 | ||
| 25 | Ruben Orozco | Uruguay | URU | 20 | 181 | ||
| 26 | Louis Fauconnier | 32 | Belgium | BEL | 20 | 179 | |
| 27 | Karel Bártů | 31 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 20 | 179 | |
| 28 | Hale Baugh | 23 | United States | USA | 20 | 178 | |
| 29 | Enrique Wirth | Argentina | ARG | 20 | 177 | ||
| 30 | Horacio Siburu | Argentina | ARG | 20 | 177 | ||
| 31 | Otto Jemelka | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 20 | 173 | ||
| 32 | László Karácson | 29 | Hungary | HUN | 19 | 173 | |
| 33 | Aëcio Coelho | 23 | Brazil | BRA | 19 | 172 | |
| 34 | Carlos Mercader | Uruguay | URU | 19 | 171 | ||
| 35 | Augusto Premoli | Argentina | ARG | 19 | 169 | ||
| 36 | Aloysio Borges | 30 | Brazil | BRA | 19 | 167 | |
| 37 | Jack Lumsden | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 19 | 167 | |
| 38 | Charles Vyt | 34 | Belgium | BEL | 19 | 165 | |
| 39 | Manuel Bernabeu | 28 | Spain | ESP | 19 | 162 | |
| 40 | Humberto Bedford | 32 | Brazil | BRA | 18 | 166 | |
| 41 | Geoffrey Brooke | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 18 | 153 | |
| 42 | José Luis Riera | 31 | Spain | ESP | 17 | 149 | |
| 43 | Ricardo García | Mexico | MEX | 17 | 148 | ||
| 44 | Viktor Platan | 28 | Finland | FIN | 17 | 141 |