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Shooting at the 1960 Roma Summer Games:

Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Roma, Italy
Venue(s): Umberto I Rifle Range, Roma
Date Started: September 9, 1960
Date Finished: September 10, 1960
Format: Top 54 in qualifying advanced to the final round.

Gold: GER Peter Kohnke
Silver: USA Jim Hill
Bronze: VEN Enrico Forcella

Summary

In the English Match, 85 shooters from 46 nations started, with the elimination round advancing 54 to the finals. As shooters had improved, the new international target was smaller than that used in 1952 and 1956 when the gold medalists had recorded possibles. The event was won by the youngest shooter in the competition, Peter Kohnke (GER), who scored 590 to defeat the United States’ Jim Hill by one point.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal PTS
1 Peter Kohnke 18 Germany GER Gold 590
2 Jim Hill 30 United States USA Silver 589
3 Enrico Forcella 52 Venezuela VEN Bronze 587
4 Vasily Borisov 37 Soviet Union URS 586
5 Arthur Skinner 41 Great Britain GBR 586
6 Yukio Inokuma 40 Japan JPN 586
7 Daniel Puckel 27 United States USA 585
8 Martsel Koen 27 Bulgaria BUL 585
9 Marat Niyazov 26 Soviet Union URS 585
10 Iosif Sîrbu 34 Romania ROU 585
11 Anders Kvissberg 31 Sweden SWE 584
12 Gil Boa 36 Canada CAN 584
13 Henryk Górski 22 Poland POL 583
14 Pierre Guy 29 France FRA 583
15 Kurt Johansson 46 Sweden SWE 582
16 Egon Stephansen 25 Denmark DEN 582
17 Vilho Ylönen 42 Finland FIN 582
18 Jussi Nordqvist 43 Finland FIN 582
19 Bernd Klingner 20 Germany GER 582
20 Takao Ishii 19 Japan JPN 582
21 János Dosztály 40 Hungary HUN 580
22 Erling Kongshaug 45 Norway NOR 580
23 Niels Petersen 27 Denmark DEN 580
24 Nicolae Rotaru 25 Romania ROU 579
25 William Godwin 48 Great Britain GBR 579
26 Jerzy Nowicki 27 Poland POL 579
27 Edson Warner 30 Canada CAN 578
28 Otakar Hořínek 31 Czechoslovakia TCH 578
29 Carlos Lastarria 41 Peru PER 578
30 Imre Simkó 21 Hungary HUN 578
31 Johannes Human 29 South Africa RSA 578
32 Hansrüdi Spillman 28 Switzerland SUI 577
33 Luiz Martins 43 Brazil BRA 577
34 Tor Richter 22 Norway NOR 577
35 Mariano Antonelli 27 Italy ITA 576
36 Peter Rull, Sr. 37 Hong Kong HKG 576
37 Charles Trotter 37 Kenya KEN 574
38 Don Tolhurst 31 Australia AUS 574
39 Frans Lafortune 27 Belgium BEL 574
40 Cirilo Nassiff 54 Argentina ARG 573
41 Henry Souza 39 Hong Kong HKG 572
42 Wilhelm Sachsenmaier 33 Austria AUT 572
43 Petrus Visagie 38 Kenya KEN 571
44 César Jayme 42 Philippines PHI 571
45 Paulino Díaz 34 Mexico MEX 570
46 José Cazorla 46 Venezuela VEN 570
47 Norman Rule 32 Australia AUS 569
48 Pierre Marsan 44 Monaco MON 569
49 Hans Schönenberger 33 Switzerland SUI 569
50 Gholam Hossein Mobaser 31 Iran IRI 567
51 Miroslav Stojanović 20 Yugoslavia YUG 566
52 Hernando Castelo 54 Philippines PHI 566
53 Georges Wahler 26 France FRA 564
54 Jacques Lafortune 64 Belgium BEL 555
55T QR Melchor López 47 Argentina ARG 379
55T QR Josip Ćuk 24 Yugoslavia YUG 379
57T QR José Luis Calvo 18 Spain ESP 378
57T QR Carlos Cedron 27 Peru PER 378
57T QR Nikolaos Triantafyllopoulos 42 Greece GRE 378
57T QR José Llorens 22 Spain ESP 378
57T QR César Batista 31 Portugal POR 378
57T QR Josef Fröwis 23 Austria AUT 378
57T QR Rafael Peles Israel ISR 378
64T QR Velichko Velichkov 26 Bulgaria BUL 377
64T QR Ernesto Montemayor, Jr. 32 Mexico MEX 377
64T QR Georgios Liveris 28 Greece GRE 377
64T QR Abdullah Jaroudi, Jr. 22 Lebanon LIB 377
68T QR David du Plessis 34 South Africa RSA 376
68T QR Saroch Silpikul 31 Thailand THA 376
68T QR Dušan Houdek 29 Czechoslovakia TCH 376
71T QR Hannan Crystal 22 Israel ISR 375
71T QR Albino da Silva 35 Portugal POR 375
73T QR Guido Wolf 36 Liechtenstein LIE 374
73T QR Gustav Kaufmann 42 Liechtenstein LIE 374
75 QR Saifi Chaudhry 30 Pakistan PAK 373
76 QR Chan Kooi Chye 39 Malaya MAL 370
77 QR Michel Ravarino 54 Monaco MON 367
78T QR Krisda Arunvongse 28 Thailand THA 364
78T QR Victor Kremer 28 Luxembourg LUX 364
80 QR Gibreel Ali Sudan SUD 357
81 QR Habib Dallagi 19 Tunisia TUN 353
82 QR Omar Anas Sudan SUD 351
83 QR Moustafa Chellouf 25 Tunisia TUN 350
84 QR Bouchaib Zeroual Morocco MAR 335
85 QR Mohamed Ben Boujemaa Morocco MAR 279