Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Melbourne, Australia
Date	4–5 December
Competitors	35 from 22 nations
Medalists
Ștefan Petrescu   Romania   Yevgeny Cherkasov   Soviet Union   Gheorghe Lichiardopol   Romania

Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
50 metre pistol	men
300 metre rifle	men
50 m rifle, three positions	men
50 m rifle, prone	men
100 m running deer	men
Trap	men

The men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 4 and 5 December 1956 at the shooting ranges in Melbourne. 35 shooters from 22 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Place	Shooter	Total
1	Ștefan Petrescu (ROU)	587
2	Yevgeny Cherkasov (URS)	585
3	Gheorghe Lichiardopol (ROU)	581
4	Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)	581
5	Oscar Cervo (ARG)	580
6	Szilárd Kun (HUN)	578
7	Kalle Sievänen (FIN)	576
8	Károly Takács (HUN)	575
9	John Beaumont (USA)	572
10	Carlos Monteverde (VEN)	572
11	Alfonso Castañeda (MEX)	571
12	Michelangelo Borriello (ITA)	567
13	John Forman (USA)	566
14	Miguel Emmanuelli (PUR)	563
15	Choji Hosaka (JPN)	563
16	Pedro Simão (BRA)	561
17	Guillermo Cornejo (PER)	560
18	Adhaury Rocha (BRA)	556
19	Rodolfo Flores (MEX)	556
20	Carlos Crassus (VEN)	555
21	Vangelis Khrysafis (GRE)	553
22	Martin Gison (PHI)	551
23	Henry Steele (GBR)	551
24	Vasily Sorokin (URS)	567
25	James Zavitz (CAN)	547
26	Armando López-Torres (PER)	540
27	Charles des Jammonières (FRA)	529
28	Johnnie Maitland (AUS)	526
29	Eliazar Guzmán (CHI)	525
30	Lukman Saketi (INA)	522
31	Yoshihide Ueda (JPN)	521
32	Enrique Hannaberg (COL)	533
33	Ignacio Cruzat (CHI)	528
34	Frederick Cooper (GBR)	486
35	Peter Papps (AUS)	469

References

1. "Shooting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 17 February 2015.