Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol
| Men's 50 metre pistol at the Games of the V Olympiad
|
|||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Kaknäs | ||||||||||||
| Date | 1 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 54 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
|
Alfred Lane |
 United States
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Peter Dolfen |
United States
|
|
|
Charles Stewart |
 Great Britain
|
The men's individual competition with revolver and pistol, distance 50 metres (later standardized by the IOC to the men's 50 metre pistol) was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was the only one to have been featured at every edition of the Games to that point. The competition was held on Monday, 1 July 1912.
Fifty-four sport shooters from twelve nations competed. Pistol with hairspring trigger, allowed in the world championship, was banned.
...
Wikipedia