Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol
| Men's 50 metre pistol at the Games of the XI Olympiad
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| Venue | Wannsee, Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||
| Date | 6–7 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
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Torsten Ullman |
 Sweden
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Erich Krempel |
 Germany
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Charles des Jammonières |
 France
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The men's 50 metre pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 6 and 7 August 1936 at the shooting ranges at Wannsee. 43 shooters from 19 nations competed. The previous ban on hairspring trigger is now lifted.
These are the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Starting order: On 6 August, the shooters from Argentina, Chile, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, USA, and Germany started. On the following day the shooters of all other countries competed. The competition started on both days at 8 a.m.
Weather: On the first day it was dry with fairly overcast sky. The wind influenced the competition at times during the morning. On the second day it was sunny in the morning and fairly overcast in the afternoon. In general the weather was warmer and there was no wind.
On the first day Erich Krempel set a new Olympic record. But on the second day Torsten Ullman set a new world record. 33 shooters finished with a better score than the standing Olympic record prior the Games.
If the scores were level, the place was established according to position of hits on target.
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