Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol
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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.[1] Fifty-four sport shooters from twelve nations competed. Nations were limited to 12 shooters each.[2] The event was won by Alfred Lane of the United States, completing a double for him with the rapid fire pistol event. It was the United States' second victory in the event. Another American, Peter Dolfen, finished second. Charles Stewart of Great Britain took the bronze medal, the nation's first in the free pistol.
Men's 50 metre pistol at the Games of the V Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Kaknäs | |||||||||
Date | 1 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 54 from 12 nations | |||||||||
Winning score | 499 | |||||||||
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