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