Shooting
at the 1962 Asian Games
VenueCibubur Shooting Range
Dates27–31 August

Shooting sports at the 1962 Asian Games was held in Tjibubur (EYD: Cibubur) Shooting Range in Jakarta, Indonesia, between 27 and 31 August 1962. Shooting comprised 5 events, all opened to both men and women.

Japan dominated the competition after winning three out of five possible gold medals, South Korea and Singapore won the remaining gold medals.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
25 m rapid fire pistol
Fumio Ryosenan
 Japan
Prateep Polphantin
 Thailand
John Posuma
 Indonesia
50 m pistol
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
 Japan
Lely Sampurno
 Indonesia
Suh Kang-wook
 South Korea
50 m rifle prone
Fred de Souza
 Singapore
Zenichi Akagawa
 Japan
Henry Shaw
 India
50 m rifle 3 positions
Takao Ishii
 Japan
Adolfo Feliciano
 Philippines
Bae Byung-ki
 South Korea
300 m rifle 3 positions
Nam Sang-wan
 South Korea
Elias Joseph Lessy
 Indonesia
Saroj Silpikul
 Thailand

Medal table

Shooting at the 1962 Asian Games on a stamp of Indonesia
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)3104
2 South Korea (KOR)1023
3 Singapore (SIN)1001
4 Indonesia (INA)0213
5 Thailand (THA)0112
6 Philippines (PHI)0101
7 India (IND)0011
Totals (7 entries)55515

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.