Shooting at the 1958 Asian Games

Shooting at the 1958 Asian Games
Venue
Dates	25–30 May
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Shooting sports at the 1958 Asian Games was held in Nagasaka & Tomioka Rifle Ranges and Murayama Shooting Range Tokyo, Japan between 25 and 30 May 1958. Shooting comprised 6 events, all open to both men and women. There were two pistol events, three rifle events and trap as a shotgun event in the program.

The host nation Japan dominated the competition after winning five out of six possible gold medals. Adolfo Feliciano from the Philippines won the remaining gold medal in 300 m rifle event.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m rapid fire pistol	Choji Hosaka  Japan	Martin Gison  Philippines	Thailand
50 m pistol	Japan	Amorn Yuktanandana  Thailand	Republic of China
50 m rifle prone	Yukio Inokuma  Japan	Cesar Jayme  Philippines	Henry Souza
50 m rifle 3 positions	Japan	Wu Tao-yuan  Republic of China	Adolfo Feliciano  Philippines
300 m rifle 3 positions	Adolfo Feliciano  Philippines	Wu Tao-yuan  Republic of China	Tomokazu Maruyama  Japan
Trap	Ujitoshi Konomi  Japan	Republic of China	Enrique Beech  Philippines

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	5	0	1	6
2	Philippines (PHI)	1	2	2	5
3	Republic of China (ROC)	0	3	1	4
4	Thailand (THA)	0	1	1	2
5	(HKG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		6	6	6	18

References[]

• ISSF Results Overview
• The Straits Times, May 26–31, 1958

External links[]

• Asian Shooting Federation