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

Shooting sports

A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...

 event held as part of the shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics

At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 18 events in shooting were contested.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:A total of 283 sport shooters from 16 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:-Medal table:...

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, July 1, 1912.

Fifty-four sport shooters from twelve nations competed.

Results

Place	Shooter	Score
1		499
2		474
3		470
4		470
5		468
6		461
7		459
8		457
9		454
10		454
11		453
12		452
13		452
14		452
15		447
16		446
17		442
18		441
19		438
20		433
21		432
22		431
23		430
24		426
25		426
26		425
27		424
28		424
29		423
30		420
31		420
32		417
33		414
34		413
35		411
36		410
37		408
38		406
39		406
40		406
41		405
42		401
43		397
44		395
45		387
46		384
47		369
48		357
49		356
50		355
51		352
52		348
53		245
54		189