The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme.

Argentine Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente took silver, also his nation's first rapid fire pistol medal.

[4] The post-World War II event substantially altered the competition once again.

The reigning (1947) world champion was Carlos Enrique Diaz Saenz Valiente.

The United States made its sixth appearance in the event, tied for most of any nation.

A holdover from the previous Games was that full-body silhouettes, rather than round targets, continued to be used; however, scoring rings had been added so that now each shot was scored up to 10 rather than being strictly hit or miss.