The event was won by Galliano Rossini of Italy, with his countryman Alessandro Ciceri taking bronze.

[2] Australia, Colombia, Japan, Malaya, the Philippines, and Venezuela each made their debut in the event.

Great Britain made its seventh appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the event to that point.

This made for a tight group at the top after two days: Rossini at 145, Mogilesvky at 144, Smelczyński at 143, Nikandrov at 142, and Ciceri at 140.

Čapek shot 69 again, staying close to the lead group at 138 while a substantial gap grew between him and the rest of the pack.

Smelczyński's total of 190 was good for silver, 5 points behind Rossini but 2 ahead of the other three men, who finished in a tie for third at 188.

Čapek's 49 was the second-best total of the day, but not enough to catch the lead 5; he finished in 6th at 187, one point out of the shoot-off for bronze.

That shoot-off was won by Ciceri at 24 of 25 targets; Mogilevsky hit 23 to take fourth and Nikandrov scored 22 to finish in fifth.