were fencers, and both competed in the individual foil. Selle was drawn in pool 2, winning two pairings and losing four, to place 6th in the group. Muller was in pool 6, losing four pairings and winning none, coming joint-5th. Neither advanced. Shooting Venezuela competed in Olympic Shooting for the first time in 1952, as one of the ten new teams to the event this year. The shooting events were held between 25 and 29 July at the Malmi Shooting Range. There were seven events, but with some restrictions: each country could only enter two athletes per event, and the small-bore rifle events (if both are being contested by the country) must be contested by the same athlete(s). Men's free pistol Venezuela had two representatives in the Free Pistol event, 41-year-old Hector d'Lima Polanco and 37-year-old Carlos Marrero Cabrera. Each athlete fired 60 rounds, in six sets of ten; they could take practice shots before and between sets, up to 18 practice shots. In his sets, de Lima Polanco shot 87, 80, 84, 83, 87 then 85, placing 37th. Marrero shot 80, 80, 82, 81, 82 and 78, placing 48th of 48. de Lima Polanco took part in the same event in the 1956 Melbourne Games, scoring better. Men's silhouette (rapid fire pistol, 25 m) The 25-year-old Herman Barreto Avellaneda and 32-year-old Carlos Monteverde Perez competed in the Silhouette, a rapid-fire shooting event over 25 m. Barreto placed 20th out of 53, hitting all of the targets, while Monteverde placed 52nd, hitting 55 targets. There were two courses of 30 rounds, for 60 total, played over two days. Each course was broken down into three sets of ten, each scored out of 100, to give an overall score out of 600. On the first course, Barreto scored 92, 87 and 91 for 270 in 30. On the second course, he scored 97, 97, and 94 for 288 in 30. His score was 60/558. On the first course, Monteverde scored 94, 89 and 77, for 260 in 29. On the second course, he scored 82, 81 and 60 for 223 in 26. His score was 55/483. Men's free rifle (three positions, 300 m) Venezuela also had two athletes contest the Free Rifle full set, 38-year-old Rigoberto Rivero Lucena and 24-year-old Humberto Briceño Martinez. In the event, 120 shots were fired in series of ten, which were in sets of three; 40