shots were fired lying prone, 40 while kneeling, and 40 while standing. Up to ten practice shots per position could be taken, before or between the series of ten. Rivero placed 22nd, scoring 365 prone, 333 kneeling, and 330 standing. Briceño placed 25th, scoring 371 prone, 343 kneeling, and 270 standing. Men's small-bore rifle (three positions, 50 m) Briceño also contested both small-bore rifle events, as did the 37-year-old Rafael Arnal Myerston. For the first time in the Olympic Games, the small-bore rifle full set was contested (it had previously only been a prone event). It was executed and scored in the same manner as the Free Rifle full set. Briceño placed 33rd, scoring 393 prone, 376 kneeling, and 335 standing, hitting 31 center shots (used to separate athletes with the same scores). Arnal placed 39th, scoring 380 prone, 364 kneeling, and 339 standing, hitting 28 center shots. Men's small-bore rifle (prone, 50 m) In the small-bore rifle prone event 40 shots are fired in rounds of ten. Each round is scored out of 100, to give overall scores out of 400. Briceño placed 35th, scoring 97, 98, 99 and 99 for 393, having hit 16 center shots. Arnal placed 57th out of 58, scoring 95, 94, 93 and 98 for 380, having hit 14 center shots. Wrestling Wrestling events were contested between 20 and 27 July at the Messuhalli Hall, with weigh-ins conducted in the Olympic Village. Men's freestyle featherweight In the freestyle featherweight wrestling, 19-year-old Ignacio Lugo represented Venezuela. In the first round he fought the first match, losing to the Canadian Armand Bernard by falling at 10:55. In the second round he lost by walkover when he defaulted the match due to injury. Before he withdrew, he was tied for 16th. Men's freestyle middleweight The 22-year-old Pío Chirinos represented Venezuela in freestyle middleweight wrestling. In the first round he lost by falling at 1:11. In the second round he lost by falling at 1:20, and was eliminated, tying for 12th. Men's freestyle light heavyweight The 24-year-old Rodolfo Padron also lost both his matches, representing Venezuela in the freestyle light heavyweight. In the first round he fell at 1:28, and in the second at 2:28, placing joint-10th. References External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics 1952 1952 in Venezuelan sport