Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
The competition was held on 19 October 1964 at the Camp Asaka shooting ranges in Tokyo.Ion Tripșa of Romania took silver, putting that nation back on the podium after a one-Games absence.Czechoslovakia's first rapid fire pistol medal came in the form of Lubomír Nácovský's bronze.Zabelin was the reigning (1962) world championship, with he his countryman and runner-up Igor Bakalov making up a formidable Soviet team in Tokyo.Szilárd Kun of Hungary, the 1952 silver medalist, also made a return to Olympic competition.