Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all open to both men and women. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the Three positions event.

[edit] Medal count

Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 East Germany 2 2 0 4
2 United States 2 1 0 3
3 Soviet Union 1 1 1 3
West Germany 1 1 1 3
5 Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 1
6 Netherlands 0 1 0 1
Portugal 0 1 0 1
8 Austria 0 0 1 1
9 Italy 0 0 2 2
Poland 0 0 2 2

[edit] Medalists by event

Pos Competitor
50 m Rifle - Three positions
Gold Lanny Bassham Flag of the United States United States 1162
Silver Margaret Murdock Flag of the United States United States 1162
Bronze Werner Seibold Flag of West Germany West Germany 1160
50 m Rifle - Prone position
Gold Karlheinz Smieszek Flag of West Germany West Germany 599
Silver Ulrich Lind Flag of West Germany West Germany 597
Bronze Gennadi Lushikov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 595
50 m Pistol
Gold Uwe Potteck Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 573
Silver Harald Vollmar Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 567
Bronze Rudolf Dollinger Flag of Austria Austria 562
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
Gold Norbert Klaar Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 597
Silver Jürgen Wiefel Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 596
Bronze Roberto Ferraris Flag of Italy Italy 595
Trap
Gold Donald Haldeman Flag of the United States United States 190
Silver Armando Silva Flag of Portugal Portugal 189
Bronze Ubaldesco Baldi Flag of Italy Italy 189
Skeet
Gold Josef Panáček Czechoslovakia 198
Silver Eric Swinkels Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 198
Bronze Wiesław Gawlikowski Flag of Poland Poland 196
50 m Running Target
Gold Alexander Gazov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 579
Silver Alexander Kediarov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 576
Bronze Jerzy Greszkiewicz Flag of Poland Poland 571

[edit] See also