Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

For the attack that took place during the 1972 Summer Olympics, see Munich massacre.

Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich comprised eight events. The running target event was re-added to the programme, after last appearing in 1956. The events were held between 27 August and 2 September 1972. All events were mixed, meaning both men and women were allowed to compete in the same events, against each other. Four women competed in these games.[1]

Shooting at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Rifle
300 m free rifle three positions mixed
50 m rifle prone mixed
50 m rifle three positions   mixed  
Pistol
50 m free pistol mixed
25 m rapid fire pistol mixed
Shotgun
Trap mixed
Skeet mixed
Running target
50 m running target mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
300 metre free rifle three positions
 Lones Wigger (USA)  Boris Melnik (URS)  Lajos Papp (HUN)
50 metre free pistol
 Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)  Dan Iuga (ROU)  Rudolf Dollinger (AUT)
25 metre rapid fire pistol
 Józef Zapędzki (POL)  Ladislav Falta (TCH)  Viktor Torshin (URS)
50 metre running target
 Yakov Zheleznyak (URS)  Helmut Bellingrodt (COL)  John Kynoch (GBR)
50 metre rifle prone
 Ri Ho-jun (PRK)  Vic Auer (USA)  Nicolae Rotaru (ROU)
50 metre rifle three positions
 John Writer (USA)  Lanny Bassham (USA)  Werner Lippoldt (GDR)
Trap
 Angelo Scalzone (ITA)  Michel Carrega (FRA)  Silvano Basagni (ITA)
Skeet
 Konrad Wirnhier (FRG)  Yevgeni Petrov (URS)  Michael Buchheim (GDR)

Participating nations

A total of 397 shooters, 393 men and 4 women, from 71 nations competed at the Munich Games:[1]

Medal count

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 2 2 0 4
2 Soviet Union 1 2 1 4
3 Italy 1 0 1 2
4 North Korea 1 0 0 1
Poland 1 0 0 1
Sweden 1 0 0 1
West Germany 1 0 0 1
8 Romania 0 1 1 2
9 Colombia 0 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia 0 1 0 1
France 0 1 0 1
12 East Germany 0 0 2 2
13 Austria 0 0 1 1
Great Britain 0 0 1 1
Hungary 0 0 1 1

References

  1. 1 2 "Shooting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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