Shooting at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
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Dates | 27 August-2 September 1972 |
Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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Rifle | |
300 m free rifle three positions | mixed |
50 m rifle prone | mixed |
50 m rifle three positions | mixed |
Pistol | |
50 m pistol | mixed |
25 m rapid fire pistol | mixed |
Shotgun | |
Trap | mixed |
Skeet | mixed |
Running target | |
50 m running target | mixed |
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]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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pistol |
Ragnar Skanåker ( SWE) | Dan Iuga ( ROU) | Rudolf Dollinger ( AUT) |
rapid fire pistol |
Józef Zapędzki ( POL) | Ladislav Falta ( TCH) | Viktor Torshin ( URS) |
running target |
Yakov Zheleznyak ( URS) | Helmut Bellingrodt ( COL) | John Kynoch ( GBR) |
rifle prone |
Ri Ho-jun ( PRK) | Vic Auer ( USA) | Nicolae Rotaru ( ROU) |
rifle three positions |
John Writer ( USA) | Lanny Bassham ( USA) | Werner Lippoldt ( GDR) |
300 metre free rifle three positions |
Lones Wigger ( USA) | Boris Melnik ( URS) | Lajos Papp ( HUN) |
skeet |
Konrad Wirnhier ( FRG) | Yevgeni Petrov ( URS) | Michael Buchheim ( GDR) |
trap |
Angelo Scalzone ( ITA) | Michel Carrega ( FRA) | Silvano Basagni ( ITA) |
A total of 397 shooters, 393 men and 4 women, from 71 nations competed at the Munich Games: [1]
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |