Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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]

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

Shooting at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Rifle
300 m free rifle three positionsmixed
50 m rifle pronemixed
50 m rifle three positionsmixed
Pistol
50 m pistolmixed
25 m rapid fire pistolmixed
Shotgun
Trapmixed
Skeetmixed
Running target
50 m running targetmixed

Events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
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)

Participating nations

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

Medal count
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2204
2 Soviet Union1214
3 Italy1012
4 North Korea1001
 Poland1001
 Sweden1001
 West Germany1001
8 Romania0112
9 Colombia0101
 Czechoslovakia0101
 France0101
12 East Germany0022
13 Austria0011
 Great Britain0011
 Hungary0011
Totals (15 nations)88824

References
  1. "Shooting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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