1968 Summer Olympics / Shooting
Shooting at the XIX. Summer Olympics |
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venue | Mexico city |
Competition venue | Vicente Suárez shooting range , Campo Militar 1 |
Nations | 62 |
Athletes | 351 (3 women, 348 men) |
date | 18.-23. October 1968 |
decisions | 7th |
← Tokyo 1964 |
At the XIX. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , seven sports shooting competitions were held. The venue was the Vicente Suárez shooting range in Campo Militar 1 . On the program was the skeet, an additional clay pigeon discipline. For the first time ever, women and men competed in Olympic shooting competitions.
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | United States | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
3 | BR Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4th | Great Britain | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Poland | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Czechoslovakia | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
7th | Italy | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Romania | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Hungary | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
10 | GDR | - | - | 2 | 2 |
10 | New Zealand | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Free rifle three position fight 300 m | Gary Anderson | Valentin Kornew | Kurt Mueller |
Small caliber three-position fight 50 m | Bernd Klingner | John Writer | Vitaly Parchimovich |
Small bore, lying 50 m | Jan Kůrka | László Hammerl | Ian Ballinger |
Free pistol 50 m | Grigory Kossych | Heinz Mertel | Harald Vollmar |
Rapid fire pistol 25 m | Józef Zapędzki | Marcel Roşca | Renart Suleimanov |
Skeet | Yevgeny Petrov | Romano Garagnani | Konrad Wirnhier |
Trap | John Braithwaite | Thomas Garrigus | Kurt Czekalla |
Results
Free rifle three position fight 300 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | United States | Gary Anderson | 1157 ( OR ) |
2 | URS | Valentin Kornew | 1151 |
3 | SUI | Kurt Mueller | 1148 |
4th | URS | Shota Kweliashvili | 1142 |
5 | SUI | Erwin Vogt | 1140 |
6th | GDR | Hartmut Somme | 1140 |
7th | United States | John Foster | 1140 |
8th | ROME | Petre Șandor | 1138 |
23 | GDR | Uto Wunderlich | 1107 |
Date: October 23, 1968
30 participants from 16 countries
Small caliber three-position fight 50 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | FRG | Bernd Klingner | 1157 |
2 | United States | John Writer | 1156 |
3 | URS | Vitaly Parchimovich | 1154 |
4th | United States | John Foster | 1153 |
5 | MEX | José González | 1152 |
6th | CAN | Gerald Ouellette | 1151 |
7th | FRG | Peter Kohnke | 1151 |
8th | SUI | Kurt Mueller | 1151 |
14th | AUT | Guido Loacker | 1146 |
17th | GDR | Uto Wunderlich | 1145 |
26th | GDR | Hartmut Sommer | 1138 |
30th | SUI | Peter Ruch | 1135 |
32 | AUT | Wolfram Waibel sr. | 1133 |
Date: October 21, 1964
62 participants from 35 countries
Small bore, lying 50 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | TCH | Jan Kůrka | 598 ( WR ) |
2 | HUN | László Hammerl | 598 ( WR ) |
3 | NZL | Ian Ballinger | 597 |
4th | ROME | Nicolae Rotaru | 597 |
5 | GBR | John Palin | 596 |
6th | FRA | Jean-Luc Loret | 596 |
7th | NOR | Bjørn Bakken | 595 |
8th | United States | Gary Anderson | 595 |
13 | FRG | Karl Wenk | 594 |
23 | SUI | Hansruedi Schafroth | 593 |
33 | FRG | Klaus Zähringer | 591 |
35 | AUT | Friedrich Schattleitner | 590 |
54 | GDR | Hartmut Sommer | 587 |
58 | SUI | Hans Sinniger | 586 |
Date: October 19, 1964
86 participants from 46 countries
Free pistol 50 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | URS | Grigory Kossych | 562 ( OR ) |
2 | FRG | Heinz Mertel | 562 ( OR ) |
3 | GDR | Harald Vollmar | 560 |
4th | United States | Arnold Vitarbo | 559 |
5 | POLE | Paweł Małek | 556 |
6th | GDR | Helmut Artelt | 555 |
7th | CUB | Nelson Oñate | 555 |
8th | ROME | Neagu Bratu | 554 |
12 | SUI | Ernst Stoll | 550 |
18th | AUT | Hubert Garschall | 547 |
23 | SUI | Albert Spani | 546 |
30th | LUX | Nico Klein | 543 |
65 | FRG | Kurt Meyer | 506 |
Date: October 18, 1968
69 participants from 42 countries
Rapid fire pistol 25 m
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | POLE | Józef Zapędzki | 593 ( OR ) |
2 | ROME | Marcel Roşca | 591 |
3 | URS | Renart Suleimanov | 591 |
4th | GDR | Christian Düring | 591 |
5 | FRG | Erich Masurat | 590 |
6th | GDR | Gerhard Dommrich | 589 |
7th | TCH | Lubomír Nácovský | 588 |
8th | ITA | Giovanni Liverzani | 588 |
9 | FRG | Hans Standl | 587 |
30th | AUT | Hubert Garschall | 579 |
40 | SUI | Kurt Klingler | 575 |
42 | SUI | Josef Ziltener | 572 |
Date: October 22nd and 23rd, 1968
56 participants from 34 countries
Skeet
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | URS | Yevgeny Petrov | 198 ( OR ) |
2 | ITA | Romano Garagnani | 198 ( OR ) |
3 | FRG | Konrad Wirnhier | 198 ( OR ) |
4th | URS | Yuri Zuranow | 196 |
5 | BY | Pedro Gianella | 194 |
6th | CHI | Nicolas Atalah | 194 |
7th | CHI | Jorge Jottar | 194 |
8th | GRE | Panagiotis Xanthakos | 194 |
21st | FRG | Karl Meyer zu Hölsen | 189 |
32 | SUI | Paul Vittet | 186 |
Date: October 21 and 22, 1968
52 participants from 30 countries
Trap
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | GBR | John Braithwaite | 198 |
2 | United States | Thomas Garrigus | 196 |
3 | GDR | Kurt Czekalla | 196 |
4th | URS | Pāvels Seničevs | 196 |
5 | FRA | Pierre Candelo | 195 |
6th | POLE | Adam Smelczyński | 195 |
7th | URS | Alexander Alipov | 195 |
8th | CAN | John Primrose | 194 |
23 | GDR | Rudolf Hager | 190 |
29 | FRG | Werner Buehse | 189 |
37 | AUT | Josef Meixner | 187 |
38 | FRG | Erich Gehmann | 187 |
Date: October 18 and 19, 1968
55 participants from 34 countries
The silver medal was awarded after a jump-off between Thomas Garrigus, Kurt Czekalla and Pāvels Seničevs.
Web links
- Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official results of the 1968 Summer Games (PDF, 11.0 MB)