1972 Summer Olympics / Shooting

Shooting at the XX. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Garching near Munich
Competition venue	Olympic shooting range in Hochbrück
Nations	71
Athletes	397 (4 women, 393 men)
date	August 27 - September 2, 1972
decisions	8th
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At the XX. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , eight sports shooting competitions were held. The venue was the Hochbrück Olympic shooting range in Garching near Munich .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	2	-	4th
2	Soviet Union	1	2	1	4th
3	Italy	1	-	1	2
4th	BR Germany	1	-	-	1
	North Korea	1	-	-	1
	Poland	1	-	-	1
	Sweden	1	-	-	1
8th	Romania	-	1	1	2
9	France	-	1	-	1
	Colombia	-	1	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	1	-	1
12	GDR	-	-	2	2
13	GBR	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1
	Hungary	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Free rifle three position fight 300 m	Lones wigger	Borys Melnyk	Lajos Papp
Small caliber three-position fight 50 m	John Writer	Lanny Bassham	Werner Lippoldt
Small bore, lying 50 m	Ri Ho-jun	Victor Auer	Nicolae Rotaru
Running target 50 m	Yakiv Scheleznjak	Helmut Bellingrodt	John Kynoch
Free pistol 50 m	Ragnar Skanåker	Dan Iuga	Rudolf Dollinger
Rapid fire pistol 25 m	Józef Zapędzki	Ladislav Falta	Viktor Torzhin
Skeet	Konrad Wirnhier	Yevgeny Petrov	Michael Buchheim
Trap	Angelo Scalzone	Michel Carrega	Silvano Basagni

Time schedule

1

1st day of competition

2

2nd day of competition

2nd or 3rd day of competition (final)

final

Competitions	August September
	27.	28.	29	30th	31.	01.	02.
Free rifle three position fight 300 m
Small caliber three-position fight 50 m
Small bore, lying 50 m
Running target 50 m					1
Free pistol 50 m
Rapid fire pistol 25 m					1
Skeet					1	2
Trap	1	2

Results

Free rifle three position fight 300 m

space	country	athlete	Points	lying	standing	kneeling
1	United States	Lones wigger	1155	394	379	382
2	URS	Borys Melnyk	1155	394	374	387
3	HUN	Lajos Papp	1149	394	364	391
4th	GDR	Uto Wunderlich	1149	393	368	388
5	TCH	Karel Bulan	1146	394	370	382
6th	FIN	Jaakko Minkkinen	1146	396	364	386
7th	United States	Lanny Bassham	1144	389	368	387
8th	URS	Valentin Kornew	1143	391	365	387
9	GDR	Werner Lippoldt	1141	387	365	389
10	SUI	Martin Truttmann	1141	390	366	385
20th	FRG	Dirk Fudickar	1131	388	362	381
22nd	FRG	Andreas Beyeler	1126	385	359	382

Date: September 2, 1972
36 participants from 22 countries

The large-caliber rifle had to be fired at a distance of 300 m; 4 series of 10 rounds had to be fired in each position. This discipline was last Olympic.

Small caliber three-position fight 50 m

space	country	athlete	Points	lying	standing	kneeling
1	United States	John Writer	1166 ( WR )	395	381	390
2	United States	Lanny Bassham	1157	390	375	392
3	GDR	Werner Lippoldt	1153	393	372	388
4th	TCH	Petr Kovarik	1153	397	368	388
5	URS	Vladimir Agishev	1152	392	369	391
6th	POLE	Andrzej Sieledcow	1151	395	369	387
7th	FRG	Gottfried Kustermann	1149	397	364	388
8th	ROME	Nicolae Rotaru	1148	397	361	390
14th	GDR	Uto Wunderlich	1142	391	374	377
15th	SUI	Erwin Vogt	1141	398	360	383
16	FRG	Bernd Klingner	1141	395	359	387
25th	AUT	Wolfram Waibel sr.	1137	392	364	381
39	AUT	Guido Loacker	1126	396	355	375
45	SUI	Martin Truttmann	1117	391	359	367

Date: August 30, 1972
69 participants from 40 countries

It had to be shot at a distance of 50 m, in each position there were 4 series of 10 rounds.

Small bore, lying 50 m

space	country	athlete	Points	1st series	2nd series	3rd series	4th series	5th series	6th series
1	PRK	Ri Ho-jun	599 ( WR )	099	100	100	100	100	100
2	United States	Victor Auer	598	100	098	100	100	100	100
3	ROME	Nicolae Rotaru	598	100	100	100	099	100	099
4th	ITA	Giuseppe de Chirico	597	099	100	099	099	100	100
5	TCH	Jiri Vogler	597	100	100	098	099	100	100
6th	PURE	Jaime Santiago	597	100	100	099	099	099	100
7th	United States	Lones wigger	597	099	099	100	100	100	099
8th	HUN	László Hammerl	597	100	099	100	100	099	099
12	GDR	Werner Lippoldt	596	100	099	100	099	099	099
13	AUT	Wolfram Waibel	596	100	100	100	098	100	098
16	FRG	New Year's Knipfer	595	099	100	098	100	100	098
24	GDR	Peter Gorewski	593	098	099	099	099	099	099
37	FRG	Gottfried Kustermann	592	099	099	098	099	098	099
62	SUI	Erwin Vogt	588	098	099	099	096	098	098
63	SUI	Theo Ditzler	587	098	095	097	098	100	099
67	AUT	Karl Froeschl	587	100	097	097	099	099	095
81	LIE	Raimond Sele	583	095	096	098	098	100	096
87	LIE	Louis Frommelt	580	099	099	095	096	095	096

Date: August 28, 1972
101 participants from 58 countries

It had to be shot at a distance of 50 m, a total of 60 rounds had to be fired (in 6 series of 10 rounds)

Running target 50 m

space	country	athlete	Points	1st series	2nd series	3rd series	4th series	5th series	6th series
1	URS	Yakiv Scheleznjak	569 ( WR )	96	97	96	93	93	94
2	COL	Helmut Bellingrodt	565	97	94	95	93	92	94
3	GBR	John Kynoch	562	95	95	94	90	94	94
4th	URS	Valery Postoialov	560	96	93	97	93	89	92
5	FRG	Christoph-Michael Zeisner	554	89	94	93	95	91	92
6th	SWE	God Gåård	553	87	91	96	92	92	95
7th	FRG	Günther Danne	551	90	94	92	87	95	93
8th	SWE	Karl-Axel Karlsson	551	91	95	95	90	90	90

Date: August 31st and September 1st, 1972
28 participants from 16 countries

60 rounds were to be fired at a distance of 50 m (in 6 series of 10 rounds).

Free pistol 50 m

space	country	athlete	Points	1st series	2nd series	3rd series	4th series	5th series	6th series
1	SWE	Ragnar Skanåker	567 ( OR )	98	92	95	94	97	91
2	ROME	Dan Iuga	562	93	92	92	95	96	94
3	AUT	Rudolf Dollinger	560	91	96	92	94	95	92
4th	POLE	Rajmund Stachurski	559	91	88	99	95	92	94
5	GDR	Harald Vollmar	558	93	93	94	93	93	92
6th	TCH	Hynek Hromada	556	90	94	92	95	92	93
7th	HUN	Kornél Marosvári	555	90	90	93	92	94	96
8th	URS	Grigory Kossych	555	92	93	94	93	93	90
15th	FRG	Heinrich Fretwurst	551	90	92	94	93	91	91
16	FRG	Heinz Mertel	550	92	91	90	91	92	94
21st	AUT	Hubert Garschall	548	91	91	93	95	90	88

Date: August 27, 1972
64 participants from 38 countries, including 1 woman ( Afërdita Tusha )

It had to be shot at a distance of 50 m, 60 rounds had to be fired (in 6 series of 10 rounds).

Rapid fire pistol 25 m

space	country	athlete	Points	8 sec	6 sec	4 sec
1	POLE	Józef Zapędzki	595 ( OR )	200	199	196
2	TCH	Ladislav Falta	594	200	197	197
3	URS	Viktor Torzhin	593	199	197	197
4th	SUI	Paul Buser	592	198	197	197
5	ESP	Jaime González	592	196	200	196
6th	ITA	Giovanni Liverzani	591	199	197	195
7th	BUL	Dentscho Denew	590	198	196	196
8th	AUT	Gerhard Petritsch	590	198	196	196
11	FRG	Helmut Seeger	589	198	197	194
16	FRG	Erwin Glock	586	198	197	191
21st	GDR	Christian Düring	583	197	194	192
32	AUT	Hubert Garschall	581	198	196	187
38	LUX	Michel Braun	577	197	196	184
60	SUI	Kurt Rey	440	196	147	097

Date: August 31st and September 1st, 1972
62 participants from 39 countries

30 shots (in 2 series of 5 shots) had to be fired on two days at a distance of 25 m, in eight, six and four seconds each.

Skeet

space	country	athlete	Points	1st series	2nd series	3rd series	4th series	5th series	6th series	7th series	8th series
1	FRG	Konrad Wirnhier	195	24	25th	24	25th	23	25th	25th	24
2	URS	Yevgeny Petrov	195	25th	24	24	24	24	25th	25th	24
3	GDR	Michael Buchheim	195	25th	25th	23	24	25th	25th	23	25th
4th	GBR	Joe Neville	194	24	25th	25th	25th	21st	24	25th	25th
5	CUB	Roberto Castrillo	194	23	24	25th	24	25th	24	25th	24
6th	GDR	Klaus Reschke	193	24	24	23	25th	25th	24	23	25th
7th	FRA	Elie Penot	193	23	24	24	25th	25th	25th	23	24
8th	GRE	Paschal Georgiou	192	23	25th	22nd	23	25th	25th	24	25th
22nd	FRG	Walter Wrigge	190	23	22nd	25th	25th	23	25th	23	24

Date: August 31 to September 2, 1972
63 riflemen participants from 36 countries

200 rounds were to be fired (in 8 series of 25 rounds). The places 1 to 3 had to be determined in a jump-off (25 shots) due to a tie .

Trap

space	country	athlete	Points	1st series	2nd series	3rd series	4th series	5th series	6th series	7th series	8th series
1	ITA	Angelo Scalzone	199 ( WR )	25th	25th	25th	25th	24	25th	25th	25th
2	FRA	Michel Carrega	198	24	24	25th	25th	25th	25th	25th	25th
3	ITA	Silvano Basagni	195	24	24	25th	25th	25th	25th	23	24
4th	GDR	Burckhardt Hoppe	193	25th	25th	24	21st	24	24	25th	25th
5	SWE	Johnny Pahlsson	193	23	25th	24	25th	23	25th	23	25th
6th	United States	James Poindexter	192	24	25th	22nd	25th	25th	24	22nd	25th
7th	CAN	John Primrose	192	25th	23	22nd	24	24	25th	25th	24
8th	BRA	Marcos Jose Olsen	191	22nd	25th	24	22nd	25th	24	24	25th
12	FRG	Heinz Leibinger	190	23	24	22nd	25th	25th	24	23	24
20th	AUT	Josef Meixner	186	24	21st	23	23	23	23	25th	24
26th	FRG	Peter Blecher	185	24	24	22nd	22nd	24	23	23	23
31	SUI	Paul Vittet	182	22nd	22nd	25th	23	24	21st	22nd	23
37	SUI	Vincenzo Lucchini	178	21st	22nd	23	24	20th	22nd	22nd	24

Date: August 27-29, 1972
57 participants from 34 countries

200 rounds were to be fired (in 8 series of 25 rounds).

Web links

• Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1972 Summer Games (PDF, 29.4 MB)