Shooting at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Dates	27 August-2 September 1972
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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 pistol	mixed
25 m rapid fire pistol	mixed
Shotgun
Trap	mixed
Skeet	mixed
Running target
50 m running target	mixed
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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]

Events [ edit ]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
pistol details	Ragnar Skanaker   ( SWE )	Dan Iuga   ( ROU )	Rudolf Dollinger   ( AUT )
rapid fire pistol details	Jozef Zap?dzki   ( POL )	Ladislav Falta   ( TCH )	Viktor Torshin   ( URS )
running target details	Yakov Zheleznyak   ( URS )	Helmut Bellingrodt   ( COL )	John Kynoch   ( GBR )
rifle prone details	Ri Ho-jun   ( PRK )	Vic Auer   ( USA )	Nicolae Rotaru   ( ROU )
rifle three positions details	John Writer   ( USA )	Lanny Bassham   ( USA )	Werner Lippoldt   ( GDR )
300 metre free rifle three positions details	Lones Wigger   ( USA )	Boris Melnik   ( URS )	Lajos Papp   ( HUN )
skeet details	Konrad Wirnhier   ( FRG )	Yevgeni Petrov   ( URS )	Michael Buchheim   ( GDR )
trap details	Angelo Scalzone   ( ITA )	Michel Carrega   ( FRA )	Silvano Basagni   ( ITA )

Participating nations [ edit ]

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

Medal count [ edit ]

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
Totals (15 entries)		8	8	8	24

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official Olympic Report