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Shooting sports have been included at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics except at the 1904 and 1928 games.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 337 competitors, 275 men and 62 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.
Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 226 competitors, 186 men and 40 women, took part in 124 events in 18 sports. It was the first time that West Germany and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.
Norway competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 26 competitors, 24 men and 2 women, took part in 23 events in 6 sports. It was only the second time that Norwegian athletes failed to win any medals at the Olympic Games.
British Honduras sent a delegation to compete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany from 26 August to 11 September 1972. This was the then British territory's second appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of one sport shooter, Owen Phillips, who participated in two events. He came 59th in the 50 meter pistol and 101st in the 50 meter rifle prone.
Olaf Johannessen was a Norwegian shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He won two Olympic silver medals and one bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
Axel Mauritz Eriksson was a Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, in the 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Léon Johnson was a French sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the 1912 Summer Olympics and at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Luis Calvet Sandoz was a Spanish sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Artur Surenovych Ayvazyan is an Olympic shooter for Ukraine and Russia who won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Peter Kohnke was a German sports shooter. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He died in a traffic accident, aged 33.
Hrachya Petikyan is an Armenian sports shooter and USSR, European, four-time World and Olympic Champion. Petikyan is a four-time Olympian who has represented three nations: the Soviet Union, the Unified Team and the Republic of Armenia. He has been awarded the Honored Master of Sport of the USSR title.
Guy Starik is an Israeli sport shooter who has competed in four Olympics. He has won gold medals in shooting at both the European Championships and at four World Cups, and shares the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition.
The mixed 300 m rifle three positions was an event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. This was the final time that free rifle was contested at the Olympics. Soviet shooter Boris Melnik was leading 1155 to 1154 when the unofficial scores were posted, but the official scoring brought American Lones Wigger up to 1155; Wigger won the tie breaker with a better score on the last string fired kneeling, 97, versus 96 for Melnik. It was the third consecutive victory in the event for the United States; the Soviet Union had taken at least one medal each of the six times it competed before the event was discontinued after 1972. Lajos Papp of Hungary took bronze.
Albert Sigl was a German sports shooter. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the 50 metre rifle, prone and 50 metre rifle three positions events. He also completed at 1956 Summer Olympics in the 50 metre rifle, prone and 50 metre rifle three positions events.
The men's 50 metre rifle, prone was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 16 October 1964 at the shooting ranges in Tokyo. 73 shooters from 43 nations competed.
The mixed 50 metre rifle, prone was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 19 October 1968 at the shooting ranges in Mexico City. 86 shooters from 46 nations competed.
Michael Ashcroft is a Canadian sport shooter. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1988 and 1992. In 1988, he placed eighth in the men's 50 metre rifle prone event, and in 1992, he tied for 15th place in the men's 50 metre rifle prone event.
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