Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions

Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – 50 meter rifle three positions; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Schießanlage
Date	August 30, 1972
Competitors	69 from 40 nations
Winning score	1166 WR
Medalists
	← 1968 1976 →

Last updated December 12, 2020

These are the results of the 50 metre rifle three positions at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The gold medal went to John Writer of the United States, who was the silver medalist in 1968. He went on and broke the world record with a score of 1166 points. The silver medalist was also from the United States, Lanny Bassham, who got off to a poor start, but recovered well enough to claim silver. Bassham returned 4 years later to claim gold in the same event.^[1]

Final

Format: 50 metres; 120 shots. 40 shots prone, 40 shots kneeling and 40 shots standing. 400 possible at each distance, 1200 total points available. All ties were broken by the best score on the final string of kneeling, if still tied the best score on the final string of standing, followed by prone.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Position	Series				Total	Score
Rank	Name	Nationality	Position	1	2	3	4	Total	Score
	John Writer	United States	Prone	97	99	99	100	395	1166 WR
			Standing	95	98	94	94	381
			Kneeling	98	96	99	97	390
	Lanny Bassham	United States	Prone	97	97	99	97	390	1157
			Standing	92	95	95	93	375
			Kneeling	97	100	97	98	392
	Werner Lippoldt	East Germany	Prone	98	98	99	98	393	1153
			Standing	93	97	90	92	372
			Kneeling	98	95	96	99	388
4	Petr Kovářík	Czechoslovakia	Prone	99	99	100	99	397	1153
			Standing	89	93	90	96	368
			Kneeling	96	96	98	98	388
5	Vladimir Agishev	Soviet Union	Prone	98	99	97	98	392	1152
			Standing	90	96	92	91	369
			Kneeling	99	97	99	96	391
6	Andrzej Sieledcow	Poland	Prone	98	100	98	99	395	1151
			Standing	96	91	91	91	369
			Kneeling	99	95	96	97	387
7	Gottfried Kustermann	West Germany	Prone	99	99	100	99	397	1149
			Standing	92	89	93	90	364
			Kneeling	96	95	98	9	388
8	Nicolae Rotaru	Romania	Prone	99	100	99	99	397	1148
			Standing	90	88	89	94	361
			Kneeling	97	98	99	96	390
9	Ri Ho-jun	North Korea	Prone	98	99	100	99	396	1147
			Standing	92	91	91	93	367
			Kneeling	98	94	99	93	384
10	Zdravko Milutinović	Yugoslavia	Prone	98	98	100	100	396	1144
			Standing	92	92	91	91	366
			Kneeling	98	90	97	97	382
11	Vitaly Parkhimovich	Soviet Union	Prone	97	99	100	100	396	1144
			Standing	88	94	92	90	364
			Kneeling	94	98	96	96	384
12	Karel Bulan	Czechoslovakia	Prone	97	100	100	98	395	1144
			Standing	91	92	92	92	367
			Kneeling	95	97	94	96	382
13	Emiliyan Vergov	Bulgaria	Prone	99	100	96	98	393	1143
			Standing	93	87	91	91	362
			Kneeling	96	97	98	97	388
14	Uto Wunderlich	East Germany	Prone	97	96	98	100	391	1142
			Standing	90	95	94	95	374
			Kneeling	95	95	96	91	377
15	Erwin Vogt	Switzerland	Prone	99	100	100	99	398	1141
			Standing	91	90	90	89	360
			Kneeling	96	97	94	96	383
16	Bernd Klingner	West Germany	Prone	99	98	100	98	395	1141
			Standing	90	91	83	95	359
			Kneeling	98	96	98	95	387
17	László Hammerl	Hungary	Prone	96	99	100	100	395	1141
			Standing	93	89	93	92	367
			Kneeling	96	92	97	94	379
18	Malcolm Cooper	Great Britain	Prone	100	98	99	97	394	1141
			Standing	93	89	93	89	364
			Kneeling	96	98	97	92	383
19	Miguel Valdes	Cuba	Prone	99	98	99	97	393	1139
			Standing	89	85	92	93	359
			Kneeling	96	99	97	95	387
20	Petre Șandor	Romania	Prone	96	95	97	99	387	1139
			Standing	96	94	89	90	369
			Kneeling	95	96	99	93	383
21	Giuseppe De Chirico	Italy	Prone	99	97	100	99	395	1138
			Standing	89	89	91	93	362
			Kneeling	94	95	95	97	381
22	Christer Jansson	Sweden	Prone	98	99	98	100	395	1138
			Standing	91	91	91	92	365
			Kneeling	91	95	95	97	378
23	Sándor Nagy	Hungary	Prone	96	100	100	100	396	1138
			Standing	88	91	91	90	360
			Kneeling	92	96	98	96	382
24	Gilbert Emptaz	France	Prone	98	99	100	98	395	1138
			Standing	91	93	87	91	362
			Kneeling	96	94	95	96	381
25	Wolfram Waibel, Sr.	Austria	Prone	98	98	96	100	392	1137
			Standing	90	93	91	90	364
			Kneeling	96	98	96	91	381
26	Sven Johansson	Sweden	Prone	99	99	99	98	395	1136
			Standing	91	87	90	89	357
			Kneeling	95	97	96	96	384
27	Li Yun-hae	North Korea	Prone	99	100	100	98	397	1134
			Standing	86	91	87	88	352
			Kneeling	94	98	94	99	385
28	Raúl Llanos	Cuba	Prone	99	99	98	97	393	1134
			Standing	89	91	91	88	359
			Kneeling	95	95	96	96	382
29	Esa Kervinen	Finland	Prone	98	100	99	98	395	1134
			Standing	90	90	85	93	358
			Kneeling	96	96	94	95	381
30	Henning Clausen	Denmark	Prone	99	98	99	98	394	1133
			Standing	92	93	85	90	360
			Kneeling	97	96	89	97	379
31	Bob Churchill	Great Britain	Prone	97	99	100	100	396	1132
			Standing	91	90	90	87	358
			Kneeling	95	92	96	95	378
32	Jaakko Minkkinen	Finland	Prone	98	98	98	98	392	1132
			Standing	89	93	85	94	361
			Kneeling	95	96	96	92	379
33	Per Weichel	Denmark	Prone	97	97	98	99	391	1130
			Standing	84	94	87	93	358
			Kneeling	92	96	96	97	381
34	Stefan Vasilev	Bulgaria	Prone	100	99	99	99	397	1130
			Standing	84	93	87	90	354
			Kneeling	94	93	97	95	379
35	Bjørn Bakken	Norway	Prone	100	98	96	96	390	1129
			Standing	91	91	92	90	364
			Kneeling	96	91	93	95	375
36	Eugeniusz Pędzisz	Poland	Prone	99	98	97	99	393	1128
			Standing	86	88	90	90	354
			Kneeling	98	93	94	96	381
37	Piero Errani	Italy	Prone	98	99	99	96	392	1128
			Standing	94	87	92	88	361
			Kneeling	93	96	95	91	375
38	Patrice de Mullenheim	France	Prone	98	98	98	99	393	1126
			Standing	81	89	93	86	349
			Kneeling	93	97	98	96	384
39	Guido Loacker	Austria	Prone	98	99	99	100	396	1126
			Standing	85	92	88	90	355
			Kneeling	92	96	91	96	375
40	Mendbayaryn Jantsankhorloo	Mongolia	Prone	100	99	100	98	397	1125
			Standing	84	89	88	89	350
			Kneeling	95	92	94	97	378
41	Minoru Ito	Japan	Prone	99	99	96	96	390	1124
			Standing	88	91	89	86	354
			Kneeling	94	90	97	99	380
42	Alf Mayer	Canada	Prone	99	99	99	97	394	1123
			Standing	89	86	89	83	347
			Kneeling	99	97	93	93	382
43	Olegario Vázquez	Mexico	Prone	96	100	99	97	392	1122
			Standing	91	92	90	81	354
			Kneeling	92	97	96	91	376
44	Helge Anshushaug	Norway	Prone	98	100	100	100	398	1121
			Standing	84	85	94	85	348
			Kneeling	92	94	98	91	375
45	Martin Truttmann	Switzerland	Prone	98	95	98	100	391	1117
			Standing	89	88	90	92	359
			Kneeling	89	92	94	92	367
46	Henry Herscovici	Israel	Prone	97	97	100	100	394	1114
			Standing	90	82	86	87	345
			Kneeling	95	94	92	94	375
47	Frans Lafortune	Belgium	Prone	99	97	99	99	394	1107
			Standing	86	88	85	86	345
			Kneeling	94	89	92	93	368
48	Jaime Callejas	Colombia	Prone	97	98	93	99	387	1106
			Standing	83	89	87	87	346
			Kneeling	94	90	97	92	373
49	Arne Sorensen	Canada	Prone	95	100	98	98	391	1105
			Standing	84	87	83	88	342
			Kneeling	94	92	93	93	372
50	Jesús Elizondo	Mexico	Prone	97	100	96	97	390	1105
			Standing	87	82	88	84	341
			Kneeling	95	93	94	92	374
51	Wu Tao-yan	Republic of China	Prone	96	99	98	97	390	1101
			Standing	86	91	80	86	343
			Kneeling	91	94	90	93	368
52	Jorge di Giandoménico	Argentina	Prone	97	96	97	96	386	1098
			Standing	88	85	90	87	350
			Kneeling	93	88	91	90	362
53	Chawalit Kamutchati	Thailand	Prone	99	97	96	96	388	1090
			Standing	87	88	80	83	338
			Kneeling	85	91	94	94	364
54	Yondonjamtsyn Batsükh	Mongolia	Prone	100	97	96	97	390	1088
			Standing	84	80	86	81	331
			Kneeling	93	91	90	93	367
55	Alfonso Rodríguez	Colombia	Prone	94	98	98	98	388	1087
			Standing	78	87	87	90	342
			Kneeling	85	89	89	84	357
56	Hugo Chamberlain	Costa Rica	Prone	98	98	96	96	388	1086
			Standing	87	86	82	82	337
			Kneeling	91	92	90	88	361
57	Preeda Phengdisth	Thailand	Prone	97	96	98	96	387	1079
			Standing	80	78	83	88	329
			Kneeling	90	93	86	94	363
58	Mehmet Dursun	Turkey	Prone	96	98	97	97	388	1078
			Standing	83	85	79	86	333
			Kneeling	91	90	88	88	357
59	Lodovico Espinosa	Philippines	Prone	97	99	97	97	390	1072
			Standing	82	76	81	81	320
			Kneeling	96	90	89	87	362
60	Dismus Onyiego	Kenya	Prone	98	96	94	98	386	1063
			Standing	84	75	78	83	320
			Kneeling	84	93	88	92	357
61	César Batista	Portugal	Prone	96	99	98	100	393	1057
			Standing	72	83	60	90	305
			Kneeling	89	92	89	89	359
62	Juan Antonio Valencia	El Salvador	Prone	95	97	98	98	388	1053
			Standing	81	81	80	75	317
			Kneeling	88	90	81	89	348
63	Mário Ribeiro	Portugal	Prone	93	96	93	97	379	1051
			Standing	78	85	76	84	323
			Kneeling	82	92	84	81	349
64	John Muhato	Kenya	Prone	96	96	97	97	386	1040
			Standing	83	78	76	73	310
			Kneeling	87	84	88	85	344
65	Italo Casali	San Marino	Prone	97	94	92	91	374	1026
			Standing	75	79	76	75	305
			Kneeling	87	89	89	82	347
66	Adelbert Nico	Virgin Islands	Prone	93	94	98	97	382	1017
			Standing	73	70	72	71	286
			Kneeling	90	87	86	86	349
67	Francis Boisson	Monaco	Prone	95	97	93	90	375	1004
			Standing	77	74	81	71	303
			Kneeling	83	79	79	85	326
68	Libero Casali	San Marino	Prone	91	90	90	92	363	997
			Standing	72	58	69	81	280
			Kneeling	91	85	90	88	354
69	Salvador Sanpere	Virgin Islands	Prone	94	89	92	93	368	979
			Standing	73	78	74	72	297
			Kneeling	79	83	71	81	314
—	Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham	Ceylon	Prone						DNS
			Standing
			Kneeling
—	Owen Phillips	British Honduras	Prone						DNS
			Standing
			Kneeling
—	Alberto Santiago	Puerto Rico	Prone						DNS
			Standing
			Kneeling

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References

↑ Sports Reference. "Shooting at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

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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 free 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 – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions

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