| 50 metre running target at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Schießanlage | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 31 & September 1, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 569 WR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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| 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 |
The following are the results of the 50 metre running target competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics . Various types of a running target event had been held on and off throughout the history of the Olympics. It was last in the Olympics in 1956 where it was a 100 metre running deer event. This event often consisted as a running deer target at several speeds and distances, but at these games it was contested as a running boar shot at 50 metres at two speeds. The gold medal went to Yakiv Zheleznyak of the Soviet Union. He broke the world record in event with a score of 569. The silver medal went to Helmut Bellingrodt of Colombia this was the first Olympic medal won by a Colombian athlete. [1]
