Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet

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Skeet
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Schießanlage
DateAugust 31 & September 2, 1972
Competitors63 from 36 nations
Winning score195 +25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Konrad Wirnhier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Yevgeni Petrov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Buchheim Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1968
1976  

The following are the results of the Skeet competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics . All three medalists had a tied score of 195. A shoot off was held, in the shoot off 1970 world champion, Konrad Wirnhier of West Germany hit all 25 birds to claim the gold. Earlier in the competition co-world record holder Yury Tsuranov of the Soviet Union disagreed with a ruling on a lost bird, and walked off the field. For his actions he penalized three birds. This brought his score down to 192, exactly three birds short for the shoot off for the gold medal. [1]

Final

The format was: 200 targets. Four rounds of 25 targets for a total of 100 targets in each day. Ties for the medals were broken with a shoot off, all other ties are broken by the best score in round 8, if still tied after that it goes to round 7 and continues until the tie is broken.

RankNameNationality1234Day 15678TotalShoot off
Gold medal icon.svg Konrad Wirnhier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 24252425982325252419525
Silver medal icon.svg Yevgeni Petrov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 25242424972425252419524
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Buchheim Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 25252324972525232519523
4 Joe Neville Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 242525259921242525194
5 Roberto Castrillo Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 232425249625242524194
6 Klaus Reschke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 242423259525242325193
7 Élie Pénot Flag of France.svg  France 232424259625252324193
8Lakis GeorgiouFlag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece 232522239325252425192
9Jack JohnsonFlag of the United States.svg  United States 232324249425252325192
10 Romano Garagnani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 232325249423252524192
11 Miguel Marina Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 242525239723252324192
12Ari WestergårdFlag of Finland.svg  Finland 242525239724242324192
13 Yury Tsuranov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 252421259525252423192
14 Francis Cornet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 222425259624252423192
15Lucian CojocaruFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 252125239424232525191
16 Colin Sephton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 232324259524232425191
17Jorge UauyFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 242422239324252524191
18Carlo Alberto LodiFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 232323249325242524191
19Niels-Ove MikkelsenFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 232425229424252523191
20Artur RogowskiFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 222324259421252525190
21 Panagiotis Xanthakos Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece 252124239325242424190
22Walter WriggeFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany 232225259523252324190
23Gleb PintilieFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 242423239423252523190
24Servilio TorresFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 242324249524242423190
25Bruno De CostaFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 242425259823212323188
26 Firmo Roberti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 222324259424252322188
27Gerardo GonzálezFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 242024229025232425187
28Özman GıraudFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 232423249421242325187
29Lars-Erik SöderbergFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 232520229024242524187
30 Güneş Yunus Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 232223229024252424187
31 Ben Pon Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 232522249423242224187
32 Antonio Yaqigi Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 222224249225242422187
33 Anton Manolov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 242324239424242322187
34Tony RosettiFlag of the United States.svg  United States 232123239024242424186
35 Eric Swinkels Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 222325239325212324186
36 Karni Singh Flag of India.svg  India 212422249124252323186
37Roger ManginFlag of France.svg  France 242322229124212425185
38 Nuria Ortíz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 222324239222232523185
39 Wiesław Gawlikowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 232322229023252423185
40Antoine SaadeFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 212520259124252223185
41 Juan Bueno Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 242323209024232324184
42Gert-Åke BengtssonFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 232320238924242125183
43Manuel GonzálezFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 212222238824242224182
44 Park Do-geun Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 212423229024232223182
45 Juan Ávalos Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 232023249022242422182
46 Ole Justesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 232122228824212225180
47 Andrés Amador Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 212223228823222423180
48 Chris Binet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 232123259220232520180
49José de MatosFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 212224218823242123179
50 Donald Sanderlin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 192323238822252221178
51 Rafael Batista Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 252321208921231924176
52William CampbellFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 222119228423232124175
53 Arthur McMahon Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 202023218422242222174
54 Maurice Tabet Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 212121218421221925171
55 Joseph Grech Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 212323208724201920170
56 Park Seong-tae Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 182318207922222322168
57Melchor YapFlag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 202220228419212221167
58 Riad Yunes Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 182222198122192024166
59 Carlos Asbun Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 162222208021192319162
60 Armando Salvietti Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 182220218120221721161
61Raymundo QuitorianoFlag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 171616196817211921143
62 Domingo Lorenzo Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 191420177017171820142
Philip Serjeant Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland DNF
Ratcho KossevFlag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria DNS
Heikki LindforsFlag of Finland.svg  Finland DNS
Robert Carr-HartleyFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNS

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References

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