Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre running target

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]

50 metre running target
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueSchießanlage
DateAugust 31 & September 1, 1972
Competitors28 from 16 nations
Winning score569 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yakiv Zheleznyak  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helmut Bellingrodt  Colombia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Kynoch  Great Britain
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Final

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The format was: 50 metres; 30 shots at each speed, slow and fast. 60 shots in total, for a possible score of 600.

Rank Name Nationality slow run fast run Total
  Yakiv Zheleznyak   Soviet Union 289 280 569 WR
  Helmut Bellingrodt   Colombia 286 279 565
  John Kynoch   Great Britain 284 278 562
4 Valerii Postoyanov   Soviet Union 286 274 560
5 Christoph-Michael Zeisner   West Germany 276 278 554
6 Göte Gåård   Sweden 274 279 553
7 Günther Danne   West Germany 276 275 551
8 Karl-Axel Karlsson   Sweden 281 270 551
9 Edmund Moeller   United States 285 265 550
10 Giovanni Mezzani   Italy 277 271 548
11 Enrique Rebora   Argentina 279 268 547
12 John H. Larsen Jr.   Norway 278 268 546
13 Gyula Szabó   Hungary 276 269 545
14 Pekka Suomela   Finland 278 267 545
15 Hanspeter Bellingrodt   Colombia 280 265 545
16 Roger Renaux   France 277 267 544
17 Zygmunt Bogdziewicz   Poland 276 265 541
18 Pedro Ramírez   Puerto Rico 275 265 540
19 Charles Davis   United States 276 264 540
20 Kim Song-bok   North Korea 268 268 536
21 Roman Kuzior   Poland 272 264 536
22 István Jenei   Hungary 276 255 531
23 Paavo Mikkonen   Finland 279 251 530
24 John Anthony   Great Britain 273 254 527
25 Tore Skau   Norway 268 258 526
26 Graeme McIntyre   New Zealand 270 253 523
27 Giancarlo Cecconi   Italy 262 258 520
28 Frank Tossas   Puerto Rico 269 186 455
- Enrique Soto   Mexico DNS
- Dok Man-Oh   North Korea DNS

References

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  1. ^ Sports Reference. "Shooting at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Running Target, 50 metres". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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