Shooting at the 1972 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games ▪ Next Summer Games
Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Shooting Range, Hochbrück, München
Date Started: August 31, 1972
Date Finished: September 1, 1972
Format: 50 metres. 60 shots in three courses of 20. 600 possible.
| Gold: | Józef Zapędzki |
| Silver: | Ladislav Falta |
| Bronze: | Viktor Torshin |
Poland’s Józef Zapędzki set an Olympic record of 595 to defend his gold medal, the first shooter to defend in this event since Hungary’s Károly Takács in 1948-52. Wallechinsky noted in The Complete Book of the Olympics, “After the competition Zapędzki visited nearby Dachau and laid a wreath at the grave of his father, who had been killed by the Nazis thirty years earlier.”
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | PTS | R1P | R2P | R3P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Józef Zapędzki | 43 | Poland | POL | Gold | 595 | 200 | 199 | 196 | OR |
| 2 | Ladislav Falta | 36 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | Silver | 594 | 200 | 197 | 197 | |
| 3 | Viktor Torshin | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | Bronze | 593 | 199 | 197 | 197 | |
| 4 | Paul Buser | 38 | Switzerland | SUI | 592 | 198 | 197 | 197 | ||
| 5 | Jaime González | 39 | Spain | ESP | 592 | 196 | 200 | 196 | ||
| 6 | Giovanni Liverzani | 39 | Italy | ITA | 591 | 199 | 197 | 195 | ||
| 7 | Dencho Denev | 36 | Bulgaria | BUL | 590 | 198 | 196 | 196 | ||
| 8 | Gerhard Petritsch | 31 | Austria | AUT | 590 | 198 | 196 | 196 | ||
| 9 | Vladimír Hurt | 24 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 590 | 200 | 198 | 192 | ||
| 10 | Jim McNally | 41 | United States | USA | 589 | 195 | 198 | 196 | ||
| 11 | Helmut Seeger | 39 | West Germany | FRG | 589 | 198 | 197 | 194 | ||
| 12 | Dan Iuga | 26 | Romania | ROU | 589 | 198 | 196 | 195 | ||
| 13 | Immo Huhtinen | 39 | Finland | FIN | 589 | 199 | 198 | 192 | ||
| 14 | Zbigniew Fedyczak | 20 | Poland | POL | 587 | 197 | 199 | 191 | ||
| 15 | Damián Cerdá | 32 | Spain | ESP | 586 | 196 | 196 | 194 | ||
| 16 | Erwin Glock | 47 | West Germany | FRG | 586 | 198 | 197 | 191 | ||
| 17 | Thor-Øistein Endsjø | 36 | Norway | NOR | 586 | 199 | 196 | 191 | ||
| 18 | Alexander Taransky | 31 | Australia | AUS | 586 | 198 | 197 | 191 | ||
| 19 | John Cooke | 33 | Great Britain | GBR | 585 | 197 | 192 | 196 | ||
| 20 | Arturo Costa | 26 | Cuba | CUB | 583 | 194 | 194 | 195 | ||
| 21 | Christian Düring | 33 | East Germany | GDR | 583 | 197 | 194 | 192 | ||
| 22 | Solos Nalampoon | 34 | Thailand | THA | 583 | 197 | 196 | 190 | ||
| 23 | Szilárd Kun | 37 | Hungary | HUN | 583 | 198 | 195 | 190 | ||
| 24 | Igor Bakalov | 32 | Soviet Union | URS | 583 | 200 | 199 | 184 | ||
| 25 | Ion Tripşa | 38 | Romania | ROU | 582 | 197 | 198 | 187 | ||
| 26 | Jean Baumann | 38 | France | FRA | 582 | 195 | 196 | 191 | ||
| 27 | Seppo Mäkinen | 31 | Finland | FIN | 582 | 199 | 197 | 186 | ||
| 28 | Bruce McMillan | 30 | New Zealand | NZL | 582 | 197 | 195 | 190 | ||
| 29 | Jules Sobrian | 37 | Canada | CAN | 582 | 195 | 197 | 190 | ||
| 30 | Kanji Kubo | 34 | Japan | JPN | 582 | 194 | 197 | 191 | ||
| 31 | Curt Andersson | 35 | Sweden | SWE | 582 | 199 | 197 | 186 | ||
| 32 | Hubert Garschall | 32 | Austria | AUT | 581 | 198 | 196 | 187 | ||
| 33 | Takeo Kamachi | 36 | Japan | JPN | 580 | 199 | 199 | 182 | ||
| 34 | Tony Clark | 48 | Great Britain | GBR | 579 | 197 | 190 | 192 | ||
| 35 | Jean-Richard Germont | 27 | France | FRA | 579 | 199 | 195 | 185 | ||
| 36 | André Antunes | 49 | Portugal | POR | 578 | 189 | 197 | 192 | ||
| 37 | Homero Laddaga | 30 | Mexico | MEX | 578 | 197 | 192 | 189 | ||
| 38 | Michel Braun | 42 | Luxembourg | LUX | 577 | 197 | 196 | 184 | ||
| 39 | Tüdeviin Myagmarjav | 27 | Mongolia | MGL | 577 | 195 | 195 | 187 | ||
| 40 | Luis Colina | 31 | Colombia | COL | 577 | 193 | 196 | 188 | ||
| 41 | William Hare | 37 | Canada | CAN | 577 | 195 | 193 | 189 | ||
| 42 | Ivan Mandov | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | 576 | 198 | 199 | 179 | ||
| 43 | Víctor Francis | 39 | Venezuela | VEN | 573 | 192 | 193 | 188 | ||
| 44 | Lennart Christensen | 39 | Denmark | DEN | 573 | 194 | 192 | 187 | ||
| 45 | Bill McMillan | 43 | United States | USA | 572 | 199 | 195 | 178 | ||
| 46 | Rangsit Yanothai | 35 | Thailand | THA | 571 | 196 | 187 | 188 | ||
| 47 | Bruno Morri | 26 | San Marino | SMR | 570 | 195 | 191 | 184 | ||
| 48 | Nelson Torno | 44 | Argentina | ARG | 569 | 190 | 194 | 185 | ||
| 49 | Roberto Ferraris | 20 | Italy | ITA | 568 | 197 | 196 | 175 | ||
| 50 | Víctor Castellanos | 38 | Guatemala | GUA | 567 | 192 | 191 | 184 | ||
| 51 | Guillermo Martínez | 42 | Colombia | COL | 564 | 192 | 195 | 177 | ||
| 52 | Simon González | 35 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 563 | 193 | 192 | 178 | ||
| 53 | Rafael Recto | 40 | Philippines | PHI | 553 | 188 | 185 | 180 | ||
| 54 | Mario Sánchez | 38 | Mexico | MEX | 551 | 197 | 187 | 167 | ||
| 55 | Leonard Bull | 37 | Kenya | KEN | 548 | 191 | 186 | 171 | ||
| 56 | José Luis Rosales | 29 | El Salvador | ESA | 543 | 192 | 186 | 165 | ||
| 57 | Tom Ong | 32 | Philippines | PHI | 533 | 185 | 180 | 168 | ||
| 58 | Peter Laurence | 40 | Kenya | KEN | 533 | 189 | 172 | 172 | ||
| 59 | Bob McAuliffe | 33 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 494 | 180 | 182 | 132 | ||
| 60 | Kurt Rey | 35 | Switzerland | SUI | 440 | 196 | 147 | 97 | ||
| AC | Roberto Tamagnini | 30 | San Marino | SMR | DNF | |||||
| AC | Fernando Miranda | 33 | Puerto Rico | PUR | DNF |