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Shooting at the 1972 München Summer Games:

Mixed Running Target, 50 metres

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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. 600 possible.

Gold: URS Yakiv Zhelezniak
Silver: COL Helmut Bellingrodt
Bronze: GBR John Kynoch

Summary

Various permutations of a running target event had been held at the 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1952, and 1956 Olympics, but it had been off the program for the last three Olympic Games. Often contested as a running deer target, in 1972 it was contested as a running boar event shot over 50 metres. The gold medal in 1972 went to Yakov Zheleznyak (URS) who had been European Champion in running deer singles and doubles in 1965, and broke the world record for the event with 569. The silver medal went to Colombia’s Helmut Bellingrodt, the first Olympic medal won by a Colombian athlete. Bellingrodt would win the World Championship in 1974, and in 1978 he and his two brothers, Horst and Hanspeter (Bellingrodt), won the team event for Colombia at the Worlds.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal PTS SRP FRP
1 Yakiv Zhelezniak 31 Soviet Union URS Gold 569 289 280 WR
2 Helmut Bellingrodt 23 Colombia COL Silver 565 286 279
3 John Kynoch 39 Great Britain GBR Bronze 562 284 278
4 Valery Postoyanov 30 Soviet Union URS 560 286 274
5 Christoph-Michael Zeisner 28 West Germany FRG 554 276 278
6 Göte Gåård 40 Sweden SWE 553 274 279
7 Günther Danne 29 West Germany FRG 551 276 275
8 Karl-Axel Karlsson 32 Sweden SWE 551 281 270
9 Edmund Moeller 37 United States USA 550 285 265
10 Giovanni Mezzani 19 Italy ITA 548 277 271
11 Enrique Rebora 47 Argentina ARG 547 279 268
12 John H. Larsen, Jr. 29 Norway NOR 546 278 268
13 Gyula Szabó 24 Hungary HUN 545 276 269
14 Pekka Suomela 34 Finland FIN 545 278 267
15 Hanspeter Bellingrodt 29 Colombia COL 545 280 265
16 Roger Renaux 46 France FRA 544 277 267
17 Zygmunt Bogdziewicz 31 Poland POL 541 276 265
18 Pedro Ramírez 33 Puerto Rico PUR 540 275 265
19 Charles Davis 45 United States USA 540 276 264
20 Kim Song-Bok 20 North Korea PRK 536 268 268
21 Roman Kuzior 23 Poland POL 536 272 264
22 István Jenei 19 Hungary HUN 531 276 255
23 Paavo Mikkonen 30 Finland FIN 530 279 251
24 John Anthony 39 Great Britain GBR 527 273 254
25 Tore Skau 27 Norway NOR 526 268 258
26 Graeme McIntyre 31 New Zealand NZL 523 270 253
27 Giancarlo Cecconi 37 Italy ITA 520 262 258
28 Frank Tossas 38 Puerto Rico PUR 455 269 186