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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Shooting Range, Hochbrück, München
Date Started: August 27, 1972
Date Finished: August 29, 1972
Format: 200 targets.
| Gold: | Angelo Scalzone |
| Silver: | Michel Carrega |
| Bronze: | Silvano Basagni |
The 1970 World Champion was France’s Michel Carrega, but he was beaten in München by Italy’s Angelo Scalzone who broke the world record with 199. Carrega placed second over the former world record holder, Scalzone’s teammate, Silvano Basagni.
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Scalzone | 41 | Italy | ITA | Gold | 199 | WR |
| 2 | Michel Carrega | 37 | France | FRA | Silver | 198 | |
| 3 | Silvano Basagni | 34 | Italy | ITA | Bronze | 195 | |
| 4 | Burckhardt Hoppe | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 193 | ||
| 5 | Johnny Påhlsson | 31 | Sweden | SWE | 193 | ||
| 6 | James Poindexter | 23 | United States | USA | 192 | ||
| 7 | John Primrose | 30 | Canada | CAN | 192 | ||
| 8 | Marcos José Olsen | 34 | Brazil | BRA | 191 | ||
| 9 | Ricardo Sancho | 30 | Spain | ESP | 191 | ||
| 10 | Eladio Vallduvi | 22 | Spain | ESP | 191 | ||
| 11 | Adam Smelczyński | 41 | Poland | POL | 190 | ||
| 12 | Heinz Leibinger | 31 | West Germany | FRG | 190 | ||
| 13 | Aleksandr Alipov | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 190 | ||
| 14 | Gheorghe Florescu | 44 | Romania | ROU | 190 | ||
| 15 | Aleksandr Androshkin | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 190 | ||
| 16 | Guy Rénard | 38 | Belgium | BEL | 189 | ||
| 17 | Don Haldeman | 25 | United States | USA | 187 | ||
| 18 | Manfred Geisler | 23 | East Germany | GDR | 187 | ||
| 19 | Armando Marques | 35 | Portugal | POR | 187 | ||
| 20 | Josef Meixner | 32 | Austria | AUT | 186 | ||
| 21 | Ronald Carter | 34 | Great Britain | GBR | 186 | ||
| 22 | Sperry Marshall | 41 | Australia | AUS | 186 | ||
| 23 | Fernando Walls | 41 | Mexico | MEX | 186 | ||
| 24 | Silvano Raganini | 28 | San Marino | SMR | 186 | ||
| 25 | Brian Bailey | 40 | Great Britain | GBR | 185 | ||
| 26 | Peter Blecher | 38 | West Germany | FRG | 185 | ||
| 27 | David Alkon | 35 | Mexico | MEX | 185 | ||
| 28 | Jean-Jacques Baud | 24 | France | FRA | 184 | ||
| 29 | James Platz | 41 | Canada | CAN | 184 | ||
| 30 | Ion Dumitrescu | 47 | Romania | ROU | 183 | ||
| 31 | Paul Vittet | 39 | Switzerland | SUI | 182 | ||
| 32 | Kim Tae-Seok | 25 | South Korea | KOR | 181 | ||
| 33 | Egon Hansen | 41 | Denmark | DEN | 180 | ||
| 34 | Karni Singh | 48 | India | IND | 180 | ||
| 35 | Grzegorz Strouhal | 29 | Poland | POL | 179 | ||
| 36 | Armando Salvietti | 17 | Bolivia | BOL | 179 | ||
| 37 | Vincenzo Lucchini | 47 | Switzerland | SUI | 178 | ||
| 38 | Dermot Kelly | 55 | Ireland | IRL | 178 | ||
| 39 | Michael Carr-Hartley | 30 | Kenya | KEN | 178 | ||
| 40 | Fettah Güney | 35 | Turkey | TUR | 177 | ||
| 41 | Kim Nam-Gu | 48 | South Korea | KOR | 177 | ||
| 42 | Gerry Brady | 46 | Ireland | IRL | 176 | ||
| 43 | Guglielmo Giusti | 34 | San Marino | SMR | 175 | ||
| 44 | Randhir Singh | 25 | India | IND | 173 | ||
| 45 | Paul Cerutti | 61 | Monaco | MON | 171 | ||
| 46 | Túlio Miraglia | 42 | Brazil | BRA | 171 | ||
| 47 | Mounzer Khatib | 36 | Syria | SYR | 170 | ||
| 48 | Elias Salhab | 47 | Lebanon | LIB | 170 | ||
| 49 | Juan Jorge Giha, Sr. | 49 | Peru | PER | 168 | ||
| 50 | Joseph Mesmar | 50 | Syria | SYR | 167 | ||
| 51 | Brian Carr-Hartley | 34 | Kenya | KEN | 165 | ||
| 52 | Assaad Andraos | 27 | Lebanon | LIB | 163 | ||
| 53 | Dumrong Pachonyut | 39 | Thailand | THA | 160 | ||
| 54 | Ricardo Roberts | 55 | Bolivia | BOL | 156 | ||
| 55 | Boonkua Lourvanij | 42 | Thailand | THA | 145 | ||
| 56 | Manuel Valdes | 16 | Philippines | PHI | 138 | ||
| 57 | Philip Serjeant | 42 | Swaziland | SWZ | 122 |