Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre pistol

50 metre free pistol
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Ragnar Skanåker (2013)
VenueSchießanlage
DateAugust 27, 1972
Competitors59 from 36 nations
Winning score567 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ragnar Skanåker
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniel Iuga
 Romania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rudolf Dollinger
 Austria
← 1968
1976 →

The mixed (or "open") ISSF 50 meter pistol was a competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. It was held on 27 August 1972 at Schießanlage in Munich. There were 59 competitors from 36 nations.[1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games.

The defending champion was Grigory Kosykh of the Soviet Union, who also held the world record with 572. He would not be a factor at these Games as he struggled and finished a distant eighth. The gold medal was won by Ragnar Skanåker who brought Sweden its first shooting gold medal in 36 years. Skanåker became a common sight at Olympic Games as he competed continuously through 1996, appearing in seven Olympics.[2] Daniel Iuga earned Romania's first medal in the event with his silver, while Rudolf Dollinger earned Austria's first with his bronze.

Background

This was the 13th appearance of the ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was open to women from 1968 to 1980. 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.[3][1]

Four of the top 10 shooters from the 1968 Games returned: gold medalist Grigory Kosykh of the Soviet Union, silver medalist Heinz Mertel of West Germany, bronze medalist Harald Vollmar of East Germany, and tenth-place finisher Vladimir Stolypin of the Soviet Union. Stolypin had been the 1962 and 1966 world champion, but Vollmar was the champion in 1970. Dencho Denev of Bulgaria and Hynek Hromada of Czechoslovakia had finished second and third, respectively, to both Stolypin in 1966 and Vollmar in 1970; they were competing at the Olympics again seeking better results than in 1968, when neither made the top 10.

Albania, Belize (then British Honduras), Bolivia, and the Virgin Islands each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 12th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the 1900 event.

Skanåker used a TsKIB SOO MЦ55.

Competition format

Each shooter fired 60 shots, in 6 series of 10 shots each, at a distance of 50 metres. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible was 600 points. Any pistol was permitted.[1][4]

Ties were broken by the best score in the sixth series, if still tied best score in fifth series, this continues until the tie is broken.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Grigory Kosykh (URS) 572 Plzeň, Czechoslovakia 1969 [1]
Olympic record  Grigory Kosykh (URS)
 Heinz Mertel (FRG)
562 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968 [2]

Ragnar Skanåker beat the Olympic record by five points. Daniel Iuga, in second place, matched the old record.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Sunday, 27 August 1972 9:00 Final

Results

Rank Shooter Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ragnar Skanåker  Sweden 98 92 95 94 97 91 567 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniel Iuga  Romania 93 92 92 95 96 94 562
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rudolf Dollinger  Austria 91 96 92 94 95 92 560
4 Rajmund Stachurski  Poland 91 88 99 95 92 94 559
5 Harald Vollmar  East Germany 93 93 94 93 93 92 558
6 Hynek Hromada  Czechoslovakia 90 94 92 95 92 93 556
7 Kornél Marosvári  Hungary 90 90 93 92 94 96 555
8 Grigory Kosykh  Soviet Union 92 93 94 93 93 90 555
9 Gérard Denecheau  France 92 92 90 95 92 93 554
10 Kjell Jacobsson  Sweden 92 91 93 94 92 92 554
11 Dencho Denev  Bulgaria 91 88 93 94 97 91 554
12 Miroslav Štefan  Czechoslovakia 91 93 95 93 94 88 554
13 John Rødseth  Norway 91 93 94 93 92 90 553
14 Frank Wyatt  Great Britain 90 93 89 95 90 95 552
15 Heinrich Fretwurst  West Germany 90 92 94 93 91 91 551
16 Heinz Mertel  West Germany 92 91 90 91 92 94 550
17 Vladimir Stolypin  Soviet Union 88 94 88 93 95 92 550
18 Jean Faggion  France 83 95 90 96 95 90 549
19 Seppo Irjala  Finland 95 92 89 93 90 89 548
20 Pál Katkó  Hungary 89 94 90 97 89 89 548
21 Hubert Garschall  Austria 91 91 93 95 90 88 548
22 Shigetoshi Tashiro  Japan 89 92 90 93 92 90 546
23 Zbigniew Fedyczak  Poland 90 90 95 92 90 89 546
24 Fatos Pilkati  Albania 93 92 92 93 87 89 546
25 Yoshihisa Yoshikawa  Japan 94 90 87 91 92 91 545
26 Immo Huhtinen  Finland 93 89 93 87 94 89 545
27 Gilberto Fernández  Colombia 90 88 93 86 91 96 544
28 Jimmie Dorsey  United States 94 87 89 88 92 94 544
29 Ivan Mandov  Bulgaria 89 90 96 92 85 82 544
30 Fernando Miranda  Puerto Rico 89 91 91 93 91 88 543
31 Harry Cullum  Great Britain 87 93 87 90 93 92 542
32 Edward Jans  Canada 94 90 91 86 92 89 542
33 Petar Bajić  Yugoslavia 85 87 93 96 91 89 541
34 Hershel Anderson  United States 91 92 88 91 90 88 540
35 Tserenjavyn Ölziibayar  Mongolia 89 93 87 89 91 90 539
36 Bertino de Souza  Brazil 86 93 89 90 92 89 539
37 Sutham Aswanit  Thailand 87 93 89 91 90 89 539
38 Dimitrios Kotronis  Greece 93 86 97 84 92 87 539
39 Tüdeviin Myagmarjav  Mongolia 88 90 89 88 90 92 537
40 Somsak Chaiyarate  Thailand 89 89 89 96 87 87 537
41 Severino Requejo  Spain 88 93 86 85 89 95 536
42 Juventino Sánchez  Mexico 91 92 90 87 88 88 536
43 Jorge Henao  Colombia 88 83 93 89 91 91 535
44 Santiago Trompeta  Cuba 93 87 89 91 87 88 535
45 Jules Sobrian  Canada 91 87 91 89 88 88 534
46 Durval Guimarães  Brazil 90 87 92 88 93 84 534
47 Arturo Macapagal  Philippines 88 88 90 88 88 91 533
48 Santiago Machuca  Puerto Rico 91 88 91 84 92 87 533
49 Hồ Minh Thu  Vietnam 80 89 93 86 83 93 524
50 Teodoro Kalaw  Philippines 82 83 92 90 88 89 524
51 Afërdita Tusha  Albania 85 94 87 83 87 86 522
52 André Zoltan  Belgium 88 85 85 91 87 85 521
53 Jaime Sánchez  Bolivia 84 91 89 88 79 83 514
54 John Harun  Kenya 86 83 85 90 85 83 512
55 André Antunes  Portugal 83 85 90 85 81 86 510
56 Hương Hoàng Thi  Vietnam 80 77 80 85 84 81 487
57 José Álvarez  Virgin Islands 76 81 85 85 76 83 486
58 Abdul Rahman Omar  Kenya 73 84 79 78 73 87 474
59 Owen Phillips  British Honduras 49 70 57 61 73 66 376
Armando Rigual  Cuba DNS
Gaute Flesland  Norway DNS
Gi Man Sonu  North Korea DNS
Lucian Giușcă  Romania DNS
Zakai Hakki  Syria DNS

References

  1. ^ a b c "Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. ^ Sports Reference. "Shooting at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Free Pistol, 50 metres". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 430.