Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre pistol explained

Event:50 metre free pistol
Games:1972 Summer
Date:August 27, 1972
Competitors:59
Nations:36
Longnames:yes
Goldnoc:SWE
Silvernoc:ROU
Bronzenoc:AUT
Win Label:Winning score
Win Value:567
Next: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. 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.[1] 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.[2] [3]

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.[3] [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.

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

Results

RankShooterNation123456Total Notes
98 92 95 94 97 91 567
93 92 92 95 96 94 562
91 96 92 94 95 92 560
4 91 88 99 95 92 94 559
5 93 93 94 93 93 92 558
6 90 94 92 95 92 93 556
7 90 90 93 92 94 96 555
8 92 93 94 93 93 90 555
9 92 92 90 95 92 93 554
10 92 91 93 94 92 92 554
11 91 88 93 94 97 91 554
12 91 93 95 93 94 88 554
13 91 93 94 93 92 90 553
14 90 93 89 95 90 95 552
15 90 92 94 93 91 91 551
16 92 91 90 91 92 94 550
17 88 94 88 93 95 92 550
18 83 95 90 96 95 90 549
19 95 92 89 93 90 89 548
20 89 94 90 97 89 89 548
21 91 91 93 95 90 88 548
22 89 92 90 93 92 90 546
23 90 90 95 92 90 89 546
24 93 92 92 93 87 89 546
25 94 90 87 91 92 91 545
26 93 89 93 87 94 89 545
27 90 88 93 86 91 96 544
28 94 87 89 88 92 94 544
29 89 90 96 92 85 82 544
30 89 91 91 93 91 88 543
31 87 93 87 90 93 92 542
32 94 90 91 86 92 89 542
33 85 87 93 96 91 89 541
34 91 92 88 91 90 88 540
35 89 93 87 89 91 90 539
36 86 93 89 90 92 89 539
37 87 93 89 91 90 89 539
38 93 86 97 84 92 87 539
39 88 90 89 88 90 92 537
40 89 89 89 96 87 87 537
41 88 93 86 85 89 95 536
42 91 92 90 87 88 88 536
43 88 83 93 89 91 91 535
44 93 87 89 91 87 88 535
45 91 87 91 89 88 88 534
46 90 87 92 88 93 84 534
47 88 88 90 88 88 91 533
48 91 88 91 84 92 87 533
49 80 89 93 86 83 93 524
50 82 83 92 90 88 89 524
51 85 94 87 83 87 86 522
52 88 85 85 91 87 85 521
53 84 91 89 88 79 83 514
54 86 83 85 90 85 83 512
55 83 85 90 85 81 86 510
56 80 77 80 85 84 81 487
57 76 81 85 85 76 83 486
58 73 84 79 78 73 87 474
59 49 70 57 61 73 66 376
Armando Rigual
Gaute Flesland
Gi Man Sonu
Zakai Hakki

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shooting at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Free Pistol, 50 metres. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021505/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SHO/mixed-free-pistol-50-metres.html. dead. 2020-04-18. 2012-05-30. Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: Historical Results. International Shooting Sport Federation. issf-sports.org. 2020-12-15.
  3. Web site: Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Open . Olympedia . 15 December 2020.
  4. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 430.