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

Rank	Shooter	Nation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	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

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.
Web site: Historical Results. International Shooting Sport Federation. issf-sports.org. 2020-12-15.
Web site: Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Open . Olympedia . 15 December 2020.
Official Report, vol. 2, p. 430.