| Event: | 50 metre running target |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Date: | August 31 & September 1, 1972 |
| Competitors: | 28 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Goldnoc: | URS |
| Silvernoc: | COL |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Win Value: | 569 WR |
| Next: | 1976 |
The following are the results of the 50 metre running target competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Various types of a running target event had been held on and off throughout the history of the Olympics. It was last in the Olympics in 1956 where it was a 100 metre running deer event. This event often consisted as a running deer target at several speeds and distances, but at these games it was contested as a running boar shot at 50 metres at two speeds. The gold medal went to Yakiv Zheleznyak of the Soviet Union. He broke the world record in event with a score of 569. The silver medal went to Helmut Bellingrodt of Colombia this was the first Olympic medal won by a Colombian athlete.[1]
The format was: 50 metres; 30 shots at each speed, slow and fast. 60 shots in total, for a possible score of 600.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | slow run | fast run | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 289 | 280 | 569 WR | |||
| 286 | 279 | 565 | |||
| 284 | 278 | 562 | |||
| 4 | 286 | 274 | 560 | ||
| 5 | 276 | 278 | 554 | ||
| 6 | 274 | 279 | 553 | ||
| 7 | 276 | 275 | 551 | ||
| 8 | 281 | 270 | 551 | ||
| 9 | 285 | 265 | 550 | ||
| 10 | 277 | 271 | 548 | ||
| 11 | 279 | 268 | 547 | ||
| 12 | 278 | 268 | 546 | ||
| 13 | 276 | 269 | 545 | ||
| 14 | 278 | 267 | 545 | ||
| 15 | 280 | 265 | 545 | ||
| 16 | 277 | 267 | 544 | ||
| 17 | 276 | 265 | 541 | ||
| 18 | 275 | 265 | 540 | ||
| 19 | 276 | 264 | 540 | ||
| 20 | 268 | 268 | 536 | ||
| 21 | 272 | 264 | 536 | ||
| 22 | 276 | 255 | 531 | ||
| 23 | 279 | 251 | 530 | ||
| 24 | 273 | 254 | 527 | ||
| 25 | 268 | 258 | 526 | ||
| 26 | 270 | 253 | 523 | ||
| 27 | 262 | 258 | 520 | ||
| 28 | 269 | 186 | 455 | ||
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