Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all open to both men and women. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the three positions event.[1]

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
pistol
 Uwe Potteck (GDR)  Harald Vollmar (GDR)  Rudolf Dollinger (AUT)
rapid fire pistol
 Norbert Klaar (GDR)  Jürgen Wiefel (GDR)  Roberto Ferraris (ITA)
rifle prone
 Karlheinz Smieszek (FRG)  Ulrich Lind (FRG)  Gennadi Lushchikov (URS)
rifle three positions
 Lanny Bassham (USA)  Margaret Murdock (USA)  Werner Seibold (FRG)
running target
 Aleksandr Gazov (URS)  Aleksandr Kediarov (URS)  Jerzy Greszkiewicz (POL)
skeet
 Josef Panáček (TCH)  Eric Swinkels (NED)  Wiesław Gawlikowski (POL)
trap
 Donald Haldeman (USA)  Armando Marques (POR)  Ubaldesco Baldi (ITA)

Participating nations

A total of 344 shooters, 393 men and 4 women, from 60 nations competed at the Montreal Games:[1]

Medal count

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany2204
2 United States2103
3 Soviet Union1113
 West Germany1113
5 Czechoslovakia1001
6 Netherlands0101
 Portugal0101
8 Italy0022
 Poland0022
10 Austria0011
Totals (10 nations)77721


References

  1. 1 2 "Shooting at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 July 2015.


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