Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre running target

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]

50 metre running target
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueSchießanlage
DateAugust 31 & September 1, 1972
Competitors28 from 16 nations
Winning score569 WR
Medalists
Yakiv Zheleznyak  Soviet Union
Helmut Bellingrodt  Colombia
John Kynoch  Great Britain

Final

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
Yakiv Zheleznyak Soviet Union 289280569 WR
Helmut Bellingrodt Colombia 286279565
John Kynoch Great Britain 284278562
4Valerii Postoyanov Soviet Union 286274560
5Christoph-Michael Zeisner West Germany 276278554
6Göte Gåård Sweden 274279553
7Günther Danne West Germany 276275551
8Karl-Axel Karlsson Sweden 281270551
9Edmund Moeller United States 285265550
10Giovanni Mezzani Italy 277271548
11Enrique Rebora Argentina 279268547
12John H. Larsen Jr. Norway 278268546
13Gyula Szabó Hungary 276269545
14Pekka Suomela Finland 278267545
15Hanspeter Bellingrodt Colombia 280265545
16Roger Renaux France 277267544
17Zygmunt Bogdziewicz Poland 276265541
18Pedro Ramírez Puerto Rico 275265540
19Charles Davis United States 276264540
20Kim Song-bok North Korea 268268536
21Roman Kuzior Poland 272264536
22István Jenei Hungary 276255531
23Paavo Mikkonen Finland 279251530
24John Anthony Great Britain 273254527
25Tore Skau Norway 268258526
26Graeme McIntyre New Zealand 270253523
27Giancarlo Cecconi Italy 262258520
28Frank Tossas Puerto Rico 269186455
-Enrique Soto Mexico DNS
-Dok Man-Oh North Korea DNS

References

  1. Sports Reference. "Shooting at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Running Target, 50 metres". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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