Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 300 metre free rifle, three positions

The mixed 300 m rifle three positions was an event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. This was the final time that free rifle was contested at the Olympics. Soviet shooter Boris Melnik was leading 1155 to 1154 when the unofficial scores were posted, but the official scoring brought American Lones Wigger up to 1155; Wigger won the tie breaker with a better score on the last string fired kneeling, 97, versus 96 for Melnik. It was the third consecutive victory in the event for the United States; the Soviet Union had taken at least one medal each of the six times it competed before the event was discontinued after 1972. Lajos Papp of Hungary took bronze.

Background

This was the 11th appearance of the 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.The event was open to women only in 1968 and 1972; before that, it was a men's event only. Three of the top 10 shooters from 1964 returned: silver medalist Valentin Kornev of the Soviet Union, eighth-place finisher Petre Șandor of Romania, and tenth-place finisher Lajos Papp of Hungary. Kornev was the reigning (1970) world champion.

Cuba, North Korea, Paraguay, and West Germany each made its debut in the event. Finland, Sweden, and the United States each made their 10th appearance, tied for most of all nations.

Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 120 shots, 40 shots in each position (prone, standing, and kneeling). Shots were fired in series of 10. The target was 1 metre in diameter, with 10 scoring rings; targets were set at a distance of 300 metres. Thus, the maximum score possible was 1200 points. Any rifle could be used. All ties were broken by the best score on the final string of kneeling, if still tied the best score on the final string of standing, followed by prone.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round Sunday, 2 September 1972 9:00 Final

Results

Rank Shooter Nation Position Series Total Score 1 2 3 4 Lones Wigger Prone 97 99 98 100 394 1155 Standing 95 96 93 95 379 Kneeling 95 95 95 97 382 Boris Melnik Prone 98 98 99 99 394 1155 Standing 93 94 95 92 374 Kneeling 93 99 99 96 387 Lajos Papp Prone 100 99 99 96 394 1149 Standing 90 92 89 93 364 Kneeling 99 94 99 99 391 4 Uto Wunderlich Prone 99 98 97 99 393 1149 Standing 91 93 90 94 368 Kneeling 97 97 96 98 388 5 Karel Bulan Prone 98 99 99 98 394 1146 Standing 92 94 92 92 370 Kneeling 94 96 94 98 382 6 Jaakko Minkkinen Prone 100 99 100 97 396 1146 Standing 89 91 96 88 364 Kneeling 96 98 98 94 386 7 Lanny Bassham Prone 98 96 97 98 389 1144 Standing 92 94 89 93 368 Kneeling 96 96 97 98 387 8 Valentin Kornev Prone 97 97 98 99 391 1143 Standing 89 92 93 91 365 Kneeling 96 99 96 96 387 9 Werner Lippoldt Prone 98 97 97 95 387 1141 Standing 93 91 91 90 365 Kneeling 95 98 97 99 389 10 Martin Truttmann Prone 100 98 95 97 390 1141 Standing 95 90 92 89 366 Kneeling 99 98 95 93 385 11 Béla Nagy Prone 100 97 99 98 394 1140 Standing 93 84 89 92 358 Kneeling 99 95 98 96 388 12 Malcolm Cooper Prone 97 99 99 96 391 1139 Standing 91 91 93 86 361 Kneeling 97 97 97 96 387 13 Miguel Valdes Prone 97 100 100 97 394 1139 Standing 90 89 96 94 369 Kneeling 94 97 91 94 376 14 Rudolf Pojer Prone 100 99 99 99 397 1138 Standing 89 90 87 90 356 Kneeling 94 97 96 98 385 15 Li Yun-hae Prone 99 98 99 95 391 1137 Standing 89 93 95 96 373 Kneeling 94 91 95 93 373 16 Andrzej Sieledcow Prone 97 95 97 97 386 1135 Standing 90 92 92 95 369 Kneeling 93 89 99 99 380 17 Ri Ho-jun Prone 98 99 98 97 392 1133 Standing 90 90 91 90 361 Kneeling 96 92 96 96 380 18 Helge Anshushaug Prone 96 98 98 95 387 1132 Standing 85 92 94 86 357 Kneeling 99 95 97 97 388 19 Eugeniusz Pędzisz Prone 98 100 97 97 392 1131 Standing 92 87 94 90 363 Kneeling 92 94 94 96 376 20 Dirk Fudickar Prone 96 96 98 98 388 1131 Standing 90 88 92 92 362 Kneeling 95 98 95 93 381 21 Petre Șandor Prone 95 97 96 97 385 1127 Standing 94 89 85 91 359 Kneeling 93 98 97 95 383 22 Andreas Beyeler Prone 99 95 94 97 385 1126 Standing 85 93 90 91 359 Kneeling 93 95 97 97 382 23 Sven Johansson Prone 96 99 98 96 389 1126 Standing 86 90 92 91 359 Kneeling 98 94 91 95 378 24 Vagn Andersen Prone 99 98 98 98 393 1125 Standing 88 88 92 93 361 Kneeling 93 91 93 94 371 25 Osmo Ala-Honkola Prone 97 99 97 98 391 1121 Standing 85 88 94 90 357 Kneeling 94 97 91 91 373 26 Per Weichel Prone 94 92 92 95 373 1114 Standing 90 92 90 94 366 Kneeling 94 93 92 96 375 27 Bjørn Bakken Prone 97 93 95 94 379 1112 Standing 90 88 93 90 361 Kneeling 91 93 98 90 372 28 Eugen Satală Prone 96 95 97 94 382 1102 Standing 91 89 85 86 351 Kneeling 92 90 94 93 369 29 Olegario Vázquez Raña Prone 95 98 96 93 382 1100 Standing 81 86 88 87 342 Kneeling 93 94 96 93 376 30 Wu Tao-yan Prone 96 96 96 97 385 1085 Standing 81 87 85 82 335 Kneeling 94 90 92 89 365 31 Jesús Elizondo Prone 100 97 98 100 395 1078 Standing 72 78 87 82 319 Kneeling 87 91 90 96 364 32 Yondonjamtsyn Batsükh Prone 97 91 96 90 374 1067 Standing 82 83 88 79 332 Kneeling 93 91 87 90 361 33 Reinaldo Ramírez Prone 96 93 89 92 370 1030 Standing 75 88 85 74 322 Kneeling 85 84 85 84 338 — Jorge di Giandoménico Prone Standing Kneeling — Alvaro Cleopatofsky Prone Standing Kneeling — Emilian Vergov Prone Standing Kneeling

References

External links Official report pg. 232