Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions

These are the results of the 50 metre rifle three positions at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The gold medal went to John Writer of the United States, who was the silver medalist in 1968. He went on and broke the world record with a score of 1166 points. The silver medalist was also from the United States, Lanny Bassham, who got off to a poor start, but recovered well enough to claim silver. Bassham returned 4 years later to claim gold in the same event.

Final Format: 50 metres; 120 shots. 40 shots prone, 40 shots kneeling and 40 shots standing. 400 possible at each distance, 1200 total points available. 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. Rank Name Nationality Position Series Total Score 1 2 3 4 John Writer Prone 97 99 99 100 395 1166 WR Standing 95 98 94 94 381 Kneeling 98 96 99 97 390 Lanny Bassham Prone 97 97 99 97 390 1157 Standing 92 95 95 93 375 Kneeling 97 100 97 98 392 Werner Lippoldt Prone 98 98 99 98 393 1153 Standing 93 97 90 92 372 Kneeling 98 95 96 99 388 4 Petr Kovářík Prone 99 99 100 99 397 1153 Standing 89 93 90 96 368 Kneeling 96 96 98 98 388 5 Vladimir Agishev Prone 98 99 97 98 392 1152 Standing 90 96 92 91 369 Kneeling 99 97 99 96 391 6 Andrzej Sieledcow Prone 98 100 98 99 395 1151 Standing 96 91 91 91 369 Kneeling 99 95 96 97 387 7 Gottfried Kustermann Prone 99 99 100 99 397 1149 Standing 92 89 93 90 364 Kneeling 96 95 98 9 388 8 Nicolae Rotaru Prone 99 100 99 99 397 1148 Standing 90 88 89 94 361 Kneeling 97 98 99 96 390 9 Ri Ho-jun Prone 98 99 100 99 396 1147 Standing 92 91 91 93 367 Kneeling 98 94 99 93 384 10 Zdravko Milutinović Prone 98 98 100 100 396 1144 Standing 92 92 91 91 366 Kneeling 98 90 97 97 382 11 Vitaly Parkhimovich Prone 97 99 100 100 396 1144 Standing 88 94 92 90 364 Kneeling 94 98 96 96 384 12 Karel Bulan Prone 97 100 100 98 395 1144 Standing 91 92 92 92 367 Kneeling 95 97 94 96 382 13 Emiliyan Vergov Prone 99 100 96 98 393 1143 Standing 93 87 91 91 362 Kneeling 96 97 98 97 388 14 Uto Wunderlich Prone 97 96 98 100 391 1142 Standing 90 95 94 95 374 Kneeling 95 95 96 91 377 15 Erwin Vogt Prone 99 100 100 99 398 1141 Standing 91 90 90 89 360 Kneeling 96 97 94 96 383 16 Bernd Klingner Prone 99 98 100 98 395 1141 Standing 90 91 83 95 359 Kneeling 98 96 98 95 387 17 László Hammerl Prone 96 99 100 100 395 1141 Standing 93 89 93 92 367 Kneeling 96 92 97 94 379 18 Malcolm Cooper Prone 100 98 99 97 394 1141 Standing 93 89 93 89 364 Kneeling 96 98 97 92 383 19 Miguel Valdes Prone 99 98 99 97 393 1139 Standing 89 85 92 93 359 Kneeling 96 99 97 95 387 20 Petre Șandor Prone 96 95 97 99 387 1139 Standing 96 94 89 90 369 Kneeling 95 96 99 93 383 21 Giuseppe De Chirico Prone 99 97 100 99 395 1138 Standing 89 89 91 93 362 Kneeling 94 95 95 97 381 22 Christer Jansson Prone 98 99 98 100 395 1138 Standing 91 91 91 92 365 Kneeling 91 95 95 97 378 23 Sándor Nagy Prone 96 100 100 100 396 1138 Standing 88 91 91 90 360 Kneeling 92 96 98 96 382 24 Gilbert Emptaz Prone 98 99 100 98 395 1138 Standing 91 93 87 91 362 Kneeling 96 94 95 96 381 25 Wolfram Waibel, Sr. Prone 98 98 96 100 392 1137 Standing 90 93 91 90 364 Kneeling 96 98 96 91 381 26 Sven Johansson Prone 99 99 99 98 395 1136 Standing 91 87 90 89 357 Kneeling 95 97 96 96 384 27 Li Yun-hae Prone 99 100 100 98 397 1134 Standing 86 91 87 88 352 Kneeling 94 98 94 99 385 28 Raúl Llanos Prone 99 99 98 97 393 1134 Standing 89 91 91 88 359 Kneeling 95 95 96 96 382 29 Esa Kervinen Prone 98 100 99 98 395 1134 Standing 90 90 85 93 358 Kneeling 96 96 94 95 381 30 Henning Clausen Prone 99 98 99 98 394 1133 Standing 92 93 85 90 360 Kneeling 97 96 89 97 379 31 Bob Churchill Prone 97 99 100 100 396 1132 Standing 91 90 90 87 358 Kneeling 95 92 96 95 378 32 Jaakko Minkkinen Prone 98 98 98 98 392 1132 Standing 89 93 85 94 361 Kneeling 95 96 96 92 379 33 Per Weichel Prone 97 97 98 99 391 1130 Standing 84 94 87 93 358 Kneeling 92 96 96 97 381 34 Stefan Vasilev Prone 100 99 99 99 397 1130 Standing 84 93 87 90 354 Kneeling 94 93 97 95 379 35 Bjørn Bakken Prone 100 98 96 96 390 1129 Standing 91 91 92 90 364 Kneeling 96 91 93 95 375 36 Eugeniusz Pędzisz Prone 99 98 97 99 393 1128 Standing 86 88 90 90 354 Kneeling 98 93 94 96 381 37 Piero Errani Prone 98 99 99 96 392 1128 Standing 94 87 92 88 361 Kneeling 93 96 95 91 375 38 Patrice de Mullenheim Prone 98 98 98 99 393 1126 Standing 81 89 93 86 349 Kneeling 93 97 98 96 384 39 Guido Loacker Prone 98 99 99 100 396 1126 Standing 85 92 88 90 355 Kneeling 92 96 91 96 375 40 Mendbayaryn Jantsankhorloo Prone 100 99 100 98 397 1125 Standing 84 89 88 89 350 Kneeling 95 92 94 97 378 41 Minoru Ito Prone 99 99 96 96 390 1124 Standing 88 91 89 86 354 Kneeling 94 90 97 99 380 42 Alf Mayer Prone 99 99 99 97 394 1123 Standing 89 86 89 83 347 Kneeling 99 97 93 93 382 43 Olegario Vázquez Prone 96 100 99 97 392 1122 Standing 91 92 90 81 354 Kneeling 92 97 96 91 376 44 Helge Anshushaug Prone 98 100 100 100 398 1121 Standing 84 85 94 85 348 Kneeling 92 94 98 91 375 45 Martin Truttmann Prone 98 95 98 100 391 1117 Standing 89 88 90 92 359 Kneeling 89 92 94 92 367 46 Henry Herscovici Prone 97 97 100 100 394 1114 Standing 90 82 86 87 345 Kneeling 95 94 92 94 375 47 Frans Lafortune Prone 99 97 99 99 394 1107 Standing 86 88 85 86 345 Kneeling 94 89 92 93 368 48 Jaime Callejas Prone 97 98 93 99 387 1106 Standing 83 89 87 87 346 Kneeling 94 90 97 92 373 49 Arne Sorensen Prone 95 100 98 98 391 1105 Standing 84 87 83 88 342 Kneeling 94 92 93 93 372 50 Jesús Elizondo Prone 97 100 96 97 390 1105 Standing 87 82 88 84 341 Kneeling 95 93 94 92 374 51 Wu Tao-yan Prone 96 99 98 97 390 1101 Standing 86 91 80 86 343 Kneeling 91 94 90 93 368 52 Jorge di Giandoménico Prone 97 96 97 96 386 1098 Standing 88 85 90 87 350 Kneeling 93 88 91 90 362 53 Chawalit Kamutchati Prone 99 97 96 96 388 1090 Standing 87 88 80 83 338 Kneeling 85 91 94 94 364 54 Yondonjamtsyn Batsükh Prone 100 97 96 97 390 1088 Standing 84 80 86 81 331 Kneeling 93 91 90 93 367 55 Alfonso Rodríguez Prone 94 98 98 98 388 1087 Standing 78 87 87 90 342 Kneeling 85 89 89 84 357 56 Hugo Chamberlain Prone 98 98 96 96 388 1086 Standing 87 86 82 82 337 Kneeling 91 92 90 88 361 57 Preeda Phengdisth Prone 97 96 98 96 387 1079 Standing 80 78 83 88 329 Kneeling 90 93 86 94 363 58 Mehmet Dursun Prone 96 98 97 97 388 1078 Standing 83 85 79 86 333 Kneeling 91 90 88 88 357 59 Lodovico Espinosa Prone 97 99 97 97 390 1072 Standing 82 76 81 81 320 Kneeling 96 90 89 87 362 60 Dismus Onyiego Prone 98 96 94 98 386 1063 Standing 84 75 78 83 320 Kneeling 84 93 88 92 357 61 César Batista Prone 96 99 98 100 393 1057 Standing 72 83 60 90 305 Kneeling 89 92 89 89 359 62 Juan Antonio Valencia Prone 95 97 98 98 388 1053 Standing 81 81 80 75 317 Kneeling 88 90 81 89 348 63 Mário Ribeiro Prone 93 96 93 97 379 1051 Standing 78 85 76 84 323 Kneeling 82 92 84 81 349 64 John Muhato Prone 96 96 97 97 386 1040 Standing 83 78 76 73 310 Kneeling 87 84 88 85 344 65 Italo Casali Prone 97 94 92 91 374 1026 Standing 75 79 76 75 305 Kneeling 87 89 89 82 347 66 Adelbert Nico Prone 93 94 98 97 382 1017 Standing 73 70 72 71 286 Kneeling 90 87 86 86 349 67 Francis Boisson Prone 95 97 93 90 375 1004 Standing 77 74 81 71 303 Kneeling 83 79 79 85 326 68 Libero Casali Prone 91 90 90 92 363 997 Standing 72 58 69 81 280 Kneeling 91 85 90 88 354 69 Salvador Sanpere Prone 94 89 92 93 368 979 Standing 73 78 74 72 297 Kneeling 79 83 71 81 314 — Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham Prone DNS Standing Kneeling — Owen Phillips Prone DNS Standing Kneeling — Alberto Santiago Prone DNS Standing Kneeling

References

External links Official report pg. 232