Shooting at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Dates	27 August-2 September 1972
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Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Rifle
300 m free rifle three positions	mixed
50 m rifle prone	mixed
50 m rifle three positions	mixed
Pistol
50 m pistol	mixed
25 m rapid fire pistol	mixed
Shotgun
Trap	mixed
Skeet	mixed
Running target
50 m running target	mixed
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Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich comprised eight events. The running target event was re-added to the programme, after last appearing in 1956. The events were held between 27 August and 2 September 1972. All events were mixed, meaning both men and women were allowed to compete in the same events, against each other. Four women competed in these games.^[1]

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
pistol details	Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)	Dan Iuga (ROU)	Rudolf Dollinger (AUT)
rapid fire pistol details	Józef Zapędzki (POL)	Ladislav Falta (TCH)	Viktor Torshin (URS)
running target details	Yakov Zheleznyak (URS)	Helmut Bellingrodt (COL)	John Kynoch (GBR)
rifle prone details	Ri Ho-jun (PRK)	Vic Auer (USA)	Nicolae Rotaru (ROU)
rifle three positions details	John Writer (USA)	Lanny Bassham (USA)	Werner Lippoldt (GDR)
300 metre free rifle three positions details	Lones Wigger (USA)	Boris Melnik (URS)	Lajos Papp (HUN)
skeet details	Konrad Wirnhier (FRG)	Yevgeni Petrov (URS)	Michael Buchheim (GDR)
trap details	Angelo Scalzone (ITA)	Michel Carrega (FRA)	Silvano Basagni (ITA)

Participating nations

A total of 397 shooters, 393 men and 4 women, from 71 nations competed at the Munich Games:^[1]

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	2	0	4
2	Soviet Union	1	2	1	4
3	Italy	1	0	1	2
4	North Korea	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
	West Germany	1	0	0	1
8	Romania	0	1	1	2
9	Colombia	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
12	East Germany	0	0	2	2
13	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		8	8	8	24