The mixed (or "open") ISSF 50 meter pistol was a competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. It was held on 27 August 1972 at Schießanlage in Munich. There were 59 competitors from 36 nations. Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games.

The defending champion was Grigory Kosykh of the Soviet Union, who also held the world record with 572. He would not be a factor at these Games as he struggled and finished a distant eighth. The gold medal was won by Ragnar Skanåker who brought Sweden its first shooting gold medal in 36 years. Skanåker became a common sight at Olympic Games as he competed continuously through 1996, appearing in seven Olympics. Daniel Iuga earned Romania's first medal in the event with his silver, while Rudolf Dollinger earned Austria's first with his bronze.

Background

This was the 13th appearance of the ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was open to women from 1968 to 1980. 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.

Four of the top 10 shooters from the 1968 Games returned: gold medalist Grigory Kosykh of the Soviet Union, silver medalist Heinz Mertel of West Germany, bronze medalist Harald Vollmar of East Germany, and tenth-place finisher Vladimir Stolypin of the Soviet Union. Stolypin had been the 1962 and 1966 world champion, but Vollmar was the champion in 1970. Dencho Denev of Bulgaria and Hynek Hromada of Czechoslovakia had finished second and third, respectively, to both Stolypin in 1966 and Vollmar in 1970; they were competing at the Olympics again seeking better results than in 1968, when neither made the top 10.

Albania, Belize (then British Honduras), Bolivia, and the Virgin Islands each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 12th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the 1900 event.

Skanåker used a TsKIB SOO MЦ55.

Competition format

Each shooter fired 60 shots, in 6 series of 10 shots each, at a distance of 50 metres. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible was 600 points. Any pistol was permitted.Official Report, vol. 2, p. 430.

Ties were broken by the best score in the sixth series, if still tied best score in fifth series, this continues until the tie is broken.

Records

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

Ragnar Skanåker beat the Olympic record by five points. Daniel Iuga, in second place, matched the old record.

Schedule

Date Time Round Sunday, 27 August 1972 9:00 Final

Results

Rank Shooter Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Notes Ragnar Skanåker 98 92 95 94 97 91 567 Daniel Iuga 93 92 92 95 96 94 562 Rudolf Dollinger 91 96 92 94 95 92 560 4 Rajmund Stachurski 91 88 99 95 92 94 559 5 Harald Vollmar 93 93 94 93 93 92 558 6 Hynek Hromada 90 94 92 95 92 93 556 7 Kornél Marosvári 90 90 93 92 94 96 555 8 Grigory Kosykh 92 93 94 93 93 90 555 9 Gérard Denecheau 92 92 90 95 92 93 554 10 Kjell Jacobsson 92 91 93 94 92 92 554 11 Dencho Denev 91 88 93 94 97 91 554 12 Miroslav Štefan 91 93 95 93 94 88 554 13 John Rødseth 91 93 94 93 92 90 553 14 Frank Wyatt 90 93 89 95 90 95 552 15 Heinrich Fretwurst 90 92 94 93 91 91 551 16 Heinz Mertel 92 91 90 91 92 94 550 17 Vladimir Stolypin 88 94 88 93 95 92 550 18 Jean Faggion 83 95 90 96 95 90 549 19 Seppo Irjala 95 92 89 93 90 89 548 20 Pál Katkó 89 94 90 97 89 89 548 21 Hubert Garschall 91 91 93 95 90 88 548 22 Shigetoshi Tashiro 89 92 90 93 92 90 546 23 Zbigniew Fedyczak 90 90 95 92 90 89 546 24 Fatos Pilkati 93 92 92 93 87 89 546 25 Yoshihisa Yoshikawa 94 90 87 91 92 91 545 26 Immo Huhtinen 93 89 93 87 94 89 545 27 Gilberto Fernández 90 88 93 86 91 96 544 28 Jimmie Dorsey 94 87 89 88 92 94 544 29 Ivan Mandov 89 90 96 92 85 82 544 30 Fernando Miranda 89 91 91 93 91 88 543 31 Harry Cullum 87 93 87 90 93 92 542 32 Edward Jans 94 90 91 86 92 89 542 33 Petar Bajić 85 87 93 96 91 89 541 34 Hershel Anderson 91 92 88 91 90 88 540 35 Tserenjavyn Ölziibayar 89 93 87 89 91 90 539 36 Bertino de Souza 86 93 89 90 92 89 539 37 Sutham Aswanit 87 93 89 91 90 89 539 38 Dimitrios Kotronis 93 86 97 84 92 87 539 39 Tüdeviin Myagmarjav 88 90 89 88 90 92 537 40 Samak Chainares 89 89 89 96 87 87 537 41 Severino Requejo 88 93 86 85 89 95 536 42 Juventino Sánchez 91 92 90 87 88 88 536 43 Jorge Henao 88 83 93 89 91 91 535 44 Santiago Trompeta 93 87 89 91 87 88 535 45 Jules Sobrian 91 87 91 89 88 88 534 46 Durval Guimarães 90 87 92 88 93 84 534 47 Arturo Macapagal 88 88 90 88 88 91 533 48 Santiago Machuca 91 88 91 84 92 87 533 49 Hồ Minh Thu 80 89 93 86 83 93 524 50 Teodoro Kalaw 82 83 92 90 88 89 524 51 Afërdita Tusha 85 94 87 83 87 86 522 52 André Zoltan 88 85 85 91 87 85 521 53 Jaime Sánchez 84 91 89 88 79 83 514 54 John Harun 86 83 85 90 85 83 512 55 André Antunes 83 85 90 85 81 86 510 56 Hương Hoàng Thi 80 77 80 85 84 81 487 57 José Álvarez 76 81 85 85 76 83 486 58 Abdul Rahman Omar 73 84 79 78 73 87 474 59 Owen Phillips 49 70 57 61 73 66 376 — Armando Rigual Gaute Flesland Gi Man Sonu Lucian Giușcă Zakai Hakki

References

External links Sports reference Official report pg. 226