The following are the results of the 50 metre rifle prone competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The gold medal was won by Ri Ho-jun of North Korea, this was the first ever medal for a North Korean athlete at the Summer Olympics. It appeared that Vic Auer from the United States won the gold with 598. After a controversial "review" the official scores were announced and the judges gave Li 599 for the gold medal.

Final The format was: 50 metres prone. 60 shots in prone position. For a possible score of 600. All ties are broken by the best score in the sixth stage, if still tied it goes to the fifth stage and continues until the tie is broken.

Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Ri Ho-jun 99 100 100 100 100 100 599 WR Victor Auer 100 98 100 100 100 100 598 Nicolae Rotaru 100 100 100 99 100 99 598 4 Giuseppe De Chirico 99 100 99 99 100 100 597 5 Jiří Vogler 100 100 98 99 100 100 597 6 Jaime Santiago 100 100 99 99 99 100 597 7 Lones Wigger 99 99 100 100 100 99 597 8 László Hammerl 100 99 100 100 99 99 597 9 Andrzej Trajda 100 100 100 100 98 99 597 10 Donald Brook 99 99 99 100 99 100 596 11 Rudolf Pojer 100 100 99 98 100 99 596 12 Werner Lippoldt 100 99 100 99 99 99 596 13 Wolfram Waibel, Sr. 100 100 100 98 100 98 596 14 Frans Lafortune 99 98 100 99 100 99 595 15 Henning Clausen 99 99 100 99 99 99 595 16 Silvester Knipfer 99 100 98 100 100 98 595 17 Willy Hillen 99 100 99 99 100 98 595 18 Vitaly Parkhimovich 99 98 99 99 99 100 594 19 Emiliyan Vergov 98 100 100 97 99 100 594 20 Ernesto Montemayor, Jr. 100 98 99 99 98 100 594 21 Stefan Vasilev 99 98 99 100 99 99 594 22 Ismail Rama 99 99 99 100 98 99 594 23 Henry Herscovici 100 99 97 98 100 99 593 24 Peter Gorewski 98 99 99 99 99 99 593 25 Russell Dove 98 100 98 99 99 99 593 26 Ioannis Skarafingas 98 99 100 98 99 99 593 27 Lambis Manthos 96 99 100 100 100 98 593 28 Eulalia Rolińska 99 97 100 99 100 98 593 29 Mike Watt 99 98 100 100 99 97 593 30 Zdravko Milutinović 100 98 99 100 99 97 593 31 Joe Barral 99 100 99 99 99 97 593 32 Olegario Vázquez 98 100 97 98 99 100 592 33 Manuel Hawayek 98 99 98 99 98 100 592 34 Valentin Kornev 97 99 99 98 100 99 592 35 Mehmet Dursun 100 97 98 98 100 99 592 36 Christer Jansson 97 99 99 99 99 99 592 37 Gottfried Kustermann 99 99 98 99 98 99 592 38 Ricardo Rusticucci 99 100 97 100 97 99 592 39 Sven Johansson 99 100 98 99 97 99 592 40 Helge Anshushaug 100 99 99 98 99 97 592 41 Wu Tao-yan 98 98 99 97 99 100 591 42 Mendbayaryn Jantsankhorloo 97 98 99 99 99 99 591 43 Walter Frescura 98 98 98 99 99 99 591 44 Humberto Cabrera 97 99 99 99 98 99 591 45 Michel Fontaine 98 100 99 98 98 98 591 46 Ian Ballinger 98 100 100 100 97 96 591 47 Alf Mayer 97 98 97 98 100 100 590 48 Sándor Nagy 98 99 98 98 97 100 590 49 Luis del Cerro 97 98 99 100 96 100 590 50 Gil Boa 95 98 99 100 99 99 590 51 Adelso Peña 98 99 98 98 99 98 590 52 Robert Houman 99 99 98 97 99 98 590 53 Ilie Codreanu 99 99 96 100 98 98 590 54 John Palin 98 98 97 100 100 97 590 55 Phil Lawrence 97 98 99 99 100 97 590 56 Dismus Onyiego 100 99 96 99 100 96 590 57 Zelig Shtroch 96 98 97 100 99 99 589 58 Li Yun-hae 98 98 95 100 99 99 589 59 Minoru Ito 97 96 100 99 98 99 589 60 Choi Chung-seok 99 98 98 96 100 98 589 61 Jaakko Asikainen 98 98 99 98 98 98 589 62 Erwin Vogt 98 99 99 96 98 98 588 63 Theo Ditzler 98 95 97 98 100 99 587 64 José Luis Calvo 100 96 97 99 97 98 587 65 Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham 97 99 98 98 98 97 587 66 Beqir Kosova 100 96 98 98 99 96 587 67 Karl Fröschl 100 97 97 99 99 95 587 68 Hugo Chamberlain 97 96 97 98 99 99 586 69 Jens Nygård 99 98 97 100 94 98 589 70 Udomsak Theinthong 96 98 98 99 98 97 586 71 Alfonso Rodríguez 96 98 97 99 97 98 585 72 Chira Prabandhayodhin 98 97 99 96 98 97 585 73 Pierre Boisson 96 98 99 99 97 96 585 74 Milton Tucker 97 98 96 96 99 98 584 75 Gladys Baldwin 95 99 98 96 98 98 584 76 Vagn Andersen 97 98 96 97 99 97 584 77 Agustin Rangel 98 95 95 100 97 98 583 78 Douglas Mast 98 97 97 96 97 98 583 79 Simon Ekeno 96 95 100 98 96 98 583 80 Esa Kervinen 97 95 98 98 98 97 583 81 Remo Sele 95 96 98 98 100 96 583 82 Takeshi Sugita 99 98 96 98 97 95 583 83 Peter Rull, Sr. 97 95 98 99 96 97 582 84 André Noël 94 98 97 100 93 99 581 85 Wong Foo Wah 98 98 98 95 96 96 581 86 Fernando Inchauste 97 97 98 94 96 98 580 87 Louis Frommelt 99 99 95 96 95 96 580 88 Harold Frederick 98 95 99 97 97 94 580 89 Jaime Callejas 97 94 97 100 95 96 579 90 César Batista 98 96 94 97 94 99 578 91 Juan Antonio Valencia 97 93 97 97 97 95 576 92 Mário Ribeiro 96 95 96 94 96 98 575 93 Cavour Morris 97 95 95 97 94 97 575 94 Eduardo Arroyo 96 99 94 97 93 96 575 95 Prithipal Chatterjee 97 96 96 93 95 95 572 96 Yondonjamtsyn Batsükh 98 96 94 95 96 93 572 97 Lodovico Espinosa 92 94 96 98 96 94 570 98 José Mario Váldez 94 94 96 96 93 96 569 99 Roy Choudhury 93 95 97 96 92 94 567 100 Bèto Adriana 93 93 96 93 96 95 566 101 Owen Phillips 87 94 94 94 95 91 555 — Italo Casali DNS — Libero Casali DNS

References

External links Official report pg. 229