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.[1] 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.
Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – 300 metre free rifle at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Schießanlage | |||||||||
Date | September 2, 1972 | |||||||||
Competitors | 33 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning score | 1155 | |||||||||
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Background
editThis was the 11th appearance of the 300 metre three-positions rifle event, which was held 11 times between 1900 and 1972.[2][3] 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.[4]
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
editThe 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.[4]
Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Gary Anderson (USA) | 1157 | Mexico City, Mexico | 23 October 1968 |
Olympic record | Gary Anderson (USA) | 1157 | Mexico City, Mexico | 23 October 1968 |
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
editAll times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday, 2 September 1972 | 9:00 | Final |
Results
editRank | Shooter | Nation | Position | Series | Total | Score | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
Lones Wigger | United States | Prone | 97 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 394 | 1155 | |
Standing | 95 | 96 | 93 | 95 | 379 | ||||
Kneeling | 95 | 95 | 95 | 97 | 382 | ||||
Boris Melnik | Soviet Union | Prone | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 394 | 1155 | |
Standing | 93 | 94 | 95 | 92 | 374 | ||||
Kneeling | 93 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 387 | ||||
Lajos Papp | Hungary | Prone | 100 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 394 | 1149 | |
Standing | 90 | 92 | 89 | 93 | 364 | ||||
Kneeling | 99 | 94 | 99 | 99 | 391 | ||||
4 | Uto Wunderlich | East Germany | Prone | 99 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 393 | 1149 |
Standing | 91 | 93 | 90 | 94 | 368 | ||||
Kneeling | 97 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 388 | ||||
5 | Karel Bulan | Czechoslovakia | Prone | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 394 | 1146 |
Standing | 92 | 94 | 92 | 92 | 370 | ||||
Kneeling | 94 | 96 | 94 | 98 | 382 | ||||
6 | Jaakko Minkkinen | Finland | Prone | 100 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 396 | 1146 |
Standing | 89 | 91 | 96 | 88 | 364 | ||||
Kneeling | 96 | 98 | 98 | 94 | 386 | ||||
7 | Lanny Bassham | United States | Prone | 98 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 389 | 1144 |
Standing | 92 | 94 | 89 | 93 | 368 | ||||
Kneeling | 96 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 387 | ||||
8 | Valentin Kornev | Soviet Union | Prone | 97 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 391 | 1143 |
Standing | 89 | 92 | 93 | 91 | 365 | ||||
Kneeling | 96 | 99 | 96 | 96 | 387 | ||||
9 | Werner Lippoldt | East Germany | Prone | 98 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 387 | 1141 |
Standing | 93 | 91 | 91 | 90 | 365 | ||||
Kneeling | 95 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 389 | ||||
10 | Martin Truttmann | Switzerland | Prone | 100 | 98 | 95 | 97 | 390 | 1141 |
Standing | 95 | 90 | 92 | 89 | 366 | ||||
Kneeling | 99 | 98 | 95 | 93 | 385 | ||||
11 | Béla Nagy | Hungary | Prone | 100 | 97 | 99 | 98 | 394 | 1140 |
Standing | 93 | 84 | 89 | 92 | 358 | ||||
Kneeling | 99 | 95 | 98 | 96 | 388 | ||||
12 | Malcolm Cooper | Great Britain | Prone | 97 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 391 | 1139 |
Standing | 91 | 91 | 93 | 86 | 361 | ||||
Kneeling | 97 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 387 | ||||
13 | Miguel Valdes | Cuba | Prone | 97 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 394 | 1139 |
Standing | 90 | 89 | 96 | 94 | 369 | ||||
Kneeling | 94 | 97 | 91 | 94 | 376 | ||||
14 | Rudolf Pojer | Czechoslovakia | Prone | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 397 | 1138 |
Standing | 89 | 90 | 87 | 90 | 356 | ||||
Kneeling | 94 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 385 | ||||
15 | Li Yun-hae | North Korea | Prone | 99 | 98 | 99 | 95 | 391 | 1137 |
Standing | 89 | 93 | 95 | 96 | 373 | ||||
Kneeling | 94 | 91 | 95 | 93 | 373 | ||||
16 | Andrzej Sieledcow | Poland | Prone | 97 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 386 | 1135 |
Standing | 90 | 92 | 92 | 95 | 369 | ||||
Kneeling | 93 | 89 | 99 | 99 | 380 | ||||
17 | Ri Ho-jun | North Korea | Prone | 98 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 392 | 1133 |
Standing | 90 | 90 | 91 | 90 | 361 | ||||
Kneeling | 96 | 92 | 96 | 96 | 380 | ||||
18 | Helge Anshushaug | Norway | Prone | 96 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 387 | 1132 |
Standing | 85 | 92 | 94 | 86 | 357 | ||||
Kneeling | 99 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 388 | ||||
19 | Eugeniusz Pędzisz | Poland | Prone | 98 | 100 | 97 | 97 | 392 | 1131 |
Standing | 92 | 87 | 94 | 90 | 363 | ||||
Kneeling | 92 | 94 | 94 | 96 | 376 | ||||
20 | Dirk Fudickar | West Germany | Prone | 96 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 388 | 1131 |
Standing | 90 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 362 | ||||
Kneeling | 95 | 98 | 95 | 93 | 381 | ||||
21 | Petre Șandor | Romania | Prone | 95 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 385 | 1127 |
Standing | 94 | 89 | 85 | 91 | 359 | ||||
Kneeling | 93 | 98 | 97 | 95 | 383 | ||||
22 | Andreas Beyeler | Switzerland | Prone | 99 | 95 | 94 | 97 | 385 | 1126 |
Standing | 85 | 93 | 90 | 91 | 359 | ||||
Kneeling | 93 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 382 | ||||
23 | Sven Johansson | Sweden | Prone | 96 | 99 | 98 | 96 | 389 | 1126 |
Standing | 86 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 359 | ||||
Kneeling | 98 | 94 | 91 | 95 | 378 | ||||
24 | Vagn Andersen | Denmark | Prone | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 393 | 1125 |
Standing | 88 | 88 | 92 | 93 | 361 | ||||
Kneeling | 93 | 91 | 93 | 94 | 371 | ||||
25 | Osmo Ala-Honkola | Finland | Prone | 97 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 391 | 1121 |
Standing | 85 | 88 | 94 | 90 | 357 | ||||
Kneeling | 94 | 97 | 91 | 91 | 373 | ||||
26 | Per Weichel | Denmark | Prone | 94 | 92 | 92 | 95 | 373 | 1114 |
Standing | 90 | 92 | 90 | 94 | 366 | ||||
Kneeling | 94 | 93 | 92 | 96 | 375 | ||||
27 | Bjørn Bakken | Norway | Prone | 97 | 93 | 95 | 94 | 379 | 1112 |
Standing | 90 | 88 | 93 | 90 | 361 | ||||
Kneeling | 91 | 93 | 98 | 90 | 372 | ||||
28 | Eugen Satală | Romania | Prone | 96 | 95 | 97 | 94 | 382 | 1102 |
Standing | 91 | 89 | 85 | 86 | 351 | ||||
Kneeling | 92 | 90 | 94 | 93 | 369 | ||||
29 | Olegario Vázquez Raña | Mexico | Prone | 95 | 98 | 96 | 93 | 382 | 1100 |
Standing | 81 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 342 | ||||
Kneeling | 93 | 94 | 96 | 93 | 376 | ||||
30 | Wu Tao-yan | Republic of China | Prone | 96 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 385 | 1085 |
Standing | 81 | 87 | 85 | 82 | 335 | ||||
Kneeling | 94 | 90 | 92 | 89 | 365 | ||||
31 | Jesús Elizondo | Mexico | Prone | 100 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 395 | 1078 |
Standing | 72 | 78 | 87 | 82 | 319 | ||||
Kneeling | 87 | 91 | 90 | 96 | 364 | ||||
32 | Yondonjamtsyn Batsükh | Mongolia | Prone | 97 | 91 | 96 | 90 | 374 | 1067 |
Standing | 82 | 83 | 88 | 79 | 332 | ||||
Kneeling | 93 | 91 | 87 | 90 | 361 | ||||
33 | Reinaldo Ramírez | Paraguay | Prone | 96 | 93 | 89 | 92 | 370 | 1030 |
Standing | 75 | 88 | 85 | 74 | 322 | ||||
Kneeling | 85 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 338 | ||||
— | Jorge di Giandoménico | Argentina | Prone | DNS | |||||
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— | Alvaro Cleopatofsky | Colombia | Prone | DNS | |||||
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— | Emilian Vergov | Bulgaria | Prone | DNS | |||||
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References
edit- ^ Sports Reference. "Shooting at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ "Historical Results". ISSF. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ The event was open to women only in 1968 and 1972; before that, it was a men's event only.
- ^ a b "Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Mixed". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.