Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre running target


The following are the results of the 50 metre running target competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Various types of a running target event had been held on and off throughout the history of the Olympics. It was last in the Olympics in 1956 where it was a 100 metre running deer event. This event often consisted as a running deer target at several speeds and distances, but at these games it was contested as a running boar shot at 50 metres at two speeds. The gold medal went to Yakiv Zheleznyak of the Soviet Union. He broke the world record in event with a score of 569. The silver medal went to Helmut Bellingrodt of Colombia this was the first Olympic medal won by a Colombian athlete.

Final

The format was: 50 metres; 30 shots at each speed, slow and fast. 60 shots in total, for a possible score of 600.
RankNameNationalityslow runfast runTotal
Yakiv Zheleznyak289280569 WR
Helmut Bellingrodt286279565
John Kynoch284278562
4Valerii Postoyanov286274560
5Christoph-Michael Zeisner276278554
6Göte Gåård274279553
7Günther Danne276275551
8Karl-Axel Karlsson281270551
9Edmund Moeller285265550
10Giovanni Mezzani277271548
11Enrique Rebora279268547
12John H. Larsen Jr.278268546
13Gyula Szabó276269545
14Pekka Suomela278267545
15Hanspeter Bellingrodt280265545
16Roger Renaux277267544
17Zygmunt Bogdziewicz276265541
18Pedro Ramírez275265540
19Charles Davis276264540
20Kim Song-bok268268536
21Roman Kuzior272264536
22István Jenei276255531
23Paavo Mikkonen279251530
24John Anthony273254527
25Tore Skau268258526
26Graeme McIntyre270253523
27Giancarlo Cecconi262258520
28Frank Tossas269186455
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