Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City comprised seven events. A second shotgun event, Skeet, was introduced. They were held between 18 and 23 October 1968. For the first time, women competed alongside men.^[1]

Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Pistol
25 m rapid fire pistol		Mixed
50 m pistol		Mixed
Rifle
300 m rifle three positions		Mixed
50 m rifle three positions		Mixed
50 m rifle prone		Mixed
Shotgun
Trap		Mixed
Skeet		Mixed

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Józef Zapędzki Poland (POL)	593	Marcel Roșca Romania (ROU)	591	Renart Suleymanov Soviet Union (URS)	591
50 metre pistol	Grigory Kosykh Soviet Union (URS)	562	Heinz Mertel West Germany (FRG)	562	Harald Vollmar East Germany (GDR)	560
300 metre rifle, three positions	Gary Anderson United States (USA)	1157	Valentin Kornev Soviet Union (URS)	1151	Kurt Müller Switzerland (SUI)	1148
50 metre rifle, three positions	Bernd Klingner West Germany (FRG)	1157	John Writer United States (USA)	1156	Vitali Parkhimovitch Soviet Union (URS)	1154
50 metre rifle, prone position	Jan Kůrka Czechoslovakia (TCH)	598	László Hammerl Hungary (HUN)	598	Ian Ballinger New Zealand (NZL)	597
Trap	Bob Braithwaite Great Britain (GBR)	198	Thomas Garrigus United States (USA)	196	Kurt Czekalla East Germany (GDR)	196
Skeet	Yevgeni Petrov Soviet Union (URS)	198	Romano Garagnani Italy (ITA)	198	Konrad Wirnhier West Germany (FRG)	198

Participating nations

A total of 351 shooters, 348 men and 3 women, from 62 nations competed at the Mexico City Games:^[1]

Argentina (4) Australia (3) Austria (5) Barbados (1) Belgium (3) Belize (2) Bolivia (2) Brazil (2) Bulgaria (6) Canada (10) Chile (4) Chinese Taipei (8) Costa Rica (5) Cuba (8) Czechoslovakia (8) Denmark (6)

Dominican Republic (3) East Germany (9) El Salvador (8) Egypt (2) Finland (9) France (8) Great Britain (10) Greece (7) Guatemala (9) Hong Kong (3) Hungary (6) India (2) Ireland (3) Israel (4) Italy (7)

Japan (6) Kenya (3) Lebanon (3) Luxembourg (1) Malta (1) Mexico (11) Monaco (2) Mongolia (3) New Zealand (2) Norway (4) Peru (5) Philippines (8) Poland (11) Puerto Rico (9) Romania (12) San Marino (2)

Singapore (1) South Korea (2) South Vietnam (3) Soviet Union (12) Spain (12) Sweden (9) Switzerland (10) Thailand (11) Trinidad and Tobago (2) Turkey (3) United States (12) Uruguay (3) Venezuela (5) West Germany (12) Yugoslavia (4)

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	2	1	2	5
2	United States	1	2	0	3
3	West Germany	1	1	1	3
4	Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
7	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
10	East Germany	0	0	2	2
11	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1

References

1. "Shooting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

External links

• Official Olympic Report