Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all open to both men and women. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the three positions event.[1]

Shooting at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m rifle prone mixed
50 m rifle three positions   mixed  
Pistol
50 m free pistol mixed
25 m rapid fire pistol mixed
Shotgun
Trap mixed
Skeet mixed
Running target
50 m running target mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre free pistol
 Uwe Potteck (GDR)  Harald Vollmar (GDR)  Rudolf Dollinger (AUT)
25 metre rapid fire pistol
 Norbert Klaar (GDR)  Jürgen Wiefel (GDR)  Roberto Ferraris (ITA)
50 metre running target
 Aleksandr Gazov (URS)  Aleksandr Kediarov (URS)  Jerzy Greszkiewicz (POL)
50 metre rifle prone
 Karlheinz Smieszek (FRG)  Ulrich Lind (FRG)  Gennadi Lushikov (URS)
50 metre rifle three positions
 Lanny Bassham (USA)  Margaret Murdock (USA)  Werner Seibold (FRG)
Trap
 Donald Haldeman (USA)  Armando Marques (POR)  Ubaldesco Baldi (ITA)
Skeet
 Josef Panáček (TCH)  Eric Swinkels (NED)  Wiesław Gawlikowski (POL)

Participating nations

A total of 344 shooters, 393 men and 4 women, from 60 nations competed at the Montreal Games:[1]

Medal count

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 East Germany 2 2 0 4
2 United States 2 1 0 3
3 Soviet Union 1 1 1 3
West Germany 1 1 1 3
5 Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 1
6 Netherlands 0 1 0 1
Portugal 0 1 0 1
8 Italy 0 0 2 2
Poland 0 0 2 2
9 Austria 0 0 1 1

References

  1. 1 2 "Shooting at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

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