Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
# Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich comprised eight events. The running target event was re-added to the programme, after last appearing in 1956. The events were held between 27 August and 2 September 1972. All events were mixed, meaning both men and women were allowed to compete in the same events, against each other. Four women competed in these games.

## Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| pistol details | Ragnar Skanåker (SWE) | Dan Iuga (ROU) | Rudolf Dollinger (AUT) |
| rapid fire pistol details | Józef Zapędzki (POL) | Ladislav Falta (TCH) | Viktor Torshin (URS) |
| running target details | Yakov Zheleznyak (URS) | Helmut Bellingrodt (COL) | John Kynoch (GBR) |
| rifle prone details | Ri Ho-jun (PRK) | Vic Auer (USA) | Nicolae Rotaru (ROU) |
| rifle three positions details | John Writer (USA) | Lanny Bassham (USA) | Werner Lippoldt (GDR) |
| 300 metre free rifle three positions details | Lones Wigger (USA) | Boris Melnik (URS) | Lajos Papp (HUN) |
| skeet details | Konrad Wirnhier (FRG) | Yevgeni Petrov (URS) | Michael Buchheim (GDR) |
| trap details | Angelo Scalzone (ITA) | Michel Carrega (FRA) | Silvano Basagni (ITA) |

## Participating nations

A total of 397 shooters, 393 men and 4 women, from 71 nations competed at the Munich Games:

| Albania (4)  Argentina (5)  Australia (4)  Austria (7)  Barbados (2)  Belgium (6)  Bolivia (6)  British Honduras (1)  Brazil (4)  Bulgaria (5)  Canada (10)  Ceylon (1)  Chile (2)  Republic of China (1)  Colombia (10)  Costa Rica (1)  Cuba (8)  Czechoslovakia (8) | Denmark (7)  Dominican Republic (2)  East Germany (9)  El Salvador (4)  Finland (10)  France (13)  Great Britain (14)  Greece (5)  Guatemala (1)  Hong Kong (1)  Hungary (9)  India (4)  Ireland (4)  Israel (2)  Italy (11)  Japan (6)  Kenya (9)  Lebanon (4) | Liechtenstein (2)  Luxembourg (1)  Malaysia (1)  Malta (1)  Mexico (10)  Monaco (4)  Mongolia (4)  Netherlands (3)  Netherlands Antilles (1)  New Zealand (4)  Norway (7)  North Korea (3)  Paraguay (1)  Peru (2)  Philippines (8)  Poland (13)  Portugal (5)  Puerto Rico (8) | Romania (10)  San Marino (6)  South Korea (5)  Soviet Union (14)  Spain (9)  Swaziland (1)  Sweden (10)  Switzerland (8)  Syria (2)  Thailand (10)  Turkey (4)  United States (14)  Virgin Islands (6)  Venezuela (2)  Vietnam (2)  West Germany (14)  Yugoslavia (2) |
| - | - | - | - |

## Medal count

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | East Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
