Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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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
Shooting pictogram.svg
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
details		 Józef Zapędzki
 Poland		 593 Marcel Roșca
 Romania		 591 Renart Suleymanov
 Soviet Union		 591
50 metre pistol
details		 Grigory Kosykh
 Soviet Union		 562 Heinz Mertel
 West Germany		 562 Harald Vollmar
 East Germany		 560
300 metre rifle, three positions
details		 Gary Anderson
 United States		 1157 Valentin Kornev
 Soviet Union		 1151 Kurt Müller
 Switzerland		 1148
50 metre rifle, three positions
details		 Bernd Klingner
 West Germany		 1157 John Writer
 United States		 1156 Vitali Parkhimovitch
 Soviet Union		 1154
50 metre rifle, prone position
details		 Jan Kůrka
 Czechoslovakia		 598 László Hammerl
 Hungary		 598 Ian Ballinger
 New Zealand		 597
Trap
details		 Bob Braithwaite
 Great Britain		 198 Thomas Garrigus
 United States		 196 Kurt Czekalla
 East Germany		 196
Skeet
details		 Yevgeni Petrov
 Soviet Union		 198 Romano Garagnani
 Italy		 198 Konrad Wirnhier
 West Germany		 198

Participating nations

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

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

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External links

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