Skeet
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueSchießanlage
DateAugust 31 & September 2, 1972
Competitors63 from 36 nations
Winning score195 +25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Konrad Wirnhier  West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yevgeni Petrov  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Buchheim  East Germany

The following are the results of the Skeet competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. All three medalists had a tied score of 195. A shoot off was held, in the shoot off 1970 world champion, Konrad Wirnhier of West Germany hit all 25 birds to claim the gold. Earlier in the competition co-world record holder Yury Tsuranov of the Soviet Union disagreed with a ruling on a lost bird, and walked off the field. For his actions he penalized three birds. This brought his score down to 192, exactly three birds short for the shoot off for the gold medal.[1]

Final

The format was: 200 targets. Four rounds of 25 targets for a total of 100 targets in each day. Ties for the medals were broken with a shoot off, all other ties are broken by the best score in round 8, if still tied after that it goes to round 7 and continues until the tie is broken.

Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 Day 1 5 6 7 8 Total Shoot off
1st place, gold medalist(s)Konrad Wirnhier West Germany 24252425982325252419525
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Yevgeni Petrov Soviet Union 25242424972425252419524
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Michael Buchheim East Germany 25252324972525232519523
4Joe Neville Great Britain 242525259921242525194
5Roberto Castrillo Cuba 232425249625242524194
6Klaus Reschke East Germany 242423259525242325193
7Élie Pénot France 232424259625252324193
8Lakis Georgiou Greece 232522239325252425192
9Jack Johnson United States 232324249425252325192
10Romano Garagnani Italy 232325249423252524192
11Miguel Marina Spain 242525239723252324192
12Ari Westergård Finland 242525239724242324192
13Yury Tsuranov Soviet Union 252421259525252423192
14Francis Cornet Belgium 222425259624252423192
15Lucian Cojocaru Romania 252125239424232525191
16Colin Sephton Great Britain 232324259524232425191
17Jorge Uauy Chile 242422239324252524191
18Carlo Alberto Lodi Italy 232323249325242524191
19Niels-Ove Mikkelsen Denmark 232425229424252523191
20Artur Rogowski Poland 222324259421252525190
21Panagiotis Xanthakos Greece 252124239325242424190
22Walter Wrigge West Germany 232225259523252324190
23Gleb Pintilie Romania 242423239423252523190
24Servilio Torres Cuba 242324249524242423190
25Bruno De Costa Canada 242425259823212323188
26Firmo Roberti Argentina 222324259424252322188
27Gerardo González Colombia 242024229025232425187
28Özman Gıraud Turkey 232423249421242325187
29Lars-Erik Söderberg Sweden 232520229024242524187
30Güneş Yunus Turkey 232223229024252424187
31Ben Pon Netherlands 232522249423242224187
32Antonio Yaqigi Chile 222224249225242422187
33Anton Manolov Bulgaria 242324239424242322187
34Tony Rosetti United States 232123239024242424186
35Eric Swinkels Netherlands 222325239325212324186
36Karni Singh India 212422249124252323186
37Roger Mangin France 242322229124212425185
38Nuria Ortíz Mexico 222324239222232523185
39Wiesław Gawlikowski Poland 232322229023252423185
40Antoine Saade Lebanon 212520259124252223185
41Juan Bueno Mexico 242323209024232324184
42Gert-Åke Bengtsson Sweden 232320238924242125183
43Manuel González Colombia 212222238824242224182
44Park Do-geun South Korea 212423229024232223182
45Juan Ávalos Spain 232023249022242422182
46Ole Justesen Denmark 232122228824212225180
47Andrés Amador El Salvador 212223228823222423180
48Chris Binet Belgium 232123259220232520180
49José de Matos Portugal 212224218823242123179
50Donald Sanderlin Canada 192323238822252221178
51Rafael Batista Puerto Rico 252321208921231924176
52William Campbell Ireland 222119228423232124175
53Arthur McMahon Ireland 202023218422242222174
54Maurice Tabet Lebanon 212121218421221925171
55Joseph Grech Malta 212323208724201920170
56Park Seong-tae South Korea 182318207922222322168
57Melchor Yap Philippines 202220228419212221167
58Riad Yunes Dominican Republic 182222198122192024166
59Carlos Asbun Bolivia 162222208021192319162
60Armando Salvietti Bolivia 182220218120221721161
61Raymundo Quitoriano Philippines 171616196817211921143
62Domingo Lorenzo Dominican Republic 191420177017171820142
Philip Serjeant Swaziland DNF
Ratcho Kossev Bulgaria DNS
Heikki Lindfors Finland DNS
Robert Carr-Hartley Kenya DNS

References

  1. Sports Reference. "Shooting at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Skeet". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
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