Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Shooting
ISSF shooting events
The International Shooting Sport Federation recognizes several shooting events, some of which have Olympic status. They are divided into four disciplines: rifle, pistol, shotgun and running target....

at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

in Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

comprised seven events. A second shotgun event, Skeet

Olympic Skeet

Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...

, was introduced.

Medal count

1	2	1	2	5
2	1	2	0	3
3	1	1	1	3
4	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
7	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
10	0	0	2	2
11	0	0	1	1
11	0	0	1	1

Medalists by event

Pos	Competitor	Score
300 m Rifle 300 m Rifle 300 metre rifle is the name of two ISSF shooting events:* 300 metre rifle three positions* 300 metre rifle prone... - Three positions Three positions International Rifle events in Three positions are conducted with an equal number of shots fired from the Prone, the Standing and the Kneeling positions, always in that order....
	Gary Anderson Gary Anderson (sport shooter) Gary Lee Anderson is a former Nebraska state legislator and an American sport shooter, who was the only shooter to win two Olympic gold medals in the 300 m Rifle event before it was discontinued...	1157
	Valentin Kornev	1151
	Kurt Müller Kurt Müller (sport shooter) Kurt Müller is a Swiss sports shooter. He won a bronze medal in Men's 300 m Rifle, 3 positions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.-References:...	1148
50 m Rifle 50 metre rifle three positions 50 metre rifle three positions is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 metre rifle three positions. It consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women... - Three positions Three positions International Rifle events in Three positions are conducted with an equal number of shots fired from the Prone, the Standing and the Kneeling positions, always in that order....
	Bernd Klingner Bernd Klingner Bernd Klingner is a German sports shooter who competed and won a gold meal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the small bore rifle, three positions.- References :...	1157
	John Writer John Writer John Writer is an American sports shooter who competed and won a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He received a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:...	1156
	Vitali Parkhimovitch	1154
50 m Rifle 50 metre rifle prone 50 metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle caliber rifle... - Prone position Prone position The term means to lie on bed or ground in a position with chest downwards and back upwards.-Etymology :The word "prone," meaning "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," has been recorded in English since 1382; the meaning "lying face-down" was first recorded in 1578, but is also referred to...
	Jan Kurka Jan Kůrka Jan Kůrka is a sports shooter and Olympic Champion for Czechoslovakia. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.-References:...	598
	László Hammerl László Hammerl László Hammerl is a Hungarian sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.-References:...	598
	Ian Ballinger Ian Ballinger Ian Roy Ballinger is a former New Zealand shooter who won a Bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Ballinger competed at three consecutive Olympic Games and 2 Commonwealth Games in the 50m Rifle - prone event.-References:**...	597
50 m Pistol 50 m Pistol 50 metre pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called free pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting types, dating back to the 19th century and only having seen marginal rule changes since...
	Grigori Kosych	562
	Heinz Mertel	562
	Harald Vollmar	560
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol 25 metre rapid fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events. The event has been a part of the Olympic program ever since the beginning in 1896, although its rules changed greatly before World War II, after which they were only slightly changed until the two major revisions of 1989 and 2005...
	Józef Zapędzki Józef Zapedzki Józef Zapędzki is a Polish sport shooter, twice a gold medalist at the Olympic Games in 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol .He was born in Kazimierówka, near Zawiercie.-Further reading:...	593
	Marcel Rosca	591
	Renart Suleimanov	591
Trap Olympic Trap Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...
	John Braithwaite	198
	Thomas Garrigus Thomas Garrigus Thomas Irvin Garrigus was an American Olympic athlete who competed in shooting sports. A native of Oregon, he competed at the 1968 Summer Games where he won a silver medal, and later served as a coach.-Early life:...	196
	Kurt Czekalla	196
Skeet Olympic Skeet Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
	Yevgeni Petrov Yevgeni Petrov (sport shooter) Yevgeny Petrov is a former Soviet sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He won Gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and a silver medal in 1972.-References:...	198
	Romano Garagnani Romano Garagnani Romano Garagnani is an Italian sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in Skeet Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.-References:...	198
	Konrad Wirnhier Konrad Wirnhier Konrad Wirnhier was a German sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...	198

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