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Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol

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25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Józef Zapędzki
VenueSchießanlage
DatesAugust 31 & September 1, 1972
Competitors62 from 39 nations
Winning score595 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Józef Zapędzki
 Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ladislav Falta
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Viktor Torshin
 Soviet Union
← 1968
1976 →

The ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol was a competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Józef Zapędzki of Poland set an Olympic record of 595 to defend his gold medal. He was the first shooter to defend the gold medal, in this event, since Károly Takács of Hungary defended his gold at the 1948 and 1952 games.[1] Ladislav Falta of Czechoslovakia took silver. Viktor Torshin's bronze put the Soviet Union on the rapid fire pistol podium for the fourth time in five Games. There were 62 competitors from 39 nations.[2] The nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games.

As with all shooting events from 1968 to 1980, this event was open to both men and women.

Background

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This was the 14th appearance of what had been standardised in 1948 as the men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896.[2] The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was open to women from 1968 to 1980.[3] The first five events were quite different, with some level of consistency finally beginning with the 1932 event—which, though it had differences from the 1924 competition, was roughly similar. The 1936 competition followed the 1932 one quite closely.[4] The post-World War II event substantially altered the competition once again.[5]

Four of the top 10 shooters from 1968 returned: gold medalist Józef Zapędzki of Poland, fourth-place finisher Christian Düring of East Germany, eighth-place finisher Giovanni Liverzani of Italy, and tenth-place finisher Ladislav Falta of Czechoslovakia. Liverzani was the reigning (1970) world champion, with Falta the runner-up. 1952 silver medalist Szilárd Kun of Hungary competed once again, as did 1960 gold medalist William McMillan of the United States.

Luxembourg, New Zealand, San Marino, and the Virgin Islands each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 12th appearance in the event, most of any nation.

Competition format

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The competition format followed the 1948 format, now very close to the modern rapid fire pistol competition after significant variation before World War II. Each shooter fired 60 shots. These were done in two courses of 30; each course consisted of two stages of 15; each stage consisted of three series of 5. In each stage, the time limit for each series was 8 seconds for the first, 6 seconds for the second, and 4 seconds for the third.

A holdover from the previous Games was that full-body silhouettes, rather than round targets, continued to be used; however, scoring rings had been added so that now each shot was scored up to 10 rather than being strictly hit or miss.

One change from 1948 to 1956 was that hits were no longer the primary measurement of success. As in 1960–1968, ranking was done by score, regardless of hits.[2][6]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.[6]

World record 598
Olympic record  Józef Zapędzki (POL) 593 Mexico City, Mexico 22–23 October 1968

Józef Zapędzki beat his own Olympic record with 595 points. Ladislav Falta (at 594 points) was also above the old record, while Viktor Torshin matched it.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Thursday, 31 August 1972 9:00 Course 1
Friday, 1 September 1972 9:00 Course 2

Results

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Rank Shooter Nation 8 seconds 6 seconds 4 seconds Total Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Józef Zapędzki  Poland 200 199 196 595 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ladislav Falta  Czechoslovakia 200 197 197 594
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Viktor Torshin  Soviet Union 199 197 197 593
4 Paul Buser  Switzerland 198 197 197 592
5 Jaime González  Spain 196 200 196 592
6 Giovanni Liverzani  Italy 199 197 195 591
7 Dencho Denev  Bulgaria 198 196 196 590
8 Gerhard Petritsch  Austria 198 196 196 590
9 Vladimír Hurt  Czechoslovakia 200 198 192 590
10 Jim McNally  United States 195 198 196 589
11 Helmut Seeger  West Germany 198 197 194 589
12 Daniel Iuga  Romania 198 196 195 589
13 Immo Huhtinen  Finland 199 198 192 589
14 Zbigniew Fedyczak  Poland 197 199 191 587
15 Damián Cerdá  Spain 196 196 194 586
16 Erwin Glock  West Germany 198 197 191 586
17 Thor-Øistein Endsjø  Norway 199 196 191 586
18 Alexander Taransky  Australia 198 197 191 586
19 John Cooke  Great Britain 197 192 196 585
20 Arturo Costa  Cuba 194 194 195 583
21 Christian Düring  East Germany 197 194 192 583
22 Solos Nalampoon  Thailand 197 196 190 583
23 Szilárd Kun  Hungary 198 195 190 583
24 Igor Bakalov  Soviet Union 200 199 184 583
25 Ion Tripșa  Romania 197 198 187 582
26 Jean Baumann  France 195 196 191 582
27 Seppo Mäkinen  Finland 199 197 186 582
28 Bruce McMillan  New Zealand 197 195 190 582
29 Jules Sobrian  Canada 195 197 190 582
30 Kanji Kubo  Japan 194 197 191 582
31 Curt Andersson  Sweden 199 197 186 582
32 Hubert Garschall  Austria 198 196 187 581
33 Takeo Kamachi  Japan 199 199 182 580
34 Tony Clark  Great Britain 197 190 192 579
35 Jean-Richard Germont  France 199 195 185 579
36 André Antunes  Portugal 189 197 192 578
37 Homero Laddaga  Mexico 197 192 189 578
38 Michel Braun  Luxembourg 197 196 184 577
39 Tüdeviin Myagmarjav  Mongolia 195 195 187 577
40 Luis Colina  Colombia 193 196 188 577
41 William Hare  Canada 195 193 189 577
42 Ivan Mandov  Bulgaria 198 199 179 576
43 Víctor Francis  Venezuela 192 193 188 573
44 Lennart Christensen  Denmark 194 192 187 573
45 Bill McMillan  United States 199 195 178 572
46 Rangsit Yanothai  Thailand 196 187 188 571
47 Bruno Morri  San Marino 195 191 184 570
48 Nelson Torno  Argentina 190 194 185 569
49 Roberto Ferraris  Italy 197 196 175 568
50 Víctor Castellanos  Guatemala 192 191 184 567
51 Guillermo Martínez  Colombia 192 195 177 564
52 Simon González  Puerto Rico 193 192 178 563
53 Rafael Recto  Philippines 188 185 180 553
54 Mario Sánchez  Mexico 197 187 167 551
55 Leonard Bull  Kenya 191 186 171 548
56 José Luis Rosales  El Salvador 192 186 165 543
57 Tom Ong  Philippines 185 180 168 533
58 Peter Laurence  Kenya 189 172 172 533
59 Robert McAuliffe  Virgin Islands 180 182 132 494
60 Kurt Rey  Switzerland 196 147 97 440
Roberto Tamagnini  San Marino DNF
Fernando Miranda  Puerto Rico DNF
Alejandro Guerra  Cuba DNS
Tserenjav Ulziibaiar  Mongolia DNS
Yun Gwon Chai  North Korea DNS

References

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  1. ^ Sports Reference. "Shooting at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1896)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b Official Report, vol. 3, p. 227.
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