Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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]

Medal summary

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

Participating nations

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

Argentina (4)
Australia (3)
Austria (5)
Barbados (1)
Belgium (3)
Belize (2)
Bolivia (2)
Brazil (2)
Bulgaria (6)
Canada (10)
Chile (4)
Chinese Taipei (8)
Costa Rica (5)
Cuba (8)
Czechoslovakia (8)
Denmark (6)

Dominican Republic (3)
East Germany (9)
El Salvador (8)
Egypt (2)
Finland (9)
France (8)
Great Britain (10)
Greece (7)
Guatemala (9)
Hong Kong (3)
Hungary (6)
India (2)
Ireland (3)
Israel (4)
Italy (7)

Japan (6)
Kenya (3)
Lebanon (3)
Luxembourg (1)
Malta (1)
Mexico (11)
Monaco (2)
Mongolia (3)
New Zealand (2)
Norway (4)
Peru (5)
Philippines (8)
Poland (11)
Puerto Rico (9)
Romania (12)
San Marino (2)

Singapore (1)
South Korea (2)
South Vietnam (3)
Soviet Union (12)
Spain (12)
Sweden (9)
Switzerland (10)
Thailand (11)
Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Turkey (3)
United States (12)
Uruguay (3)
Venezuela (5)
West Germany (12)
Yugoslavia (4)

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
11	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		7	7	7	21

References

^ ^a ^b "Shooting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

External links

Official Olympic Report

[sports-reference-1] "Shooting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

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