Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol
The following are the results of the 25 metre rapid fire pistol 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.Final
The format was: 25 metres. 60 shots in three courses of 20; with a possible score of 600.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| Józef Zapędzki | | 200 | 199 | 196 | 595 OR |
| Ladislav Falta | | 200 | 197 | 197 | 594 |
| Viktor Torshin | | 199 | 197 | 197 | 593 |
| 4 | Paul Buser | | 198 | 197 | 197 | 592 |
| 5 | Jaime González | | 196 | 200 | 196 | 592 |
| 6 | Giovanni Liverzani | | 199 | 197 | 195 | 591 |
| 7 | Dencho Denev | | 198 | 196 | 196 | 590 |
| 8 | Gerhard Petritsch | | 198 | 196 | 196 | 590 |
| 9 | Vladimír Hurt | | 200 | 198 | 192 | 590 |
| 10 | Jim McNally | | 195 | 198 | 196 | 589 |
| 11 | Helmut Seeger | | 198 | 197 | 194 | 589 |
| 12 | Daniel Iuga | | 198 | 196 | 195 | 589 |
| 13 | Immo Huhtinen | | 199 | 198 | 192 | 589 |
| 14 | Zbigniew Fedyczak | | 197 | 199 | 191 | 587 |
| 15 | Damián Cerdá | | 196 | 196 | 194 | 586 |
| 16 | Erwin Glock | | 198 | 197 | 191 | 586 |
| 17 | Thor-Øistein Endsjø | | 199 | 196 | 191 | 586 |
| 18 | Alexander Taransky | | 198 | 197 | 191 | 586 |
| 19 | John Cooke | | 197 | 192 | 196 | 585 |
| 20 | Arturo Costa | | 194 | 194 | 195 | 583 |
| 21 | Christian Düring | | 197 | 194 | 192 | 583 |
| 22 | Solos Nalampoon | | 197 | 196 | 190 | 583 |
| 23 | Szilárd Kun | | 198 | 195 | 190 | 583 |
| 24 | Igor Bakalov | | 200 | 199 | 184 | 583 |
| 25 | Ion Tripșa | | 197 | 198 | 187 | 582 |
| 26 | Jean Baumann | | 195 | 196 | 191 | 582 |
| 27 | Seppo Mäkinen | | 199 | 197 | 186 | 582 |
| 28 | Bruce McMillan | | 197 | 195 | 190 | 582 |
| 29 | Jules Sobrian | | 195 | 197 | 190 | 582 |
| 30 | Kanji Kubo | | 194 | 197 | 191 | 582 |
| 31 | Curt Andersson | | 199 | 197 | 186 | 582 |
| 32 | Hubert Garschall | | 198 | 196 | 187 | 581 |
| 33 | Takeo Kamachi | | 199 | 199 | 182 | 580 |
| 34 | Tony Clark | | 197 | 190 | 192 | 579 |
| 35 | Jean-Richard Germont | | 199 | 195 | 185 | 579 |
| 36 | André Antunes | | 189 | 197 | 192 | 578 |
| 37 | Homero Laddaga | | 197 | 192 | 189 | 578 |
| 38 | Michel Braun | | 197 | 196 | 184 | 577 |
| 39 | Tüdeviin Myagmarjav | | 195 | 195 | 187 | 577 |
| 40 | Luis Colina | | 193 | 196 | 188 | 577 |
| 41 | William Hare | | 195 | 193 | 189 | 577 |
| 42 | Ivan Mandov | | 198 | 199 | 179 | 576 |
| 43 | Víctor Francis | | 192 | 193 | 188 | 573 |
| 44 | Lennart Christensen | | 194 | 192 | 187 | 573 |
| 45 | Bill McMillan | | 199 | 195 | 178 | 572 |
| 46 | Rangsit Yanothai | | 196 | 187 | 188 | 571 |
| 47 | Bruno Morri | | 195 | 191 | 184 | 570 |
| 48 | Nelson Torno | | 190 | 194 | 185 | 569 |
| 49 | Roberto Ferraris | | 197 | 196 | 175 | 568 |
| 50 | Víctor Castellanos | | 192 | 191 | 184 | 567 |
| 51 | Guillermo Martínez | | 192 | 195 | 177 | 564 |
| 52 | Simon González | | 193 | 192 | 178 | 563 |
| 53 | Rafael Recto | | 188 | 185 | 180 | 553 |
| 54 | Mario Sánchez | | 197 | 187 | 167 | 551 |
| 55 | Leonard Bull | | 191 | 186 | 171 | 548 |
| 56 | José Luis Rosales | | 192 | 186 | 165 | 543 |
| 57 | Tom Ong | | 185 | 180 | 168 | 533 |
| 58 | Peter Laurence | | 189 | 172 | 172 | 533 |
| 59 | Robert McAuliffe | | 180 | 182 | 132 | 494 |
| 60 | Kurt Rey | | 196 | 147 | 97 | 440 |
| - | Roberto Tamagnini | | | | | DNF |
| - | Fernando Miranda | | | | | DNF |
| - | Alejandro Guerra | | | | | DNS |
| - | Tserenjav Ulziibaiar | | | | | DNS |
| - | Yun Gwon Chai | | | | | DNS |
