Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone
The following are the results of the 50 metre rifle prone competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The gold medal was won by Ri Ho-jun of North Korea, this was the first ever medal for a North Korean athlete at the Summer Olympics. It appeared that Vic Auer from the United States won the gold with 598. After the official scores were announced the judges gave Li 599 for the gold medal.
Final
The format was: 50 metres prone. 60 shots in prone position. For a possible score of 600. All ties are broken by the best score in the sixth stage, if still tied it goes to the fifth stage and continues until the tie is broken.| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
| Ri Ho-jun | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 599 WR | ||
| Victor Auer | 100 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 598 | ||
| Nicolae Rotaru | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 598 | ||
| 4 | Giuseppe De Chirico | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 597 | |
| 5 | Jiří Vogler | 100 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 597 | |
| 6 | Jaime Santiago | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 597 | |
| 7 | Lones Wigger | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 597 | |
| 8 | László Hammerl | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 597 | |
| 9 | Andrzej Trajda | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 597 | |
| 10 | Donald Brook | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 596 | |
| 11 | Rudolf Pojer | 100 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 596 | |
| 12 | Werner Lippoldt | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 596 | |
| 13 | Wolfram Waibel, Sr. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 596 | |
| 14 | Frans Lafortune | 99 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 595 | |
| 15 | Henning Clausen | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 595 | |
| 16 | Silvester Knipfer | 99 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 595 | |
| 17 | Willy Hillen | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 595 | |
| 18 | Vitaly Parkhimovich | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 594 | |
| 19 | Emiliyan Vergov | 98 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 594 | |
| 20 | Ernesto Montemayor, Jr. | 100 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 594 | |
| 21 | Stefan Vasilev | 99 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 594 | |
| 22 | Ismail Rama | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 594 | |
| 23 | Henry Herscovici | 100 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 593 | |
| 24 | Peter Gorewski | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 593 | |
| 25 | Russell Dove | 98 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 593 | |
| 26 | Ioannis Skarafingas | 98 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 593 | |
| 27 | Lambis Manthos | 96 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 593 | |
| 28 | Eulalia Rolińska | 99 | 97 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 593 | |
| 29 | Mike Watt | 99 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 593 | |
| 30 | Zdravko Milutinović | 100 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 593 | |
| 31 | Joe Barral | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 97 | 593 | |
| 32 | Olegario Vázquez | 98 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 592 | |
| 33 | Manuel Hawayek | 98 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 592 | |
| 34 | Valentin Kornev | 97 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 592 | |
| 35 | Mehmet Dursun | 100 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 592 | |
| 36 | Christer Jansson | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 592 | |
| 37 | Gottfried Kustermann | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 592 | |
| 38 | Ricardo Rusticucci | 99 | 100 | 97 | 100 | 97 | 99 | 592 | |
| 39 | Sven Johansson | 99 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 592 | |
| 40 | Helge Anshushaug | 100 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 592 | |
| 41 | Wu Tao-yan | 98 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 591 | |
| 42 | Mendbayaryn Jantsankhorloo | 97 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 591 | |
| 43 | Walter Frescura | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 591 | |
| 44 | Humberto Cabrera | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 591 | |
| 45 | Michel Fontaine | 98 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 591 | |
| 46 | Ian Ballinger | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 96 | 591 | |
| 47 | Alf Mayer | 97 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 590 | |
| 48 | Sándor Nagy | 98 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 590 | |
| 49 | Luis del Cerro | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 96 | 100 | 590 | |
| 50 | Gil Boa | 95 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 590 | |
| 51 | Adelso Peña | 98 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 590 | |
| 52 | Robert Houman | 99 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 98 | 590 | |
| 53 | Ilie Codreanu | 99 | 99 | 96 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 590 | |
| 54 | John Palin | 98 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 590 | |
| 55 | Phil Lawrence | 97 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 590 | |
| 56 | Dismus Onyiego | 100 | 99 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 96 | 590 | |
| 57 | Zelig Shtroch | 96 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 589 | |
| 58 | Li Yun-hae | 98 | 98 | 95 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 589 | |
| 59 | Minoru Ito | 97 | 96 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 589 | |
| 60 | Choi Chung-seok | 99 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 100 | 98 | 589 | |
| 61 | Jaakko Asikainen | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 589 | |
| 62 | Erwin Vogt | 98 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 588 | |
| 63 | Theo Ditzler | 98 | 95 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 587 | |
| 64 | José Luis Calvo | 100 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 587 | |
| 65 | Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham | 97 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 587 | |
| 66 | Beqir Kosova | 100 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 587 | |
| 67 | Karl Fröschl | 100 | 97 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 95 | 587 | |
| 68 | Hugo Chamberlain | 97 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 586 | |
| 69 | Jens Nygård | 99 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 94 | 98 | 589 | |
| 70 | Udomsak Theinthong | 96 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 586 | |
| 71 | Alfonso Rodríguez | 96 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 585 | |
| 72 | Chira Prabandhayodhin | 98 | 97 | 99 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 585 | |
| 73 | Pierre Boisson | 96 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 585 | |
| 74 | Milton Tucker | 97 | 98 | 96 | 96 | 99 | 98 | 584 | |
| 75 | Gladys Baldwin | 95 | 99 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 584 | |
| 76 | Vagn Andersen | 97 | 98 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 584 | |
| 77 | Agustin Rangel | 98 | 95 | 95 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 583 | |
| 78 | Douglas Mast | 98 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 583 | |
| 79 | Simon Ekeno | 96 | 95 | 100 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 583 | |
| 80 | Esa Kervinen | 97 | 95 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 583 | |
| 81 | Remo Sele | 95 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 96 | 583 | |
| 82 | Takeshi Sugita | 99 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 95 | 583 | |
| 83 | Peter Rull, Sr. | 97 | 95 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 97 | 582 | |
| 84 | André Noël | 94 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 93 | 99 | 581 | |
| 85 | Wong Foo Wah | 98 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 581 | |
| 86 | Fernando Inchauste | 97 | 97 | 98 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 580 | |
| 87 | Louis Frommelt | 99 | 99 | 95 | 96 | 95 | 96 | 580 | |
| 88 | Harold Fredericks | 98 | 95 | 99 | 97 | 97 | 94 | 580 | |
| 89 | Jaime Callejas | 97 | 94 | 97 | 100 | 95 | 96 | 579 | |
| 90 | César Batista | 98 | 96 | 94 | 97 | 94 | 99 | 578 | |
| 91 | Juan Antonio Valencia | 97 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 576 | |
| 92 | Mário Ribeiro | 96 | 95 | 96 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 575 | |
| 93 | Carvour Morris | 97 | 95 | 95 | 97 | 94 | 97 | 575 | |
| 94 | Eduardo Arroyo | 96 | 99 | 94 | 97 | 93 | 96 | 575 | |
| 95 | Prithipal Chatterjee | 97 | 96 | 96 | 93 | 95 | 95 | 572 | |
| 96 | Yondonjamtsyn Batsükh | 98 | 96 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 93 | 572 | |
| 97 | Lodovico Espinosa | 92 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 94 | 570 | |
| 98 | José Mario Váldez | 94 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 93 | 96 | 569 | |
| 99 | Roy Choudhury | 93 | 95 | 97 | 96 | 92 | 94 | 567 | |
| 100 | Bèto Adriana | 93 | 93 | 96 | 93 | 96 | 95 | 566 | |
| 101 | Owen Phillips | 87 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 91 | 555 | |
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