Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet


The following are the results of the Skeet competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. All three medalists had a tied score of 195. A shoot off was held, in the shoot off 1970 world champion, Konrad Wirnhier of West Germany hit all 25 birds to claim the gold. Earlier in the competition co-world record holder Yury Tsuranov of the Soviet Union disagreed with a ruling on a lost bird, and walked off the field. For his actions he penalized three birds. This brought his score down to 192, exactly three birds short for the shoot off for the gold medal.

Final

The format was: 200 targets. Four rounds of 25 targets for a total of 100 targets in each day. Ties for the medals were broken with a shoot off, all other ties are broken by the best score in round 8, if still tied after that it goes to round 7 and continues until the tie is broken.
RankNameNationality1234Day 15678TotalShoot off
Konrad Wirnhier24252425982325252419525
Yevgeni Petrov25242424972425252419524
Michael Buchheim25252324972525232519523
4Joe Neville242525259921242525194
5Roberto Castrillo232425249625242524194
6Klaus Reschke242423259525242325193
7Élie Pénot232424259625252324193
8Lakis Georgiou232522239325252425192
9Jack Johnson232324249425252325192
10Romano Garagnani232325249423252524192
11Miguel Marina242525239723252324192
12Ari Westergård242525239724242324192
13Yury Tsuranov252421259525252423192
14Francis Cornet222425259624252423192
15Lucian Cojocaru252125239424232525191
16Colin Sephton232324259524232425191
17Jorge Uauy242422239324252524191
18Carlo Alberto Lodi232323249325242524191
19Niels-Ove Mikkelsen232425229424252523191
20Artur Rogowski222324259421252525190
21Panagiotis Xanthakos252124239325242424190
22Walter Wrigge232225259523252324190
23Gleb Pintilie242423239423252523190
24Servilio Torres242324249524242423190
25Bruno De Costa242425259823212323188
26Firmo Roberti222324259424252322188
27Gerardo González242024229025232425187
28Özman Gıraud232423249421242325187
29Lars-Erik Söderberg232520229024242524187
30Güneş Yunus232223229024252424187
31Ben Pon232522249423242224187
32Antonio Yaqigi222224249225242422187
33Anton Manolov242324239424242322187
34Tony Rosetti232123239024242424186
35Eric Swinkels222325239325212324186
36Karni Singh212422249124252323186
37Roger Mangin242322229124212425185
38Nuria Ortíz222324239222232523185
39Wiesław Gawlikowski232322229023252423185
40Antoine Saade212520259124252223185
41Juan Bueno242323209024232324184
42Gert-Åke Bengtsson232320238924242125183
43Manuel González212222238824242224182
44Park Do-geun212423229024232223182
45Juan Ávalos232023249022242422182
46Ole Justesen232122228824212225180
47Andrés Amador212223228823222423180
48Chris Binet232123259220232520180
49José de Matos212224218823242123179
50Donald Sanderlin192323238822252221178
51Rafael Batista252321208921231924176
52William Campbell222119228423232124175
53Arthur McMahon202023218422242222174
54Maurice Tabet212121218421221925171
55Joseph Grech212323208724201920170
56Park Seong-tae182318207922222322168
57Melchor Yap202220228419212221167
58Riad Yunes182222198122192024166
59Carlos Asbun162222208021192319162
60Armando Salvietti182220218120221721161
61Raymundo Quitoriano171616196817211921143
62Domingo Lorenzo191420177017171820142
Philip SerjeantDNF
Ratcho KossevDNS
Heikki LindforsDNS
Robert Carr-HartleyDNS