| Date | 19 July 1976 — 9:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Stand de tir olympique, L'Acadie, Québec, CAN | |
| Participants | 78 from 45 countries | |
| Format | 50 metres prone. 60 shots prone. 600 possible. | |
The English match was shot on a windy day which frustrated many of the shooters. This enabled Germany’s Karlheinz Smieszek to win with 599, although he had not previously won a major title. This would also be the only Olympic event in which he ever competed.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Round 1 Points | Round 2 Points | Round 3 Points | Round 4 Points | Round 5 Points | Round 6 Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 149 | Karlheinz Smieszek | 599 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | Gold | |||
| 2 | 146 | Ulrich Lind | 597 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 100 | Silver | |||
| 3 | 376 | Gennady Lushchikov | 595 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 100 | Bronze | |||
| 4 | 330 | Toni Müller | 595 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | ||||
| 5 | 209 | Walter Frescura | 594 | 97 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | ||||
| 6 | 64 | Arne Sorensen | 593 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 95 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| 7 | 81 | Henning Clausen | 593 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 99 | ||||
| 8 | 400 | Desanka Pešut | 592 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | ||||
| 9 | 36 | Durval Guimarães | 592 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 99 | ||||
| 10 | 252 | Olegario Vázquez | 592 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 99 | ||||
| 11 | 256 | Mendbayaryn Jantsankhorloo | 592 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 97 | ||||
| =12 | 198 | Micha Kaufman | 591 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | ||||
| =12 | 48 | Stefan Krastev | 591 | 95 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 100 | ||||
| =12 | 18 | Gerhard Krimbacher | 591 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 97 | 98 | ||||
| =12 | 264 | Terje Melbye Hansen | 591 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 99 | ||||
| =12 | 377 | Boris Melnik | 591 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | ||||
| =12 | 305 | Ralph Rodríguez | 591 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 97 | ||||
| =12 | 79 | Miguel Valdés | 591 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 96 | ||||
| =12 | 352 | Jiří Vogler | 591 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| =20 | 267 | Ian Ballinger | 590 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 94 | 98 | 100 | ||||
| =20 | 343 | Karel Bulan | 590 | 100 | 97 | 97 | 99 | 98 | 99 | ||||
| =20 | 124 | Anthony Greenfield | 590 | 100 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 98 | ||||
| =20 | 29 | Odette Meuter | 590 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 99 | 100 | ||||
| =20 | 185 | Lajos Papp | 590 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | ||||
| =20 | 113 | Jacques Pichon | 590 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 | ||||
| =20 | 391 | David Ross | 590 | 99 | 95 | 97 | 100 | 99 | 100 | ||||
| =20 | 24 | Wolfram Waibel, Sr. | 590 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 97 | ||||
| =28 | 55 | Hans Adlhoch | 589 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | ||||
| =28 | 285 | Andrzej Trajda | 589 | 98 | 95 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 100 | ||||
| =28 | 317 | Gheorghe Vasilescu | 589 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 100 | ||||
| =31 | 263 | Helge Anshushaug | 588 | 99 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 96 | 97 | ||||
| =31 | 383 | Vic Auer | 588 | 98 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | ||||
| =31 | 217 | Sachio Hosokawa | 588 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 100 | ||||
| =31 | 336 | Sven Johansson | 588 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 98 | ||||
| =31 | 28 | Frans Lafortune | 588 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 97 | ||||
| =31 | 402 | Miroslav Šipek | 588 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | ||||
| =37 | 181 | László Hammerl | 587 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 96 | ||||
| =37 | 109 | Gilbert Emptaz | 587 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 97 | 97 | ||||
| =37 | 128 | Peter Gorewski | 587 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 100 | 98 | ||||
| =37 | 277 | Stanisław Marucha | 587 | 99 | 98 | 95 | 99 | 98 | 98 | ||||
| =41 | 9 | Donald Brook | 586 | 99 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 98 | ||||
| =41 | 92 | Luis del Cerro | 586 | 96 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 99 | ||||
| =41 | 97 | Jouko Hietalahti | 586 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 99 | 98 | ||||
| =41 | 357 | Wongsak Malaipun | 586 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 98 | ||||
| =41 | 153 | Lampis Manthos | 586 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 98 | ||||
| =41 | 174 | Peter Rull, Sr. | 586 | 95 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 98 | ||||
| =47 | 366 | Mehmet Dursun | 585 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 97 | ||||
| =47 | 301 | Manuel Hawayek | 585 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 99 | ||||
| =47 | 154 | Ioannis Skarafigkas | 585 | 98 | 99 | 95 | 99 | 95 | 99 | ||||
| =47 | 342 | Stefan Thynell | 585 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 99 | 98 | 99 | ||||
| =51 | 254 | Sangidorjiin Adilbish | 584 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 95 | 96 | 97 | ||||
| =51 | 115 | Alister Allan | 584 | 98 | 94 | 99 | 100 | 96 | 97 | ||||
| =51 | 75 | José González | 584 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 97 | 98 | ||||
| =51 | 11 | Don Gowland | 584 | 96 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 96 | ||||
| =51 | 131 | Marlies Kanthak | 584 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 95 | 98 | ||||
| =51 | 94 | José María Pigrau | 584 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 97 | ||||
| =57 | 233 | Choi Chung-Seok | 583 | 95 | 95 | 99 | 96 | 99 | 99 | ||||
| =57 | 100 | Jaakko Minkkinen | 583 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 98 | ||||
| =57 | 6 | Ricardo Rusticucci | 583 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 96 | ||||
| =60 | 258 | Joe Barral | 582 | 97 | 100 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 94 | ||||
| =60 | 34 | Waldemar Cappucci | 582 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 98 | ||||
| =60 | 206 | Giuseppe De Chirico | 582 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 95 | 97 | 97 | ||||
| =60 | 52 | Anka Pelova | 582 | 96 | 95 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 99 | ||||
| =64 | 259 | Pierre Boisson | 581 | 93 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 96 | 96 | ||||
| =64 | 176 | Willy Hillen | 581 | 97 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 93 | ||||
| =64 | 289 | Kim Gyong-Ho | 581 | 97 | 96 | 99 | 96 | 95 | 98 | ||||
| =64 | 236 | Lee Gyun | 581 | 93 | 96 | 99 | 96 | 98 | 99 | ||||
| =68 | 73 | Hugo Chamberlain | 580 | 97 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 98 | 96 | ||||
| =68 | 223 | Kaoru Matsuo | 580 | 97 | 96 | 95 | 97 | 99 | 96 | ||||
| =68 | 315 | Nicolae Rotaru | 580 | 97 | 95 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 97 | ||||
| 71 | 171 | Reginaldo Dos Remédios | 579 | 97 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 100 | 94 | ||||
| 72 | 85 | Hasse Persson | 578 | 96 | 96 | 95 | 98 | 95 | 98 | ||||
| 73 | 360 | Suthorn Parmkerd | 574 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 93 | 98 | 96 | ||||
| =74 | 199 | Harold Frederick | 571 | 94 | 99 | 95 | 94 | 93 | 96 | ||||
| =74 | 200 | Peter Hogan | 571 | 95 | 95 | 93 | 95 | 96 | 97 | ||||
| 76 | 322 | Alfredo Pelliccioni | 565 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 93 | 96 | 92 | ||||
| 77 | 365 | John Fong Yew | 564 | 85 | 96 | 94 | 96 | 97 | 96 | ||||
| 78 | 30 | Owen Phillips | 544 | 93 | 94 | 85 | 92 | 90 | 90 | ||||
| 164 | Rémy John-Thomas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 166 | Gabriel Painson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 231 | Simon Nakomol | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 232 | Patrick Neylan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 246 | Antonio Aguilar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 308 | Ku Ping-Chi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 310 | Wu Tao-Yan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 331 | Erwin Vogt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |