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Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Dates 18 – 23 October 1968
Medal Events 7

There was one new event added to the program for 1968, skeet shooting. Skeet had been popular world-wide for many years and had been conducted at the UIT World Championships since the 1950s. Shot at clay discs, the event had some similarities to trap shooting, but with differences in terms of the angles the clays are thrown from, the position the rifle is held, and the amount and number of doubles shot. Like trap shooting, it is shot with a shotgun. The other six events in 1968 were the same as in 1960-64 – two pistol events, three rifle events, and trap shooting. All the shooting events were held at the Vincente Suárez Shooting Range.

The other big change in 1968 Olympic shooting was that women were allowed to compete for the first time, shooting alongside the men. Three women competed – Eulalia Rolińska (POL) in prone small-bore rifle, finishing 22nd, Gladys de Seminario (PER) in prone small-bore rifle, finishing 31st; and Nuria Ortíz (MEX) in skeet shooting, placing 13th.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open Olympic 22 – 23 October 1968 56 34
Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open Olympic 18 October 1968 69 42
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Open Olympic 23 October 1968 30 16
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Open Olympic 21 October 1968 62 35
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open Olympic 19 October 1968 86 46
Trap, Open Olympic 18 – 19 October 1968 55 34
Skeet, Open Olympic 21 – 22 October 1968 52 30
351 (348/3) 62 (62/3)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open Józef ZapędzkiPOL Marcel RoșcaROU Renart SuleymanovURS
Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open Grigory KosykhURS Heinz MertelFRG Harald VollmarGDR
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Open Gary AndersonUSA Valentin KornevURS Kurt MüllerSUI
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Open Bernd KlingnerFRG John WriterUSA Vitaly ParkhimovichURS
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open Jan KůrkaTCH László HammerlHUN Ian BallingerNZL
Trap, Open Bob BraithwaiteGBR Tom GarrigusUSA Kurt CzekallaGDR
Skeet, Open Yevgeny PetrovURS Romano GaragnaniITA Konrad WirnhierFRG

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 2 1 2 5
United States USA 1 2 0 3
West Germany FRG 1 1 1 3
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 1 0 0 1
Poland POL 1 0 0 1
Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Romania ROU 0 1 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 0 2 2
New Zealand NZL 0 0 1 1
Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1