Shooting — Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open (discontinued)

Times held 6
Total participants 188
Total countries 64

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1900 Free Pistol, King of Shooting, Open Olympic (non-medal) 5 3
1900 Free Pistol, Open Olympic (non-medal) 67 9
1968 Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open Olympic 69 42
1972 Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open Olympic 59 36
1976 Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open Olympic 47 31
1980 Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open Olympic 33 19

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Grigory KosykhURS Heinz MertelFRG Harald VollmarGDR
1972 Ragnar SkanåkerSWE Dan IugaROU Rudolf DollingerAUT
1976 Uwe PotteckGDR Harald VollmarGDR Rudolf DollingerAUT
1980 Aleksandr MelentyevURS Harald VollmarGDR Lyubcho DyakovBUL

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 2 0 0 2
East Germany GDR 1 2 1 4
Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
Romania ROU 0 1 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 1 0 1
Austria AUT 0 0 2 2
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Uwe Potteck GDR 1 0 0 1
Ragnar Skanåker SWE 1 0 0 1
Grigory Kosykh RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Aleksandr Melentyev KGZ
URS
1 0 0 1
Harald Vollmar GDR 0 2 1 3

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Albania ALB 1972 Summer Olympics Fatos Pilkati 24 See all
Argentina ARG 1976 Summer Olympics Juan Casey =43 See all
Australia AUS 1976 Summer Olympics Norman Harrison =32 See all
Austria AUT 1972 Summer Olympics Rudolf Dollinger 3 Bronze See all
1976 Summer Olympics Rudolf Dollinger 3 Bronze
Belgium BEL 1976 Summer Olympics Anne Goffin =43 See all
Belize BIZ 1976 Summer Olympics John Waight 47 See all
Bolivia BOL 1976 Summer Olympics Jaime Sánchez =39 See all
Brazil BRA 1976 Summer Olympics Bertino de Souza 9 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Silvio Carvalho 9
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Summer Olympics Lyubcho Dyakov 3 Bronze See all
Canada CAN 1968 Summer Olympics Bill Hare 15 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1968 Summer Olympics Chen Jeng-Gang 53 See all
Colombia COL 1972 Summer Olympics Gilberto Fernández 27 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1980 Summer Olympics Mariano Lara 26 See all
Cuba CUB 1968 Summer Olympics Nelson Oñate 7 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1972 Summer Olympics Hynek Hromada 6 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1980 Summer Olympics Seo Gil-San 4 See all
Denmark DEN 1968 Summer Olympics Jørgen Gabrielsen 20 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Uwe Potteck 1 Gold See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Tito Castillo 58 See all
Finland FIN 1980 Summer Olympics Seppo Saarenpää 5 See all
Great Britain GBR 1976 Summer Olympics Laszlo Antal =12 See all
Greece GRE 1972 Summer Olympics Dimitrios Kotronis 38 See all
Guatemala GUA 1968 Summer Olympics Gerardo Castañeda 39 See all
Haiti HAI 1976 Summer Olympics Eddy Louis DNS See all
1976 Summer Olympics Monod Philippe DNS
Hong Kong, China HKG 1976 Summer Olympics Camilo Pedro 46 See all
Hungary HUN 1972 Summer Olympics Kornél Marosvári 7 See all
Ireland IRL 1980 Summer Olympics Ken Stanford 25 See all
Israel ISR 1968 Summer Olympics Michael Marton 47 See all
Italy ITA 1976 Summer Olympics Vincenzo Tondo 6 See all
Japan JPN 1968 Summer Olympics Yoshihisa Yoshikawa 17 See all
Kenya KEN 1972 Summer Olympics John Harun 54 See all
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO 1980 Summer Olympics Souvanny Souksavath 32 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1968 Summer Olympics Nico Klein 30 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Leopoldo Martínez 36 See all
Mongolia MGL 1968 Summer Olympics Tüdeviin Myagmarjav 19 See all
Norway NOR 1968 Summer Olympics John Rødseth 13 See all
1972 Summer Olympics John Rødseth 13
Peru PER 1980 Summer Olympics Carlos Hora =18 See all
Philippines PHI 1976 Summer Olympics Art Macapagal =37 See all
Poland POL 1972 Summer Olympics Rajmund Stachurski 4 See all
Portugal POR 1972 Summer Olympics André Antunes 55 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1972 Summer Olympics Fernando Miranda 30 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1968 Summer Olympics An Jae-Song 34 See all
Romania ROU 1972 Summer Olympics Dan Iuga 2 Silver See all
San Marino SMR 1980 Summer Olympics Gianfranco Giardi 30 See all
Singapore SGP 1968 Summer Olympics Loh Kok Heng 66 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1968 Summer Olympics Hồ Minh Thu 43 See all
Soviet Union URS 1968 Summer Olympics Grigory Kosykh 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Melentyev 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1968 Summer Olympics José Amedo 33 See all
Sweden SWE 1972 Summer Olympics Ragnar Skanåker 1 Gold See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1972 Summer Olympics Zakai Hakki DNS See all
Thailand THA 1972 Summer Olympics Sutham Aswanit 37 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1968 Summer Olympics Bertram Manhin 38 See all
Türkiye TUR 1976 Summer Olympics Akin Ersoy =18 See all
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1972 Summer Olympics José Álvarez 57 See all
Uruguay URU 1968 Summer Olympics Enrique Barragán 48 See all
Venezuela VEN 1968 Summer Olympics Edgar Espinoza 37 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Phan Huy Khảng 20 See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Heinz Mertel 2 Silver See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1972 Summer Olympics Petar Bajić 33 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1980 Summer Olympics Ian Redmond 27 See all