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Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open

Date	22 – 23 October 1968 — 8:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Polígono de Tiro Vicente Suárez, Campo Militar No. 1, Ciudad de México
Participants	56 from 34 countries
Format	50 metres. 60 shots in two courses of 30. 600 possible.

Most shooters used the Swiss Hammerli pistol with the German Walther the second most popular. Poland’s Józef Zapędzki opened up in the lead, shooting 100-99-99 on the first day for 298, and was not headed the second day as he won the gold medal. Marcel Roşca (ROM), Renart Suleymanov (URS), and Christian Düring (GDR) tied for second with 591 and shot-off for the silver and bronze medals. Roşca went thru with 147 in three four-second strings for the silver medal. Suleymanov and Düring tied with 146 in the shoot-off, with Suleymanov winning the bronze in the second shoot-off, 148-147.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Shoot-off 1 Points	Shoot-off 2 Points
1	–	Józef Zapędzki	POL	593	298	295	–	–	Gold	OR
2	–	Marcel Roșca	ROU	591	295	296	147	–	Silver
3	–	Renart Suleymanov	URS	591	297	294	146	148	Bronze
4	–	Christian Düring	GDR	591	296	295	146	147
5	–	Erich Masurat	FRG	590	294	296	–	–
6	–	Gerhard Dommrich	GDR	589	292	297	–	–
7	–	Lubomír Nácovský	TCH	588	292	296	–	–
8	–	Giovanni Liverzani	ITA	588	292	296	–	–
9	–	Hans Standl	FRG	587	292	295	–	–
10	–	Ladislav Falta	TCH	587	296	291	–	–
11	–	Pentti Linnosvuo	FIN	587	296	291	–	–
12	–	Takeo Kamachi	JPN	586	292	294	–	–
13	–	Waldemar Califf	SWE	586	293	293	–	–
14	–	Aladár Dobsa	HUN	586	294	292	–	–
15	–	Immo Huhtinen	FIN	586	292	294	–	–
16	–	Wacław Hamerliński	POL	585	292	293	–	–
17	–	Bill McMillan	USA	584	290	294	–	–
18	–	Ugo Amicosante	ITA	584	291	293	–	–
19	–	Alexander Taransky	AUS	583	294	289	–	–
20	–	Szilárd Kun	HUN	583	290	293	–	–
21	–	Virgil Atanasiu	ROU	583	291	292	–	–
22	–	Alkiviadis Papageorgopoulos	GRE	582	290	292	–	–
23	–	Makoto Shiraishi	JPN	582	292	290	–	–
24	–	Tony Clark	GBR	581	289	292	–	–
25	–	Jim McNally	USA	580	285	295	–	–
26	–	Robert Hassell	GBR	580	288	292	–	–
27	–	Anatoly Onishchuk	URS	579	291	288	–	–
28	–	Dencho Denev	BUL	579	293	286	–	–
29	–	Fernando Samoya	GUA	579	291	288	–	–
30	–	Hubert Garschall	AUT	579	292	287	–	–
31	–	Jaime González	ESP	579	284	295	–	–
32	–	Paterno Miranda	PHI	578	291	287	–	–
33	–	Víctor Castellanos	GUA	578	289	289	–	–
34	–	Jules Sobrian	CAN	576	287	289	–	–
35	–	Leonard Bull	KEN	576	289	287	–	–
36	–	Rangsit Yanothai	THA	576	287	289	–	–
37	–	Taweesak Kasiwat	THA	575	288	287	–	–
38	–	Óscar Cervo	ARG	575	287	288	–	–
39	–	Stig Berntsson	SWE	575	284	291	–	–
40	–	Kurt Klingler	SUI	575	289	286	–	–
41	–	Víctor Tantalean	PER	572	286	286	–	–
42	–	Josef Ziltener	SUI	572	286	286	–	–
43	–	Rafael Carpio	MEX	571	278	293	–	–
44	–	Nelson Torno	ARG	571	286	285	–	–
45	–	Javier Álava	ESP	570	284	286	–	–
46	–	Loh Kok Heng	SGP	566	283	283	–	–
47	–	Tüdeviin Myagmarjav	MGL	562	279	283	–	–
48	–	Enrique Torres	MEX	561	281	280	–	–
49	–	Tomás Vilanova	ESA	561	276	285	–	–
50	–	Fernando Miranda	PUR	558	281	277	–	–
51	–	Keith Elder	CAN	554	277	277	–	–
52	–	Chou Yen-Sheng	TPE	549	274	275	–	–
53	–	Vũ Văn Danh	VNM	548	273	275	–	–
54	–	Horacio Miranda	PHI	541	266	275	–	–
55	–	Helio Castro	ESA	533	266	267	–	–
56	–	Young Kwok Wai	HKG	517	241	276	–	–