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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	Competitor	NOC	Points	Day 1 Points	8 seconds Day 1	8 seconds Day 1 Course 1	8 seconds Day 1 Course 2	6 seconds Day 1	6 seconds Day 1 Course 1	6 seconds Day 1 Course 2	4 seconds Day 1	4 seconds Day 1 Course 1	4 seconds Day 1 Course 2	Day 2 Points	8 seconds Day 2	8 seconds Day 2 Course 1	8 seconds Day 2 Course 2	6 seconds Day 2	6 seconds Day 2 Course 1	6 seconds Day 2 Course 2	4 seconds Day 2	4 seconds Day 2 Course 1	4 seconds Day 2 Course 2
1	Józef Zapędzki	POL	593	298	100	50	50	99	50	49	99	50	49	295	99	50	49	99	49	50	97	47	50	Gold	OR
2	Marcel Roșca	ROU	591	295	99	49	50	98	49	49	98	50	48	296	99	49	50	100	50	50	97	47	50	Silver
3	Renart Suleymanov	URS	591	297	100	50	50	98	48	50	99	49	50	294	100	50	50	98	49	49	96	47	49	Bronze
4	Christian Düring	GDR	591	296	99	50	49	99	49	50	98	50	48	295	100	50	50	100	50	50	95	47	48
5	Erich Masurat	FRG	590	294	100	50	50	99	49	50	95	46	49	296	100	50	50	99	50	49	97	49	48
6	Gerhard Dommrich	GDR	589	292	96	49	47	99	49	50	97	47	50	297	98	48	50	99	49	50	100	50	50
7	Lubomír Nácovský	TCH	588	292	99	50	49	96	48	48	97	48	49	296	100	50	50	100	50	50	96	48	48
8	Giovanni Liverzani	ITA	588	292	98	49	49	98	49	49	96	47	49	296	100	50	50	100	50	50	96	49	47
9	Hans Standl	FRG	587	292	94	48	46	99	49	50	99	49	50	295	98	49	49	100	50	50	97	49	48
10	Ladislav Falta	TCH	587	296	100	50	50	97	48	49	99	50	49	291	95	46	49	100	50	50	96	49	47
11	Pentti Linnosvuo	FIN	587	296	99	49	50	100	50	50	97	48	49	291	98	50	48	98	49	49	95	47	48
12	Takeo Kamachi	JPN	586	292	98	48	50	99	49	50	95	48	47	294	100	50	50	97	48	49	97	48	49
13	Waldemar Califf	SWE	586	293	100	50	50	99	50	49	94	48	46	293	98	48	50	97	48	49	98	48	50
14	Aladár Dobsa	HUN	586	294	99	49	50	99	49	50	96	48	48	292	99	50	49	96	49	47	97	49	48
15	Immo Huhtinen	FIN	586	292	99	50	49	97	49	48	96	48	48	294	100	50	50	99	49	50	95	48	47
16	Wacław Hamerliński	POL	585	292	99	50	49	97	48	49	96	48	48	293	99	50	49	98	48	50	96	47	49
17	Bill McMillan	USA	584	290	98	49	49	98	49	49	94	47	47	294	99	49	50	99	50	49	96	49	47
18	Ugo Amicosante	ITA	584	291	99	49	50	99	50	49	93	47	46	293	98	49	49	99	50	49	96	49	47
19	Alex Taransky	AUS	583	294	98	49	49	99	49	50	97	49	48	289	97	48	49	97	48	49	95	50	45
20	Szilárd Kun	HUN	583	290	98	48	50	98	50	48	94	45	49	293	100	50	50	99	50	49	94	47	47
21	Virgil Atanasiu	ROU	583	291	98	49	49	100	50	50	93	46	47	292	98	49	49	99	50	49	95	48	47
22	Alkiviadis Papageorgopoulos	GRE	582	290	99	49	50	98	49	49	93	47	46	292	98	50	48	99	49	50	95	48	47
23	Makoto Shiraishi	JPN	582	292	99	49	50	98	50	48	95	48	47	290	99	49	50	98	49	49	93	48	45
24	Tony Clark	GBR	581	289	96	49	47	97	50	47	96	48	48	292	99	50	49	97	48	49	96	50	46
25	Jim McNally	USA	580	285	99	50	49	100	50	50	86	45	41	295	100	50	50	98	50	48	97	49	48
26	Bob Hassell	GBR	580	288	98	50	48	95	48	47	95	47	48	292	99	50	49	96	48	48	97	48	49
27	Anatoly Onishchuk	URS	579	291	99	49	50	98	50	48	94	49	45	288	100	50	50	99	49	50	89	40	49
28	Dencho Denev	BUL	579	293	99	49	50	98	48	50	96	47	49	286	97	48	49	97	48	49	92	45	47
29	Fernando Samoyoa	GUA	579	291	99	49	50	96	48	48	96	47	49	288	100	50	50	96	49	47	92	43	49
30	Hubert Garschall	AUT	579	292	97	48	49	99	49	50	96	48	48	287	95	49	46	99	49	50	93	46	47
31	Jaime González	ESP	579	284	96	48	48	96	47	49	92	46	46	295	98	50	48	98	49	49	99	49	50
32	Paterno Miranda	PHI	578	291	98	50	48	98	50	48	95	46	49	287	98	49	49	98	50	48	91	45	46
33	Víctor Castellanos	GUA	578	289	96	48	48	96	49	47	97	48	49	289	98	49	49	98	48	50	93	47	46
34	Jules Sobrian	CAN	576	287	97	49	48	98	48	50	92	45	47	289	99	49	50	97	48	49	93	44	49
35	Leonard Bull	KEN	576	289	96	46	50	98	48	50	95	50	45	287	97	48	49	97	48	49	93	48	45
36	Rangsit Yanothai	THA	576	287	97	48	49	96	47	49	94	47	47	289	98	50	48	95	49	46	96	48	48
37	Taweesak Kasiwat	THA	575	288	96	48	48	97	48	49	95	48	47	287	96	47	49	94	48	46	97	47	50
38	Óscar Cervo	ARG	575	287	98	50	48	99	49	50	90	44	46	288	98	50	48	96	48	48	94	47	47
39	Stig Berntsson	SWE	575	284	96	47	49	95	48	47	93	47	46	291	99	49	50	96	48	48	96	49	47
40	Kurt Klingler	SUI	575	289	99	50	49	97	49	48	93	48	45	286	96	48	48	97	48	49	93	48	45
41	Víctor Tantalean	PER	572	286	96	47	49	94	46	48	96	46	50	286	99	49	50	97	49	48	90	45	45
42	Josef Ziltener	SUI	572	286	93	46	47	96	49	47	97	49	48	286	99	50	49	97	49	48	90	46	44
43	Rafael Carpio	MEX	571	278	99	49	50	96	48	48	83	48	35	293	99	50	49	98	49	49	96	49	47
44	Nelson Torno	ARG	571	286	97	47	50	95	50	45	94	48	46	285	99	49	50	95	48	47	91	47	44
45	Javier Álava	ESP	570	284	98	48	50	97	47	50	89	43	46	286	94	46	48	98	49	49	94	48	46
46	Loh Kok Heng	SGP	566	283	98	49	49	96	47	49	89	43	46	283	96	47	49	93	44	49	94	47	47
47	Tüdeviin Myagmarjav	MGL	562	279	97	48	49	97	49	48	85	41	44	283	98	50	48	98	49	49	87	43	44
48	Enrique Torres	MEX	561	281	96	47	49	93	47	46	92	45	47	280	99	49	50	88	39	49	93	47	46
49	Tomás Vilanova	ESA	561	276	96	48	48	93	48	45	87	43	44	285	99	49	50	94	47	47	92	46	46
50	Fernando Miranda	PUR	558	281	95	46	49	96	48	48	90	45	45	277	96	47	49	98	48	50	83	35	48
51	Keith Elder	CAN	554	277	95	47	48	91	44	47	91	46	45	277	97	49	48	98	49	49	82	46	36
52	Chou Yen-Sheng	TPE	549	274	95	49	46	92	47	45	87	43	44	275	97	50	47	94	45	49	84	46	38
53	Vũ Văn Danh	VNM	548	273	97	48	49	87	44	43	89	46	43	275	96	48	48	92	45	47	87	42	45
54	Horacio Miranda	PHI	541	266	94	47	47	92	47	45	80	35	45	275	100	50	50	88	45	43	87	44	43
55	Helio Castro	ESA	533	266	97	49	48	90	44	46	79	44	35	267	93	45	48	97	48	49	77	42	35
56	Young Kwok Wai	HKG	517	241	80	44	36	86	38	48	75	35	40	276	91	47	44	96	47	49	89	45	44
DNS	Luben Brusev	BUL	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	Nestor de Castro	PHI	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	León Lyon	PUR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	Nelson Oñate	CUB	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	Seo Gang-Uk	KOR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Shoot-Off 2-4

Date	22 – 23 October 1968 — 8:30

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points
1	Marcel Roșca	ROU	147	–
2	Renart Suleymanov	URS	146	148
3	Christian Düring	GDR	146	147