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Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open

Date28 August 1972 — 9:00
StatusOlympic
LocationSchießanlage, Hochbrück, München
Participants101 from 58 countries
Format50 metres prone. 60 shots prone. 600 possible.

The gold medal was won by North Korean Li Ho-Jun, who won the first medal ever for North Korea at the Summer Olympics. At first, it appeared that American Vic Auer had won the gold with 598 but that was based on unofficial scoring. The official scores gave Li 599 for first place. In his press conference after the victory, he stated, “I thought I was shooting at my enemies. Our Prime Minister, Kim Il-Sung, told us prior to our departure to shoot as if we were fighting our enemies. And that’s exactly what I did.” Because of the furor this remark caused, Li appeared at another press conference at which he claimed he was misunderstood. Li also finished ninth in the small-bore three position event in 1972.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRound 1 PointsRound 2 PointsRound 3 PointsRound 4 PointsRound 5 PointsRound 6 Points
1Li Ho-JunPRK59999100100100100100GoldWR
2Vic AuerUSA59810098100100100100Silver
3Nicolae RotaruROU5981001001009910099Bronze
4Giuseppe De ChiricoITA597991009999100100
5Jiří VoglerTCH5971001009899100100
6Jaime SantiagoPUR597100100999999100
7Lones WiggerUSA597999910010010099
8László HammerlHUN597100991001009999
9Andrzej TrajdaPOL5971001001001009899
10Donald BrookAUS59699999910099100
11Rudolf PojerTCH596100100999810099
12Werner LippoldtGDR59610099100999999
13Wolfram Waibel, Sr.AUT5961001001009810098
14Frans LafortuneBEL59599981009910099
15Henning ClausenDEN5959999100999999
16Sylvester KnipferFRG595991009810010098
17Willy HillenNED59599100999910098
18Vitaly ParkhimovichURS5949998999999100
19Emiliyan VergovBUL594981001009799100
20Ernesto Montemayor, Jr.MEX59410098999998100
21Stefan VasilevBUL5949998991009999
22Ismail RamaALB5949999991009899
23Henry HerscoviciISR59310099979810099
24Peter GorewskiGDR593989999999999
25Russell DoveAUS5939810098999999
26Ioannis SkarafigkasGRE5939899100989999
27Lampis ManthosGRE593969910010010098
28Eulalia RolińskaPOL59399971009910098
29Mike WattNZL59399981001009997
30Zdravko MilutinovićYUG59310098991009997
31Joe BarralMON5939910099999997
32Olegario VázquezMEX59298100979899100
33Manuel HawayekPUR5929899989998100
34Valentin KornevURS5929799999810099
35Mehmet DursunTUR59210097989810099
36Christer JanssonSWE592979999999999
37Gottfried KustermannFRG592999998999899
38Ricardo RusticucciARG59299100971009799
39Sven JohanssonSWE5929910098999799
40Helge AnshushaugNOR5921009999989997
41Wu Tao-YanTPE5919898999799100
42Mendbayaryn JantsankhorlooMGL591979899999999
43Walter FrescuraITA591989898999999
44Humberto CabreraCUB591979999999899
45Michel FontaineFRA5919810099989898
46Ian BallingerNZL591981001001009796
47Alf MayerCAN59097989798100100
48Sándor NagyHUN5909899989897100
49Luis del CerroESP59097989910096100
50Gil BoaCAN5909598991009999
51Adelso PeñaCUB590989998989998
52Robert HoumanBEL590999998979998
53Ilie CodreanuROU5909999961009898
54John PalinGBR59098989710010097
55Phil LawrenceGBR5909798999910097
56Dismus OnyiegoKEN59010099969910096
57Zelig ShtrochISR5899698971009999
58Li Yun-HaePRK5899898951009999
59Minoru ItoJPN5899796100999899
60Choi Chung-SeokKOR5899998989610098
61Jaakko AsikainenFIN589989899989898
62Erwin VogtSUI588989999969898
63Theo DitzlerSUI5879895979810099
64José Luis CalvoESP5871009697999798
65Daya Rajasinghe NadarajasinghamSRI587979998989897
66Beqir KosovaALB5871009698989996
67Karl FröschlAUT5871009797999995
68Hugo ChamberlainCRC586979697989999
69Jens NygårdNOR5869998971009498
70Udomsak TheinthongTHA586969898999897
71Alfonso RodríguezCOL585969897999798
72Chira PrabandhayodhinTHA585989799969897
73Pierre BoissonMON585969899999796
74Milton TuckerBAR584979896969998
75Gladys BaldwinPER584959998969898
76Vagn AndersenDEN584979896979997
77Agustín RangelVEN5839895951009798
78Douglas MastISV583989797969798
79Simon EkenoKEN5839695100989698
80Esa KervinenFIN583979598989897
81Remo SeleLIE5839596989810096
82Takeshi SugitaJPN583999896989795
83Peter Rull, Sr.HKG582979598999697
84André NoëlFRA5819498971009399
85Wong Foo WahMAS581989898959696
86Fernando InchausteBOL580979798949698
87Louis FrommeltLIE580999995969596
88Harold FrederickISV580989599979794
89Jaime CallejasCOL5799794971009596
90César BaptistaPOR578989694979499
91Juan Antonio ValenciaESA576979397979795
92Mário RibeiroPOR575969596949698
93Cavour MorrisBAR575979595979497
94Eduardo ArroyoBOL575969994979396
95Prithipal ChatterjeeIND572979696939595
96Yondonjamtsyn BatsükhMGL572989694959693
97Lodovico EspinosaPHI570929496989694
98José Mario ValdezESA569949496969396
99Roy ChoudhuryIND567939597969294
100Bèto AdrianaAHO566939396939695
101Owen PhillipsBIZ555879494949591