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Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open

Date18 July 1976 — 8:00
StatusOlympic
LocationStand de tir olympique, L'Acadie, Québec, CAN
Participants47 from 31 countries
Format50 metres. 60 shots in six series of 10. 600 possible.

The free pistol was the first shooting event in 1976. As the event started, the national flags were standing straight out, reflecting the strong breeze that affected the shooters all day, despite the high walls that protected the shooting range. Even in the wind, Uwe Potteck (GDR) broke the world record with 573 to win the event easily, by six points, over the previous world record holder, his teammate Harald Vollmar. Austrian Rudolf Dollinger finished third, repeating his bronze medal from 1972.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRound 1 PointsRound 2 PointsRound 3 PointsRound 4 PointsRound 5 PointsRound 6 Points
1Uwe PotteckGDR573929894959896GoldWR
2Harald VollmarGDR567939792959595Silver
3Rudolf DollingerAUT562939295939693Bronze
4Heinz MertelFRG560949295949491
5Ragnar SkanåkerSWE559909191959597
6Vincenzo TondoITA559889396969294
7Grigory KosykhURS559919496949193
8Dencho DenevBUL557919092989294
9Bertino de SouzaBRA556959194929193
10Hershel AndersonUSA556919592959192
11Jean FaggionFRA554889594949489
=12Laszlo AntalGBR553919589899396
=12Sławomir RomanowskiPOL553959489939488
=14André PorthaultFRA552929597908296
=14Kjell JacobssonSWE552919193979189
=14Ivan NémethyTCH552889392919197
17Enzo ContegnoITA551949390919192
=18Lyubcho DyakovBUL550929493928990
=18Roman BurkardSUI550929095909291
=18Akin ErsoyTUR550919192968991
=21Shigetoshi TashiroJPN549899389948995
=21John RødsethNOR549939493918989
23Tom GuinnCAN548919594918889
=24Jules SobrianCAN547919195898893
=24Gerhard BeyerFRG547908794949290
=26Tüdeviin MyagmarjavMGL546929390899290
=26Marlen P'ap'avaURS546908888959293
28Masanobu OhataJPN545899093929091
29Paulo LamegoBRA544939387899488
30Hubert GarschallAUT543918992898993
31Niels DahlDEN542909190899389
=32Norman HarrisonAUS540899389919187
=32Johnny CannizzaroPUR540888895918692
34Dan IugaROU539889094948786
35Miroslav ŠtefanTCH537909287879190
36Tserenjavyn ÖlziibayarMGL536839194899188
=37Art MacapagalPHI534919186889088
=37Richard CrawfordUSA534919087929282
=39Jaime SánchezBOL531889189898985
=39Javier PadillaMEX531878690909385
41Sutham AswanitTHA529849391878886
42John GillmanAUS525878386889091
=43Juan CaseyARG515839089898678
=43Anne GoffinBEL515898688848187
45Veera UppapongTHA507858388888875
46Camilo PedroHKG490808185867880
47John WaightBIZ419707174697461