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Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open

Date	19 July 1976 — 9:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Stand de tir olympique, L'Acadie, Québec, CAN
Participants	78 from 45 countries
Format	50 metres prone. 60 shots prone. 600 possible.

The English match was shot on a windy day which frustrated many of the shooters. This enabled Germany’s Karlheinz Smieszek to win with 599, although he had not previously won a major title. This would also be the only Olympic event in which he ever competed.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points	Round 4 Points	Round 5 Points	Round 6 Points
1	–	Karlheinz Smieszek	FRG	599	99	100	100	100	100	100	Gold	=WR
2	–	Ulrich Lind	FRG	597	100	99	99	100	99	100	Silver
3	–	Gennady Lushchikov	URS	595	100	99	99	97	100	100	Bronze
4	–	Anton Müller	SUI	595	100	100	99	99	99	98
5	–	Walter Frescura	ITA	594	97	100	99	99	100	99
6	–	Arne Sorensen	CAN	593	100	100	98	95	100	100
7	–	Henning Clausen	DEN	593	99	99	99	97	100	99
8	–	Desanka Pešut	YUG	592	100	98	98	98	99	99
9	–	Durval Guimarães	BRA	592	99	99	99	98	98	99
10	–	Olegario Vázquez	MEX	592	100	99	99	98	97	99
11	–	Mendbayaryn Jantsankhorloo	MGL	592	100	98	100	99	98	97
=12	–	Micha Kaufman	ISR	591	98	98	98	99	99	99
=12	–	Stefan Krastev	BUL	591	95	99	100	99	98	100
=12	–	Gerhard Krimbacher	AUT	591	99	99	99	99	97	98
=12	–	Terje Melbye Hansen	NOR	591	99	100	97	98	98	99
=12	–	Boris Melnik	URS	591	98	99	98	99	99	98
=12	–	Ralph Rodríguez	PUR	591	99	99	98	100	98	97
=12	–	Miguel Valdés	CUB	591	99	100	99	99	98	96
=12	–	Jiří Vogler	TCH	591	98	98	97	98	100	100
=20	–	Ian Ballinger	NZL	590	100	98	100	94	98	100
=20	–	Karel Bulan	TCH	590	100	97	97	99	98	99
=20	–	Anthony Greenfield	GBR	590	100	98	97	98	99	98
=20	–	Odette Meuter	BEL	590	98	98	99	96	99	100
=20	–	Lajos Papp	HUN	590	97	98	99	99	99	98
=20	–	Jacques Pichon	FRA	590	98	98	97	99	99	99
=20	–	David Ross	USA	590	99	95	97	100	99	100
=20	–	Wolfram Waibel, Sr.	AUT	590	99	98	98	99	99	97
=28	–	Hans Adlhoch	CAN	589	100	97	98	98	98	98
=28	–	Andrzej Trajda	POL	589	98	95	98	99	99	100
=28	–	Gheorghe Vasilescu	ROU	589	96	97	99	99	98	100
=31	–	Helge Anshushaug	NOR	588	99	99	97	100	96	97
=31	–	Vic Auer	USA	588	98	96	99	99	98	98
=31	–	Sachio Hosokawa	JPN	588	97	97	98	98	98	100
=31	–	Sven Johansson	SWE	588	97	96	98	99	100	98
=31	–	Frans Lafortune	BEL	588	99	98	99	99	96	97
=31	–	Miroslav Šipek	YUG	588	98	97	98	98	99	98
=37	–	László Hammerl	HUN	587	97	98	99	97	100	96
=37	–	Gilbert Emptaz	FRA	587	97	98	100	98	97	97
=37	–	Peter Gorewski	GDR	587	98	98	98	95	100	98
=37	–	Stanisław Marucha	POL	587	99	98	95	99	98	98
=41	–	Donald Brook	AUS	586	99	96	97	99	97	98
=41	–	Luis del Cerro	ESP	586	96	99	98	98	96	99
=41	–	Jouko Hietalahti	FIN	586	98	97	97	97	99	98
=41	–	Wongsak Malaipun	THA	586	96	97	98	99	98	98
=41	–	Lampis Manthos	GRE	586	98	96	98	99	97	98
=41	–	Peter Rull, Sr.	HKG	586	95	100	98	98	97	98
=47	–	Mehmet Dursun	TUR	585	95	98	100	97	98	97
=47	–	Manuel Hawayek	PUR	585	99	97	96	96	98	99
=47	–	Ioannis Skarafigkas	GRE	585	98	99	95	99	95	99
=47	–	Stefan Thynell	SWE	585	98	95	96	99	98	99
=51	–	Sangidorjiin Adilbish	MGL	584	99	97	100	95	96	97
=51	–	Alister Allan	GBR	584	98	94	99	100	96	97
=51	–	José González	CUB	584	96	98	97	98	97	98
=51	–	Don Gowland	AUS	584	96	99	98	98	97	96
=51	–	Marlies Kanthak	GDR	584	97	98	99	97	95	98
=51	–	José María Pigrau	ESP	584	96	96	98	97	100	97
=57	–	Choi Chung-Seok	KOR	583	95	95	99	96	99	99
=57	–	Jaakko Minkkinen	FIN	583	98	95	96	97	99	98
=57	–	Ricardo Rusticucci	ARG	583	96	97	97	98	99	96
=60	–	Joe Barral	MON	582	97	100	96	97	98	94
=60	–	Waldemar Cappucci	BRA	582	96	96	98	97	97	98
=60	–	Giuseppe De Chirico	ITA	582	98	98	97	95	97	97
=60	–	Anka Pelova	BUL	582	96	95	98	97	97	99
=64	–	Pierre Boisson	MON	581	93	99	97	100	96	96
=64	–	Willy Hillen	NED	581	97	97	99	97	98	93
=64	–	Kim Gyong-Ho	PRK	581	97	96	99	96	95	98
=64	–	Lee Gyun	KOR	581	93	96	99	96	98	99
=68	–	Hugo Chamberlain	CRC	580	97	98	95	96	98	96
=68	–	Kaoru Matsuo	JPN	580	97	96	95	97	99	96
=68	–	Nicolae Rotaru	ROU	580	97	95	96	98	97	97
71	–	Reginaldo Dos Remédios	HKG	579	97	95	96	97	100	94
72	–	Hasse Persson	DEN	578	96	96	95	98	95	98
73	–	Suthorn Parmkerd	THA	574	93	97	97	93	98	96
=74	–	Harold Frederick	ISV	571	94	99	95	94	93	96
=74	–	Peter Hogan	ISV	571	95	95	93	95	96	97
76	–	Alfredo Pelliccioni	SMR	565	95	94	95	93	96	92
77	–	John Fong Yew	TTO	564	85	96	94	96	97	96
78	–	Owen Phillips	BIZ	544	93	94	85	92	90	90