Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre free pistol
| 50 metre free pistol at the Games of the XX Olympiad
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| Venue | Schießanlage | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 27, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 59 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 567 OR | ||||||||||||
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Ragnar Skanåker |
 Sweden
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Daniel Iuga |
 Romania
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Rudolf Dollinger |
 Austria
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The following are the results of the 50 metre free pistol competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The defending champion was Grigory Kosykh of the Soviet Union, he also holds the world record with 572. He would not be a factor at these games as he struggled and finished a distant eighth. The gold medal was won by Ragnar Skanåker who brought Sweden its first shooting gold medal in 36 years. Skanåker became a common sight at Olympics games as he competed continuously thru 1996, appearing in seven Olympics.
The format was: 50 metres. 60 shots in six series of 10; with a possible score of 600. Ties were broken by the best score in the sixth series, if still tied best score in fifth series, this continues until the tie is broken.
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