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Shooting At The 1968 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City comprised seven events. A second shotgun event, Skeet, was introduced. They were held between 18 and 23 October 1968. For the first time, women competed alongside men. Medal summary Participating nations A total of 351 shooters, 348 men and 3 women, from 62 nations competed at the Mexico City Games: Medal count References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting At The 1968 Summer Olympics 1968 Summer Olympics events 1968 Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ... Shooting competitions in Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The 1964 Summer Olympics ...
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events, all for men only. They were held between 15 and 17 October 1964. Medal summary Participating nations A total of 262 shooters from 51 nations competed at the Tokyo Games: Medal count References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting At The 1964 Summer Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics events 1964 Olympics 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Writer
John Henry Writer (born September 17, 1944) is a retired American rifle shooter. He competed in the 50 m three positions event at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively. Competing for West Virginia, Writer won the U.S. intercollegiate championships in 1964–1966 and the 1967 national title in smallbore rifle, three position. At the 1972 Olympics he set new world records in the total (1,166) and in the standing phase (381). Writer also won multiple medals at the Pan-American Games in 1967–1975 and at the world championships in 1970–1974. Writer has been inducted into the USA Shooting Hall of fame. References External links * 1944 births Living people Sportspeople from Chicago American male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting Medalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The Summer Olympics
Shooting sports have been included at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics except at the 1904 and 1928 games. Summary Events Shooting was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896. Early competitions included some events now regarded as unusual, such as live pigeon shooting in 1900; dueling in 1906 and 1908; and numerous events restricted to military weapons. After the 1900 games, the pigeons were replaced with clay targets. In 1907, the International Shooting Sport Federation came into existence and brought some standardizations to the sport. Shooting events were held in 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924. When shooting was reintroduced in 1932, it consisted of two events. From this, the number of events have increased steadily until reaching the 2000–2004 maximum of seventeen events. The 2008 games had only fifteen. Events marked as "Men's" were nominally open events from 1968 unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Summer Olympics Events
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8. ** 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear bombs. * January 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The 1968 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City comprised seven events. A second shotgun event, Skeet, was introduced. They were held between 18 and 23 October 1968. For the first time, women competed alongside men. Medal summary Participating nations A total of 351 shooters, 348 men and 3 women, from 62 nations competed at the Mexico City Games: Medal count References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting At The 1968 Summer Olympics 1968 Summer Olympics events 1968 Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ... Shooting competitions in Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Czekalla
Kurt Czekalla (30 September 1930 – 19 March 2002) was a German sport shooter who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ... winning a bronze medal in the trap event. References 1930 births 2002 deaths German male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters for East Germany Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics People from Schönebeck Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Garrigus
Thomas Irvin Garrigus (November 9, 1946 – December 29, 2006) was an American Olympic athlete who competed in shooting sports. A native of Oregon, he competed at the 1968 Summer Games where he won a silver medal, and later served as a coach. Early life Garrigus was born in Hillsboro, OregonThomas Garrigus. databaseSports.com. Retrieved on May 15, 2008. to Donald and Wanda (née Williams) Garrigus.BoiseGunClub.com - The Last Post. Boise Gun Club. Reprint from the '' Idaho Statesman'', January 31, 2007. Retrieved on May 15, 2008. He was raised in Hillsbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Braithwaite (sport Shooter)
John Robert (Bob) Braithwaite MBE (28 September 1925 – 26 February 2015) was a British trap shooter who represented his country at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal at the latter. Biography Born at Arnside, Cumbria, and educated at the Friends School Lancaster and the University of Edinburgh, Braithwaite qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon Veterinary surgery is surgery performed on animals by veterinarians, whereby the procedures fall into three broad categories: orthopaedics (bones, joints, muscles), soft tissue surgery (skin, body cavities, cardiovascular system, GI/urogenital ... in 1947. Already a notable game shot, in 1956 he began competing in trap shooting events and within a short time he had become one of the country's leading target shooters. In 1964 he gained a place in the British Shooting Team for the Tokyo Olympic Games where he was placed 7th in the Trap Event. Qualifying again for the 1968 Games in Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Wirnhier
Konrad Wirnhier (7 July 1937 – 2 June 2002) was a German sport shooter and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... in Munich."1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Shooting" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 27 September 2008) References External links * 1937 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romano Garagnani
Romano Garagnani (6 June 1937 – 30 January 1999) was an Italian skeet shooter. He competed at the 1968, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968.Romano Garagnani sports-reference.com Garagnani also won bronze medals at the 1969 and 1978 world championships and a European title in 1977, as well as two medals at the Mediterranean Games (1971 and 1975) and five Italian titles. In 1980, before the Moscow Olympics he shot 200 out of 200 in a local competition, but finished only 28th at the Olympics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeni Petrov (sport Shooter)
Yevgeny Petrov (russian: Евгений Александрович Петров; born 16 October 1938) is a former Soviet sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He won Gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ... in Mexico City, and a silver medal in 1972. References 1938 births Living people Sportspeople from Moscow Russian male sport shooters Soviet male sport shooters Skeet shooters Olympic shooters of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{USSR- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Ballinger
Ian Roy Ballinger (21 October 1925 – 24 December 2008) was a New Zealand shooter who won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Ballinger competed at three consecutive Olympic Games (1968, 1972 and 1976) and two Commonwealth Games (1974 and 1978) in the 50m Rifle - prone event. He was awarded the Lonsdale Cup by the New Zealand Olympic Committee The New Zealand Olympic Committee (before 1994, The ''New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association'') is both the National Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Association in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to r ... in 1968, and the following year he won the Ballinger Belt (named for his great uncle, turn-of-the-century shooting champion Arthur Ballinger) at the New Zealand rifle shooting championships. References 1925 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from New Plymouth ISSF rifle shooters New Zealand male sport shooters Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
