The following are the results of the Skeet competition 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. ...
. All three medalists had a tied score of 195. A shoot off was held, in the shoot off 1970 world champion,
Konrad Wirnhier of
West Germany
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hit all 25 birds to claim the gold. Earlier in the competition co-world record holder
Yury Tsuranov
Yury Filaretovich Tsuranov (russian: Юрий Филаретович Цуранов, 2 January 1936 – 15 March 2008) was a Soviet Olympic skeet shooter. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Summer Olympics and finished in 4th, 13th and 1 ...
of the
Soviet Union
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disagreed with a ruling on a lost bird, and walked off the field. For his actions he penalized three birds. This brought his score down to 192, exactly three birds short for the shoot off for the gold medal.
Final
The format was: 200 targets. Four rounds of 25 targets for a total of 100 targets in each day. Ties for the medals were broken with a shoot off, all other ties are broken by the best score in round 8, if still tied after that it goes to round 7 and continues until the tie is broken.
References
External links
Official report pg. 234
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Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics