Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol

25 metre rapid fire pistol; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Schießanlage
Date	August 31 & September 1, 1972
Competitors	62 from 39 nations
Winning score	595 OR
Medalists
	← 1968 1976 →

Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Rifle
300 m free rifle three positions		mixed
50 m rifle prone		mixed
50 m rifle three positions		mixed
Pistol
50 m free pistol		mixed
25 m rapid fire pistol		mixed
Shotgun
Trap		mixed
Skeet		mixed
Running target
50 m running target		mixed

The following are the results of the 25 metre rapid fire pistol competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Józef Zapędzki of Poland set an Olympic record of 595 to defend his gold medal. He was the first shooter to defend the gold medal, in this event, since Károly Takács of Hungary defended his gold at the 1948 and 1952 games.^[1]

Final

The format was: 25 metres. 60 shots in three courses of 20; with a possible score of 600.

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Total
	Józef Zapędzki	Poland	200	199	196	595 OR
	Ladislav Falta	Czechoslovakia	200	197	197	594
	Viktor Torshin	Soviet Union	199	197	197	593
4	Paul Buser	Switzerland	198	197	197	592
5	Jaime González	23x15px Spain	196	200	196	592
6	Giovanni Liverzani	Italy	199	197	195	591
7	Dencho Denev	Bulgaria	198	196	196	590
8	Gerhard Petritsch	Austria	198	196	196	590
9	Vladimír Hurt	Czechoslovakia	200	198	192	590
10	Jim McNally	United States	195	198	196	589
11	Helmut Seeger	West Germany	198	197	194	589
12	Daniel Iuga	Romania	198	196	195	589
13	Immo Huhtinen	Finland	199	198	192	589
14	Zbigniew Fedyczak	Poland	197	199	191	587
15	Damián Cerdá	23x15px Spain	196	196	194	586
16	Erwin Glock	West Germany	198	197	191	586
17	Thor-Øistein Endsjø	Norway	199	196	191	586
18	Alexander Taransky	Australia	198	197	191	586
19	John Cooke	Great Britain	197	192	196	585
20	Arturo Costa	Cuba	194	194	195	583
21	Christian Düring	East Germany	197	194	192	583
22	Solos Nalampoon	Thailand	197	196	190	583
23	Szilárd Kun	Hungary	198	195	190	583
24	Igor Bakalov	Soviet Union	200	199	184	583
25	Ion Tripșa	Romania	197	198	187	582
26	Jean Baumann	France	195	196	191	582
27	Seppo Mäkinen	Finland	199	197	186	582
28	Bruce McMillan	New Zealand	197	195	190	582
29	Jules Sobrian	Canada	195	197	190	582
30	Kanji Kubo	Japan	194	197	191	582
31	Curt Andersson	Sweden	199	197	186	582
32	Hubert Garschall	Austria	198	196	187	581
33	Takeo Kamachi	Japan	199	199	182	580
34	Tony Clark	Great Britain	197	190	192	579
35	Jean-Richard Germont	France	199	195	185	579
36	André Antunes	Portugal	189	197	192	578
37	Homero Laddaga	Mexico	197	192	189	578
38	Michel Braun	Luxembourg	197	196	184	577
39	Tüdeviin Myagmarjav	23x15px Mongolia	195	195	187	577
40	Luis Colina	Colombia	193	196	188	577
41	William Hare	Canada	195	193	189	577
42	Ivan Mandov	Bulgaria	198	199	179	576
43	Víctor Francis	23x15px Venezuela	192	193	188	573
44	Lennart Christensen	Denmark	194	192	187	573
45	Bill McMillan	United States	199	195	178	572
46	Rangsit Yanothai	Thailand	196	187	188	571
47	Bruno Morri	San Marino	195	191	184	570
48	Nelson Torno	Argentina	190	194	185	569
49	Roberto Ferraris	Italy	197	196	175	568
50	Víctor Castellanos	Guatemala	192	191	184	567
51	Guillermo Martínez	Colombia	192	195	177	564
52	Simon González	Puerto Rico	193	192	178	563
53	Rafael Recto	23x15px Philippines	188	185	180	553
54	Mario Sánchez	Mexico	197	187	167	551
55	Leonard Bull	Kenya	191	186	171	548
56	José Luis Rosales	El Salvador	192	186	165	543
57	Tom Ong	23x15px Philippines	185	180	168	533
58	Peter Laurence	Kenya	189	172	172	533
59	Robert McAuliffe	Virgin Islands	180	182	132	494
60	Kurt Rey	Switzerland	196	147	97	440
-	Roberto Tamagnini	San Marino				DNF
-	Fernando Miranda	Puerto Rico				DNF
-	Alejandro Guerra	Cuba				DNS
-	Tserenjav Ulziibaiar	23x15px Mongolia				DNS
-	Yun Gwon Chai	23x15px North Korea				DNS