Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City comprised seven events || all open to both men and women. A second shotgun event, Skeet, was introduced.

[edit] Medal count

Pos	Country				Total
1	Soviet Union	2	1	2	5
2	United States	1	2	0	3
3	West Germany	1	1	1	3
4	Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
7	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
10	East Germany	0	0	2	2
11	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1

[edit] Medalists by event

Pos	Competitor	Nationality	Score
300 m Rifle - Three positions
	Gary Anderson	United States	1157
	Valentin Kornev	Soviet Union	1151
	Kurt Müller	Switzerland	1148
50 m Rifle - Three positions
	Bernd Klingner	West Germany	1157
	John Writer	United States	1156
	Vitali Parkhimovitch	Soviet Union	1154
50 m Rifle - Prone position
	Jan Kurka	Czechoslovakia	598
	Laszlo Hammerl	Hungary	598
	Ian Ballinger	New Zealand	597
50 m Pistol
	Grigori Kosych	Soviet Union	562
	Heinz Mertel	West Germany	562
	Harald Vollmar	East Germany	560
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
	Józef Zapędzki	Poland	593
	Marcel Rosca	Romania	591
	Renart Suleimanov	Soviet Union	591
Trap
	John Braithwaite	United Kingdom	198
	Thomas Garrigus	United States	196
	Kurt Czekella	East Germany	196
Skeet
	Evgeni Petrov	Soviet Union	198
	Romano Garagnani	Italy	198
	Konrad Wirnhier	West Germany	198

[edit] See also

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