From: fish@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Eric West)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: SHOOTING: Results 7/28 and 7/29
Date: 30 Jul 92 16:05:44 GMT
Expires: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 05:00:00 GMT
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Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.


			SHOOTING COMPETITION
			TUESDAY'S RESULTS

Men's Air Pistol (final)

GOLD	Wang Yifu		CHN	684.8
SILVER	Sergei Pyjianov		EUN	684.1
BRONZE	Sorin Babii		ROM	684.1
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4.	Xu Haifeng		CHN	681.5
5.	Sakari Paasonen		FIN	680.1
6.	Jerzy Pietrzak		POL	680.1
7.	Tanue Kiriakov		BUL	679.7
8.	Roberto di Donna	ITA	678.5
9.	Kim Seon-Il		KOR	581
10.	Stanislav Jirkal	TCH	580
11.	Philippe Cola		FRA	579
12.	Spas Koprinkov		BUL	578
12.	Hans-Jurgen Neumaier	GER	578

Wang Yifu captures his second medal of these Games, adding a gold to his
silver in the free pistol last Sunday.  He is the first non-swimmer to win
more than one medal in Barcelona.  Babii makes up for a disappointing free
pistol finish by winning the bronze.  The Seoul champion once again
finishes out of the medals; this time it's 7th-place Kiriakov.

Open Skeet, Clay Target (final)

GOLD	Zhang Shan		CHN	223
SILVER	Juan Jorge Giha Yarur	PER	222
BRONZE	Bruno Rossetti		ITA	222
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4.	Ioan Toman		ROM	222
5.	Jose Gonzalez		ESP	222
6.	Matt Dryke		USA	221
7.	Luca Scribani Rossi	ITA	197
8.	Eric Swinkels		NED	197
9.	Zhang Xindong		CHN	197
10.	Firmo Buabud		ARG	197
11.	Lubos Adamec		TCH	197
11.	Todd Graves		USA	197
11.	Aleksandr Tcherkassov	EUN	197
11.	Boriss Timofejevs	LAT	197
11.	Guillermo Rodriguez	CUB	197

Zhang Shan makes the day doubly golden for China in the open skeet.  1984
champion Matt Dryke records the best American finish so far with 6th place.
Things are getting worse for the Seoul champions: Germany's Axel Wegner,
1988's gold medalist, failed to make the semifinals this time.  This is the
last time both men and women will compete in the skeet; in Atlanta the
individual skeet will be men-only, while women will shoot doubles skeet.

			WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS

Men's Smallbore Rifle-Prone (final)

GOLD	Lee Eun-Chul		KOR	702.5
SILVER	Harald Stenvaag		NOR	701.4
BRONZE	Stevan Pletikosic (Independent)	701.1
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4.	Hubert Bichler		GER	701.1
5.	Michel Bury		FRA	700.0
6.	Juha Petter Hirvi	FIN	699.5
7.	Peter Gabrielsson	SWE	699.5
8.	Gratchia Petikiane	EUN	699.2
9.	Bill Meek		USA	596
10.	Bernd Rucker		GER	596
11.	Jens Harskov Jensen	DEN	596
11.	Jiang Rong		CHN	596
11.	Olimpiu Marin		ROM	596
11.	Wolfram Waibel Jr.	AUT	596

The only three countries to win gold medals in shooting so far are the
Unified Team, China, and South Korea.  Today, Lee Eun-Chul adds to the
latter's total.  So far, the only two medals given to Yugoslavian
"Individual Athletes" have both been in shooting.

Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol (prelims)

1.	Ralf Schumann		GER	299
2.	Afanasijs Kuzmins	LAT	297
3.	Vladimir Vokhmianine	EUN	295
4.	Adam Kaczmarek		POL	295
5.	Bernardo Tobar Ante	COL	294
6.	Krzysztof Kucharczyk	POL	293
7.	Jindrich Skupa		TCH	293
8.	Anton Kuechler		SUI	293
9.	John McNally		USA	293
10.	Roger G. Mar		USA	293

			THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE

1. Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol (final)
	Kuzmins and Schumann went 1-2 in Seoul; they are 2-1 after the
first preliminary round.  Both are competing for nations that did not exist
in 1988.  Schumann, formerly of East Germany and the favorite both in Seoul
and here, would like to win the gold that has eluded him for so long.
Kuzmins, who won for the Soviet Union in 1988, would like to win the gold
for his "new" country: Latvia.  Among those challenging them are Kucharczyk
of Poland and two Americans.

2. Women's Smallbore Rifle-3 positions (prelims and final)
	Vessela Letcheva is favored to win her first gold for Bulgaria in this
event.  Hungary's Eva Forian and Germany's Silvia Sperber (the Seoul gold
medalist) are her main challengers, but recent results have shown that
anyone can win on a given day...
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