# Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle prone

The following are the results of the 50 metre rifle prone competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The gold medal was won by Ri Ho-jun of North Korea, this was the first ever medal for a North Korean athlete at the Summer Olympics. It appeared that Vic Auer from the United States won the gold with 598. After a controversial "review" the official scores were announced and the judges gave Li 599 for the gold medal.

## Final

The format was: 50 metres prone. 60 shots in prone position. For a possible score of 600. All ties are broken by the best score in the sixth stage, if still tied it goes to the fifth stage and continues until the tie is broken.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
| | Ri Ho-jun | North Korea | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 599 WR |
| | Victor Auer | United States | 100 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 598 |
| | Nicolae Rotaru | Romania | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 598 |
| 4 | Giuseppe De Chirico | Italy | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 597 |
| 5 | Jiří Vogler | Czechoslovakia | 100 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 597 |
| 6 | Jaime Santiago | Puerto Rico | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 597 |
| 7 | Lones Wigger | United States | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 597 |
| 8 | László Hammerl | Hungary | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 597 |
| 9 | Andrzej Trajda | Poland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 597 |
| 10 | Donald Brook | Australia | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 596 |
| 11 | Rudolf Pojer | Czechoslovakia | 100 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 596 |
| 12 | Werner Lippoldt | East Germany | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 596 |
| 13 | Wolfram Waibel, Sr. | Austria | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 596 |
| 14 | Frans Lafortune | Belgium | 99 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 595 |
| 15 | Henning Clausen | Denmark | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 595 |
| 16 | Silvester Knipfer | West Germany | 99 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 595 |
| 17 | Willy Hillen | Netherlands | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 595 |
| 18 | Vitaly Parkhimovich | Soviet Union | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 594 |
| 19 | Emiliyan Vergov | Bulgaria | 98 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 594 |
| 20 | Ernesto Montemayor, Jr. | Mexico | 100 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 594 |
| 21 | Stefan Vasilev | Bulgaria | 99 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 594 |
| 22 | Ismail Rama | Albania | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 594 |
| 23 | Henry Herscovici | Israel | 100 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 593 |
| 24 | Peter Gorewski | East Germany | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 593 |
| 25 | Russell Dove | Australia | 98 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 593 |
| 26 | Ioannis Skarafingas | Greece | 98 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 593 |
| 27 | Lambis Manthos | Greece | 96 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 593 |
| 28 | Eulalia Rolińska | Poland | 99 | 97 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 593 |
| 29 | Mike Watt | New Zealand | 99 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 593 |
| 30 | Zdravko Milutinović | Yugoslavia | 100 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 593 |
| 31 | Joe Barral | Monaco | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 97 | 593 |
| 32 | Olegario Vázquez | Mexico | 98 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 592 |
| 33 | Manuel Hawayek | Puerto Rico | 98 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 592 |
| 34 | Valentin Kornev | Soviet Union | 97 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 592 |
| 35 | Mehmet Dursun | Turkey | 100 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 592 |
| 36 | Christer Jansson | Sweden | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 592 |
| 37 | Gottfried Kustermann | West Germany | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 592 |
| 38 | Ricardo Rusticucci | Argentina | 99 | 100 | 97 | 100 | 97 | 99 | 592 |
| 39 | Sven Johansson | Sweden | 99 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 592 |
| 40 | Helge Anshushaug | Norway | 100 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 592 |
| 41 | Wu Tao-yan | Republic of China | 98 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 591 |
| 42 | Mendbayaryn Jantsankhorloo | Mongolia | 97 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 591 |
| 43 | Walter Frescura | Italy | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 591 |
| 44 | Humberto Cabrera | Cuba | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 591 |
| 45 | Michel Fontaine | France | 98 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 591 |
| 46 | Ian Ballinger | New Zealand | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 96 | 591 |
| 47 | Alf Mayer | Canada | 97 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 590 |
| 48 | Sándor Nagy | Hungary | 98 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 590 |
| 49 | Luis del Cerro | Spain | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 96 | 100 | 590 |
| 50 | Gil Boa | Canada | 95 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 590 |
| 51 | Adelso Peña | Cuba | 98 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 590 |
| 52 | Robert Houman | Belgium | 99 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 98 | 590 |
| 53 | Ilie Codreanu | Romania | 99 | 99 | 96 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 590 |
| 54 | John Palin | Great Britain | 98 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 590 |
| 55 | Phil Lawrence | Great Britain | 97 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 590 |
| 56 | Dismus Onyiego | Kenya | 100 | 99 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 96 | 590 |
| 57 | Zelig Shtroch | Israel | 96 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 589 |
| 58 | Li Yun-hae | North Korea | 98 | 98 | 95 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 589 |
| 59 | Minoru Ito | Japan | 97 | 96 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 589 |
| 60 | Choi Chung-seok | South Korea | 99 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 100 | 98 | 589 |
| 61 | Jaakko Asikainen | Finland | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 589 |
| 62 | Erwin Vogt | Switzerland | 98 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 588 |
| 63 | Theo Ditzler | Switzerland | 98 | 95 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 587 |
| 64 | José Luis Calvo | Spain | 100 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 587 |
| 65 | Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham | Ceylon | 97 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 587 |
| 66 | Beqir Kosova | Albania | 100 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 587 |
| 67 | Karl Fröschl | Austria | 100 | 97 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 95 | 587 |
| 68 | Hugo Chamberlain | Costa Rica | 97 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 586 |
| 69 | Jens Nygård | Norway | 99 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 94 | 98 | 589 |
| 70 | Udomsak Theinthong | Thailand | 96 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 586 |
| 71 | Alfonso Rodríguez | Colombia | 96 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 585 |
| 72 | Chira Prabandhayodhin | Thailand | 98 | 97 | 99 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 585 |
| 73 | Pierre Boisson | Monaco | 96 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 585 |
| 74 | Milton Tucker | Barbados | 97 | 98 | 96 | 96 | 99 | 98 | 584 |
| 75 | Gladys Baldwin | Peru | 95 | 99 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 584 |
| 76 | Vagn Andersen | Denmark | 97 | 98 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 584 |
| 77 | Agustin Rangel | Venezuela | 98 | 95 | 95 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 583 |
| 78 | Douglas Mast | Virgin Islands | 98 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 583 |
| 79 | Simon Ekeno | Kenya | 96 | 95 | 100 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 583 |
| 80 | Esa Kervinen | Finland | 97 | 95 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 583 |
| 81 | Remo Sele | Liechtenstein | 95 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 96 | 583 |
| 82 | Takeshi Sugita | Japan | 99 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 95 | 583 |
| 83 | Peter Rull, Sr. | Hong Kong | 97 | 95 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 97 | 582 |
| 84 | André Noël | France | 94 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 93 | 99 | 581 |
| 85 | Wong Foo Wah | Malaysia | 98 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 581 |
| 86 | Fernando Inchauste | Bolivia | 97 | 97 | 98 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 580 |
| 87 | Louis Frommelt | Liechtenstein | 99 | 99 | 95 | 96 | 95 | 96 | 580 |
| 88 | Harold Frederick | Virgin Islands | 98 | 95 | 99 | 97 | 97 | 94 | 580 |
| 89 | Jaime Callejas | Colombia | 97 | 94 | 97 | 100 | 95 | 96 | 579 |
| 90 | César Batista | Portugal | 98 | 96 | 94 | 97 | 94 | 99 | 578 |
| 91 | Juan Antonio Valencia | El Salvador | 97 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 576 |
| 92 | Mário Ribeiro | Portugal | 96 | 95 | 96 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 575 |
| 93 | Cavour Morris | Barbados | 97 | 95 | 95 | 97 | 94 | 97 | 575 |
| 94 | Eduardo Arroyo | Bolivia | 96 | 99 | 94 | 97 | 93 | 96 | 575 |
| 95 | Prithipal Chatterjee | India | 97 | 96 | 96 | 93 | 95 | 95 | 572 |
| 96 | Yondonjamtsyn Batsükh | Mongolia | 98 | 96 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 93 | 572 |
| 97 | Lodovico Espinosa | Philippines | 92 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 94 | 570 |
| 98 | José Mario Váldez | El Salvador | 94 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 93 | 96 | 569 |
| 99 | Roy Choudhury | India | 93 | 95 | 97 | 96 | 92 | 94 | 567 |
| 100 | Bèto Adriana | Netherlands Antilles | 93 | 93 | 96 | 93 | 96 | 95 | 566 |
| 101 | Owen Phillips | British Honduras | 87 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 91 | 555 |
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