Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all open to both men and women. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the Three positions event.

Medal count

Pos	Country				Total
1	East Germany	2	2	0	4
2	United States	2	1	0	3
3	Soviet Union	1	1	1	3
	West Germany	1	1	1	3
5	Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1
6	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Portugal	0	1	0	1
8	Italy	0	0	2	2
	Poland	0	0	2	2
9	Austria	0	0	1	1

Medalists by event

Pos	Competitor
50 m Rifle - Three positions
	Lanny Bassham	United States	1162
	Margaret Murdock	United States	1162
	Werner Seibold	West Germany	1160
50 m Rifle - Prone position
	Karlheinz Smieszek	West Germany	599
	Ulrich Lind	West Germany	597
	Gennadi Lushikov	Soviet Union	595
50 m Pistol
	Uwe Potteck	East Germany	573
	Harald Vollmar	East Germany	567
	Rudolf Dollinger	Austria	562
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
	Norbert Klaar	East Germany	597
	Jürgen Wiefel	East Germany	596
	Roberto Ferraris	Italy	595
Trap
	Donald Haldeman	United States	190
	Armando Silva	Portugal	189
	Ubaldesco Baldi	Italy	189
Skeet
	Josef Panáček	Czechoslovakia	198
	Eric Swinkels	Netherlands	198
	Wiesław Gawlikowski	Poland	196
50 m Running Target
	Aleksandr Gazov	Soviet Union	579
	Aleksandr Kediarov	Soviet Union	576
	Jerzy Greszkiewicz	Poland	571

References

• Official Olympic Report