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Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Open

Date	21 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Polígono de Tiro Vicente Suárez, Campo Militar No. 1, Ciudad de México
Participants	62 from 35 countries
Format	50 metres. 120 shots, 40 shots prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing. 400 possible at each distance, 1,200 posible overall.

The world record holder was American Gary Anderson, but he only made the team in the prone match and the free rifle event. Most of the shooters used the Anschutz rifle, led by West Germany’s Bernd Klingner, who won the gold medal. Klingner’s victory was sealed by his world record score of 396 in the kneeling phase, to eke out a one-point victory over American John Writer.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Prone Points	Kneeling Points	Standing Points
1	Bernd Klingner	FRG	1,157	394	396	367	Gold
2	John Writer	USA	1,156	395	391	370	Silver
3	Vitaly Parkhimovich	URS	1,154	395	393	366	Bronze
4	John Foster	USA	1,153	394	390	369
5	José González	MEX	1,152	397	379	376
6	Gerry Ouellette	CAN	1,151	396	391	364
7	Peter Kohnke	FRG	1,151	395	388	368
8	Kurt Müller	SUI	1,151	390	388	373
9	Bjørn Bakken	NOR	1,150	397	383	370
10	Vladimir Konyakhin	URS	1,147	395	387	365
11	Slobodan Paunović	YUG	1,147	392	388	367
12	Nicolae Rotaru	ROU	1,146	398	386	362
13	László Hammerl	HUN	1,146	396	385	365
14	Guido Loacker	AUT	1,146	394	384	368
15	Frans Lafortune	BEL	1,145	396	383	366
16	Raúl Llanos	CUB	1,145	395	383	367
17	Uto Wunderlich	GDR	1,145	390	387	368
18	Sven Johansson	SWE	1,144	393	390	361
19	Elling Øvergård	NOR	1,144	393	388	363
20	Kurt Johansson	SWE	1,143	395	384	364
21	Martsel Koen	BUL	1,142	394	387	361
22	Ole Hviid Jensen	DEN	1,140	395	388	357
23	Ion Olărescu	ROU	1,140	394	384	362
24	Jerzy Nowicki	POL	1,140	391	389	360
25	Ryszard Fandier	POL	1,139	391	390	358
26	Hartmut Sommer	GDR	1,138	393	384	361
27	Mendbayaryn Jantsankhorloo	MGL	1,136	398	384	354
28	Don Tolhurst	AUS	1,136	394	384	358
29	Jan Kůrka	TCH	1,136	391	385	360
30	Peter Ruch	SUI	1,135	393	378	364
31	Vladimir Grozdanović	YUG	1,134	393	385	356
32	Wolfram Waibel, Sr.	AUT	1,133	397	382	354
33	Simo Morri	FIN	1,133	394	378	361
34	Adolfo Feliciano	PHI	1,133	391	379	363
35	Ferenc Petrovácz	HUN	1,132	393	377	362
36	Jaakko Minkkinen	FIN	1,132	391	385	356
37	Giuseppe De Chirico	ITA	1,130	395	389	346
38	Alf Mayer	CAN	1,127	395	379	353
39	Jaroslav Navrátil	TCH	1,127	393	381	353
40	Per Weichel	DEN	1,127	392	379	356
41	Henry Herscovici	ISR	1,124	393	380	351
42	Luis del Cerro	ESP	1,123	396	369	358
43	Sergio Álvarez	CUB	1,122	395	371	356
44	Wu Tao-Yan	TPE	1,121	392	369	360
45	Emiliyan Vergov	BUL	1,119	389	387	343
46	José María Pigrau	ESP	1,117	390	377	350
47	Olegario Vázquez	MEX	1,116	398	370	348
48	Yondonjamtsyn Batsükh	MGL	1,114	390	379	345
49	José Lei	HKG	1,112	391	373	348
50	Leopoldo Ang	PHI	1,098	389	374	335
51	Zelig Shtroch	ISR	1,095	388	372	335
52	Juan Llabot	VEN	1,094	378	370	346
53	Otto Brolo	GUA	1,092	390	375	327
54	Mehmet Dursun	TUR	1,081	396	359	326
55	Edmar de Salles	BRA	1,077	395	354	328
56	Leonel Fernández	GUA	1,068	391	363	314
57	Hugo Chamberlain	CRC	1,064	387	369	308
58	Charumai Mahawat	THA	1,054	380	357	317
59	Helio Castro	ESA	1,046	379	362	305
60	Vinich Chareonsiri	THA	1,037	376	350	311
61	Pan Kou-Ang	TPE	1,020	371	340	309
62	Juan Antonio Valencia	ESA	1,013	379	337	297
DNS	Hajime Hongo	JPN	–	–	–	–
DNS	Manuel Hawayek	PUR	–	–	–	–
DNS	Álvaro Guardia	CRC	–	–	–	–