| | Event type
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Open
| Date | 23 October 1968 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Polígono de Tiro Vicente Suárez, Campo Militar No. 1, Ciudad de México | |
| Participants | 30 from 16 countries | |
| Format | 300 metres. 120 shots, 40 shots prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing. 400 possible at each distance, 1,200 posible overall. | |
The defending champion, Gary Anderson (USA), was the world record holder in the free rifle and the small-bore rifle three position events. He was favored, having won four World Championships in 1962 and three in 1966. In Ciudad de México he won quite comfortably (by six points), breaking his own world record in the process. Anderson won the 1969 small-bore three position World Championship with a world record 1,182 and then retired from shooting sport. Originally a minister, he later became Executive Director of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in the United States and a state legislator in his native Nebraska.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Prone Points | Kneeling Points | Standing Points | Prone | Kneeling | Standing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Gary Anderson |  USA | 1,157 | 394 | 389 | 374 | 394 (=6) | 389 (1) | 374 (=1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Valentin Kornev |  URS | 1,151 | 398 | 384 | 369 | 398 (=1) | 384 (=7) | 369 (3) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Kurt Müller |  SUI | 1,148 | 395 | 379 | 374 | 395 (=4) | 379 (=16) | 374 (=1) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Shota Kveliashvili | URS | 1,142 | 394 | 383 | 365 | 394 (=6) | 383 (11) | 365 (8) | |||
| 5 | – | Erwin Vogt | SUI | 1,140 | 398 | 384 | 358 | 398 (=1) | 384 (=7) | 358 (12) | |||
| 6 | – | Hartmut Sommer |  GDR | 1,140 | 389 | 384 | 367 | 389 (=18) | 384 (=7) | 367 (=6) | |||
| 7 | – | John Foster | USA | 1,140 | 386 | 386 | 368 | 386 (21) | 386 (=2) | 368 (=4) | |||
| 8 | – | Petre Șandor |  ROU | 1,138 | 394 | 376 | 368 | 394 (=6) | 376 (=19) | 368 (=4) | |||
| 9 | – | Elling Øvergård |  NOR | 1,135 | 397 | 382 | 356 | 397 (3) | 382 (12) | 356 (=16) | |||
| 10 | – | Lajos Papp |  HUN | 1,135 | 391 | 385 | 359 | 391 (=12) | 385 (=5) | 359 (=10) | |||
| 11 | – | Juhani Laakso |  FIN | 1,135 | 382 | 386 | 367 | 382 (23) | 386 (=2) | 367 (=6) | |||
| 12 | – | Jan Kůrka |  TCH | 1,133 | 391 | 380 | 362 | 391 (=12) | 380 (=14) | 362 (9) | |||
| 13 | – | Sven Johansson |  SWE | 1,129 | 393 | 386 | 350 | 393 (9) | 386 (=2) | 350 (22) | |||
| 14 | – | Bjørn Bakken | NOR | 1,129 | 392 | 380 | 357 | 392 (=10) | 380 (=14) | 357 (=13) | |||
| 15 | – | Ryszard Fandier |  POL | 1,127 | 389 | 381 | 357 | 389 (=18) | 381 (13) | 357 (=13) | |||
| 16 | – | Ferenc Petrovácz | HUN | 1,126 | 390 | 379 | 357 | 390 (=16) | 379 (=16) | 357 (=13) | |||
| 17 | – | Kurt Johansson | SWE | 1,125 | 395 | 385 | 345 | 395 (=4) | 385 (=5) | 345 (=23) | |||
| 18 | – | Ondrej Šima | TCH | 1,121 | 391 | 378 | 352 | 391 (=12) | 378 (18) | 352 (21) | |||
| 19 | – | Osmo Ala-Honkola | FIN | 1,120 | 391 | 384 | 345 | 391 (=12) | 384 (=7) | 345 (=23) | |||
| 20 | – | Eugeniusz Pędzisz | POL | 1,117 | 385 | 376 | 356 | 385 (22) | 376 (=19) | 356 (=16) | |||
| 21 | – | Olegario Vázquez |  MEX | 1,110 | 389 | 365 | 356 | 389 (=18) | 365 (26) | 356 (=16) | |||
| 22 | – | Adolfo Feliciano |  PHI | 1,108 | 378 | 371 | 359 | 378 (=26) | 371 (22) | 359 (=10) | |||
| 23 | – | Uto Wunderlich | GDR | 1,107 | 377 | 374 | 356 | 377 (=28) | 374 (21) | 356 (=16) | |||
| 24 | – | Ștefan Kaban | ROU | 1,102 | 392 | 367 | 343 | 392 (=10) | 367 (24) | 343 (25) | |||
| 25 | – | José González | MEX | 1,092 | 370 | 366 | 356 | 370 (30) | 366 (25) | 356 (=16) | |||
| 26 | – | Wu Tao-Yan |  TPE | 1,085 | 378 | 369 | 338 | 378 (=26) | 369 (23) | 338 (26) | |||
| 27 | – | Yondonjamtsyn Batsükh |  MGL | 1,082 | 390 | 364 | 328 | 390 (=16) | 364 (27) | 328 (28) | |||
| 28 | – | Bernardo San Juan | PHI | 1,060 | 379 | 349 | 332 | 379 (25) | 349 (28) | 332 (27) | |||
| 29 | – | José Marroquín |  GUA | 1,027 | 380 | 333 | 314 | 380 (24) | 333 (30) | 314 (29) | |||
| 30 | – | Felipe Ortiz | GUA | 1,023 | 377 | 343 | 303 | 377 (=28) | 343 (29) | 303 (30) |