- Title: WEST GERMANY: WORLD SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIPS - SERVICE RIFLE AND SKEET EVENTS
- Date: 24th July 1966
- Summary: 1. GV PAN FROM SPECTATORS TO COMPETITORS AND RIFLE RANGE DURING THE SERVICE RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP 0.08 2. LV TARGETS 0.11 3. SV COMPETITOR AIMS AND FIRES 0.16 4. SV SPECTATOR FROM FINLAND 0.20 5. CU ANDERSON (U.S.A.) AIMS 0.23 6. CU ADAMS (U.S.A.) AIMS 0.27 7. SV TWO RUSSIAN COMPETITORS WATCH 0.32 8. CU RIFLE BARREL 0.35 9. LV PRIZEGIVING FOR THE SERVICE RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS ON DAIS: FIRST LUSTBERG (U.S.S.R.); SECOND KONYAKHIN (U.S.S.R.) AND ANDERSON (U.S.A.) 0.39 10. SV LUSTBERG RECEIVES MEDALION 0.46 11. SV KONYAKHIN RECEIVES PRIZE 0.48 12. SV ANDERSON RECEIVES PRIZE 0.53 13. GV SPECTATORS 0.54 14. GV COMPETITOR FIRES SHOTGUN IN SKEET CHAMPIONSHIPS 1.02 15. JOTTAR (CHILE) FIRES 1.10 16. SV SPECTATORS 1.15 17. SV WINNERS CONGRATULATING EACH OTHER 1.27 18. LV WINNERS ON DAIS, JOTTER (CHILE); FIRST: SUPPLI OF WEST GERMANY, SECOND; AND ROGOWSKI (POLAND), THIRD 1.30 19. GV PAN SUPPLI, JOTTER AND ROGOWSKI RECEIVING AWARDS 1.37 20. SV SPECTATORS APPLAUD 1.41 21. SV WINNERS OF THE SKEET. 1.44 Initials MM/VS/MGT/GLH SPORT: SHOOTING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 8th August 1966 13:00
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- Location: WIESBADEN, WEST GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Reuters ID: LVA7W70YDGILM68C7F5VHJQDF79D
- Story Text: THE SOVIET UNION WON BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM TITLES IN THE SERVICE RIFLE EVENTS DURING THE WORLD SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WIESBADEN, WEST GERMANY, ON SATURDAY. JORGES JOTTAR OF CHILE OWN THE SKEET SHOOTING EVENT.
THE FINAL PLACINGS IN THE INDIVIDUAL SERVICE RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE: I LUDVIG LUSTBERG, SOVIET UNION, 2 VLADIMIR KONYACHIN, SOVIET UNION, 3 GARY ANDERSON, U.S.A.
LUSTBERG'S SCORE OF 558 S A NEW WORLD RECORD. PREVIOUS RECORD HOLDER WAS ANOTHER RUSSIAN, ANATOLI TILIK WITH 555.
ANOTHER WORLD RECORD WAS SET BY THE SOVIET UNION IN THE SERVICE RIFLE TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP. THEIR TOTAL SCORE WAS 2,185, BEATING SWITZERLAND'S PREVIOUS RECORD OF 2,165, SET IN 1963. THE FINAL POSITIONS WERE: I SOVIET UNION, 2 SWITZERLAND, 3 UNITED STATES.
IN THE CLAY PIDGEON SKEET CHAMPIONSHIPS, JORGES JOTTAR OF CHILE HIT 197 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 200 PIDGEONS TO WIN FROM HANS JOACHIM SUPPLI OF WEST GERMANY, (196) AND ARTUR ROGOWSKI OF POLAND (195).
THE WORLD RECORD FOR THIS EVENT IS THE MAXIMUM 200 SET BY DURNEV OF THE SOVIET UNION IN 1962.
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