1976 IPSC Handgun World Shoot

The 1976 IPSC Handgun World Shoot held in Salzburg, Austria was the 2nd Handgun World Shoot, and was won by Jan Foss of Norway in front of Ray Chapman of United States by a small margin. Foss had been unknown before the championship and did not participate internationally afterwards.

Equipment

Jan Foss used a 9x19mm single stack SIG P210 in minor power factor with an 8 round capacity, while Ray Chapman used a 7 round capacity 1911 in major caliber .45 ACP. The Rhodesian teammates Dave Westerhout, Peter Maunder and Dave Arnold were handicapped in that they only had been able to bring two pistols to share, but the night before the championship the sight broke off one of the pistol so all three had to share a single pistol throughout the championship.

Champions

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Percent
Gold NorwayJan Foss 100.0000%
Silver United StatesRay Chapman %
Bronze RhodesiaLionel Smith %
4th Rhodesia Dave Westerhout %
5th Norway Vidar Nakling %
6th United States Ron Lerch %
7th NorwayErik Braathen %
8th RhodesiaPeter Maunder %
9th Norway Johnny Hoffman %
10th Norway Sven Tangen %
Teams

The team competition became a sensational competition between Rhodesia and Norway, and in the end only 29 points separated the two. The USA team had been favorites before the championship, but had to settle for third place 185 points behind Rhodesia and 156 points behind Norway.

Overall Country Team members Points Percent
Gold  Rhodesia Dave Westerhout (Team Captain), Lionel Smith, Peter Maunder, Alex du Plessis and Dave Arnold 1763 100.0000%
Silver  Norway 1734 98.3551%
Bronze  USA 1578 89.5065%
4th  South Africa 1566 88.8259%
5th  West Germany 1562 88.5990%
6th  Austria 1533 86.9541%

See also

References

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