Scope and Contents REMINISCENCES: The Backroads of Her Mind. In 1976, at the Montreal Olympic Games, Margaret Thompson-Murdock became the first woman in the eighty-year history of the modern Games to win a medal in open shooting competition. Her winning score of 1162 was posted on the official scoreboard, making her Olympic gold medalist in the three-position rifle event. Six hours after the competition ended and three hours after the scores had been poste, it was determined by officials that a clerical error...