Sport Shooting World Championships

World Championships in shooting sports are every four years by the International Shooting Sport Federation organized.

history

The first official world championships in shooting sports were held in Lyon in 1897 . Five competitions were held with a free rifle, in the disciplines lying, kneeling and standing from a distance of 300 meters, another competition was held from the three positions, as a three-position fight in individual and in a team, then these five competitions were held annually held as world championships. In 1900 the first world championships with the pistol followed in Paris , a free pistol was used with a distance of 50 meters in individual and team, this was then continued annually. It was not until 1929 in Stockholm that the throwing pigeon shooting was added as a world championship, here two competitions in the trap individual and team were held. Also in Stockholm in 1929 the running deer, later running boar or running disc, was added, four competitions were held here. Once in a single shot and double shot as well as in a single shot and a team. In the course of the world championship all competitions were then modified. The most successful shooter of all world championships is the Swiss Konrad Stäheli with 41 gold, 17 silver and 11 bronze medals from 1898 to 1914, making him the most successful athlete in the overall medal table of all world championships of Olympic sports. Until 1958 only men competed in world championships in shooting sports, only from 1958 there were isolated competitions for women.

Competitions in shooting sports

gun

→ Main article : World Shooting Championships rifle

World championships in rifle disciplines are held every four years in four types of rifle, previously even in five types of rifle:

• Free rifle since 1897
• Standard rifle since 1974
• Small bore rifle since 1929
• Air rifle since 1966
• Army rifle 1911–1974

Pistols

→ Main article : World Shooting Championships pistol

World championships in pistol disciplines are held every four years in five types of pistol, previously even in six types of pistol:

• Free pistol since 1900
• Rapid fire pistol since 1933
• Large caliber pistol since 1944
• Standard pistol since 1970
• Air pistol since 1970
• Combination pistol for women 1966–2002

Throwing pigeons

→ Main article : World Shooting Championships throwing pigeons

World championships in throwing pigeon disciplines are held every four years with three types of pistol:

• Trap since 1929
• Double trap since 1990
• Skeet since 1947

Running disc

→ Main article : World Shooting Championships running boar / running target

The world championships in the running boar and running target are held annually, except in the years of the Summer Olympic Games:

• Running deer 1929–1962
• Running boar since 1962
• Running target since 1981

Total medal table

Status: 2020

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Soviet Union	261	165	111	537
2	United States	209	194	187	590
3	Switzerland	175	151	132	457
4th	Italy	130	106	105	341
5	People's Republic of China	113	109	70	292
6th	Sweden	95	115	122	332
7th	Germany including the German Democratic Republic	94	99	112	305
8th	Russia	82	77	72	231
9	Finland	77	93	102	272
10	France	65	94	104	263
11	Norway	45	58	59	162
12	Hungary	37	40	53	130
13	Poland	25th	24	21st	70
14th	United Kingdom	24	19th	37	80
15th	South Korea	23	21st	33	77
16	Belgium	23	17th	30th	70
17th	Estonia	20th	10	14th	44
18th	Denmark	18th	25th	28	71
19th	Ukraine	18th	23	38	79
20th	Australia	18th	23	11	52
21st	Spain	18th	20th	24	62
22nd	Czech Republic	17th	26th	20th	63
23	Argentina	17th	7th	11	35
24	Czechoslovakia	15th	25th	25th	65
25th	Bulgaria	13	12	11	36
26th	Canada	11	13	5	29
27	Slovakia	7th	12	21st	40
28	Kuwait	7th	4th	9	20th
29	Yugoslavia	6th	14th	5	25th
30th	Austria	6th	11	16	33
31	Belarus	5	8th	14th	27
32	India	5	8th	4th	17th
33	Netherlands	4th	12	13	29
34	Romania	4th	12	11	27
35	Cyprus	4th	3	4th	11
36	Kazakhstan	4th	1	6th	11
37	Serbia	3	9	3	15th
38	Mexico	3	2	3	8th
39	Turkey	3	2	2	7th
40	North Korea	2	6th	9	17th
41	Azerbaijan	2	3	0	5
42	Brazil	2	2	5	9
43	Slovenia	2	2	3	7th
44	Venezuela	2	2	2	6th
45	Colombia	2	1	5	8th
46	Chile	2	1	0	3
47	Hong Kong	2	0	0	2
48	Portugal	1	8th	3	12
49	Japan	1	6th	3	10
50	Egypt	1	2	6th	9
51	South Africa	1	2	2	5
52	Greece	1	2	1	4th
53	Chinese Taipei	1	1	4th	6th
54	Ireland	1	1	1	3
54	United Arab Emirates	1	1	1	3
56	Israel	1	1	0	2
56	Latvia	1	1	0	2
58	Mongolia	1	0	2	3
59	Armenia	1	0	0	1
60	Lithuania	0	4th	1	5
61	Cuba	0	3	5	8th
61	Croatia	0	3	5	8th
63	Thailand	0	2	1	3
64	Georgia	0	1	1	2
65	Lebanon	0	1	0	1
66	San Marino	0	0	6th	6th
67	Albania	0	0	1	1
67	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
67	Peru	0	0	1	1
67	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
67	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
		1732	1720	1719	5171

Web links

• Competition results at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• sport-komplett.de> S> Shooting
• Historical Results , issf-sports.org