ISSF World Shooting Championships
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The ISSF World Shooting Championships are governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation
. World Shooting Championships began in 1897, after the successful 1896 Summer Olympics
, and although the ISSF was not founded until 1907, these early competitions are still seen by the organization as the beginning of a continuous row of championships. By this logic, the 2006 competition in Zagreb was called the 49th ISSF World Shooting Championships. These championships, including all ISSF shooting events
, are held every four years since 1954. For the shotgun events only, there is an additional World Championship competition in odd-numbered years. These extra competitions are not numbered. In running target, there will be World Championships in Olympic years.
Originally, 300 metre rifle (in various positions) was the only discipline on the programme, despite many other events having been included in the Olympics. In 1900, 50 metre pistol was added. This programme was in use until 1929, the only change being the addition of 300 metre army rifle, with mandatory use of the host nation's army weapon, in 1911. The 1929 championships in Stockholm saw the addition of most of the remaining events from the Olympic programme: 100 metre running deer, 50 metre rifle
and trap
. 25 metre rapid fire pistol had to wait until 1933.
Immediately after World War II, 300 metre standard rifle (with more strict rules than 300 metre rifle but less than 300 metre army rifle) was added along with 25 metre center-fire pistol and skeet
. There was also briefly a combined 50 and 100 m rifle competition. Specific women's events began to be slowly added from 1958, although women had previously, and at times successfully, been allowed to compete alongside the men. The last remaining army rifle event and 100 metre running deer were dropped in 1966, the latter in favour of 50 metre running target. 50 metre standard rifle was also added for both men and women, but was soon dropped for the men due to the similarity to 50 metre rifle. The 1970 World Championships in Phoenix added airgun events, 25 metre standard pistol and the mixed running target competition. 10 metre running target was added in 1981.
For the 1994 competitions in Milan, a number of profound changes were made. First, junior competitions were added (like the senior championships, these are only held every four years); they had previously been tested in the special shotgun and airgun championships. Second, there were no longer medals awarded in single positions in the 300 metre and 50 metre rifle matches (except for the prone position
, which has its own match). Third, double trap
had been introduced five years earlier in Montecatini and now made its way into the large championships. With only minor additions, the 1994 programme is still in use.
; skeet
was added in 1950 and double trap
in 1989.
It was in this kind of championship that the first woman won a World Championship medal in shooting: Carola Mandel (USA) in 1950. Women got their own competitions in 1967.
Running target events have been sporadically included; the last time was 1983. As a compensation for the 2005 loss of Olympic status for 10 metre running target however, it has been decided to hold provisional World Championships in 10 metre running target and 50 metre running target in Olympic years, starting in 2008.
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International Shooting Sport Federation
The International Shooting Sport Federation is an organization that governs international shooting sports. While far from the only such organization, it is the one that is a member of the International Olympic Committee and so it is in charge of the Olympic shooting events. Not all ISSF shooting...
. World Shooting Championships began in 1897, after the successful 1896 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Shooting...
, and although the ISSF was not founded until 1907, these early competitions are still seen by the organization as the beginning of a continuous row of championships. By this logic, the 2006 competition in Zagreb was called the 49th ISSF World Shooting Championships. These championships, including all ISSF shooting events
ISSF shooting events
The International Shooting Sport Federation recognizes several shooting events, some of which have Olympic status. They are divided into four disciplines: rifle, pistol, shotgun and running target....
, are held every four years since 1954. For the shotgun events only, there is an additional World Championship competition in odd-numbered years. These extra competitions are not numbered. In running target, there will be World Championships in Olympic years.
ISSF World Shooting Championships
The World Championships were held each year from 1897 to 1931, with the exception of the years 1915–1920 (interruption by World War I) and 1926. From 1933 to 1949, they were held biennially, although the 1941–1945 competitions were canceled (again, because of world war). The current schedule, with large World Championships only every four years, was adapted in 1954.Originally, 300 metre rifle (in various positions) was the only discipline on the programme, despite many other events having been included in the Olympics. In 1900, 50 metre pistol was added. This programme was in use until 1929, the only change being the addition of 300 metre army rifle, with mandatory use of the host nation's army weapon, in 1911. The 1929 championships in Stockholm saw the addition of most of the remaining events from the Olympic programme: 100 metre running deer, 50 metre rifle
50 metre rifle prone
50 metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle caliber rifle...
and trap
Olympic Trap
Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...
. 25 metre rapid fire pistol had to wait until 1933.
Immediately after World War II, 300 metre standard rifle (with more strict rules than 300 metre rifle but less than 300 metre army rifle) was added along with 25 metre center-fire pistol and skeet
Olympic Skeet
Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
. There was also briefly a combined 50 and 100 m rifle competition. Specific women's events began to be slowly added from 1958, although women had previously, and at times successfully, been allowed to compete alongside the men. The last remaining army rifle event and 100 metre running deer were dropped in 1966, the latter in favour of 50 metre running target. 50 metre standard rifle was also added for both men and women, but was soon dropped for the men due to the similarity to 50 metre rifle. The 1970 World Championships in Phoenix added airgun events, 25 metre standard pistol and the mixed running target competition. 10 metre running target was added in 1981.
For the 1994 competitions in Milan, a number of profound changes were made. First, junior competitions were added (like the senior championships, these are only held every four years); they had previously been tested in the special shotgun and airgun championships. Second, there were no longer medals awarded in single positions in the 300 metre and 50 metre rifle matches (except for the prone position
Prone position
The term means to lie on bed or ground in a position with chest downwards and back upwards.-Etymology :The word "prone," meaning "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," has been recorded in English since 1382; the meaning "lying face-down" was first recorded in 1578, but is also referred to...
, which has its own match). Third, double trap
Double Trap
Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....
had been introduced five years earlier in Montecatini and now made its way into the large championships. With only minor additions, the 1994 programme is still in use.
Before World War I
| Number | Year | Venue | Individual events | Team events | Total | Medal count winner | ||||
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| 1 | 1897 |  LyonLyon Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais.... |
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| 2 | 1898 |  TurinTurin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat... |
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| 3 | 1899 |  LoosduinenLoosduinen Loosduinen is a former village in The Netherlands that was a municipality unto itself until 1923. At that time it merged with The Hague, and subsequently became known as the neighbourhood called Stadsdeel of that city.-References:... |
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| 4 | 1900 | Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 5 | 1901 |  LucerneLucerne Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and... |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 6 | 1902 | Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 7 | 1903 |  Buenos AiresBuenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 8 | 1904 | Lyon (2) |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 9 | 1905 |  BrusselsBrussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 10 | 1906 | Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,... |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 11 | 1907 | Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 12 | 1908 |  ViennaVienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | Italy |
| 13 | 1909 |  HamburgHamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 14 | 1910 | Loosduinen (2) |
4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 15 | 1911 | Rome (2) |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 16 | 1912 | Bayonne Bayonne Bayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture... -Biarritz Biarritz Biarritz is a city which lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in south-western France. It is a luxurious seaside town and is popular with tourists and surfers.... |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 17 | 1913 |  Camp PerryCamp Perry Camp Perry is a National Guard training facility located on the shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio near Port Clinton. In addition to its regular mission as a military training base, Camp Perry also boasts the largest outdoor rifle range in the world... |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 18 | 1914 |  ViborgViborg, Denmark Viborg , a town in central Jutland, Denmark, is the seat of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the High Court for the Jutland peninsula... |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Interwar period
| Number | Year | Venue | Individual events | Team events | Total | Medal count winner | ||||||||
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| Rifle | Pistol | Shotgun | RT | Total | Rifle | Pistol | Shotgun | RT | Total | |||||
| 19 | 1921 | Lyon (3) |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | United States |
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| 20 | 1922 | Milan (2) |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||
| 21 | 1923 | Camp Perry (2) |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | United States |
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| 22 | 1924 | Reims Reims Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire.... |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | United States |
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| 23 | 1925 | St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic... |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||
| 24 | 1927 | Rome (3) |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||
| 25 | 1928 | Loosduinen (3) |
8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||
| 26 | 1929 |  StockholmStockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20 | |
| 27 | 1930 | Antwerp |
11 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | United States |
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| 28 | 1931 |  LwówLviv Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following... |
12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 24 | |
| 29 | 1933 |  GranadaGranada Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea... |
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 Vienna (2) |
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| 30 | 1935 | Rome (5) |
11 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | |||||
| Brussels (2) |
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| 31 | 1937 |  HelsinkiHelsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... |
12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 1939 | Lucerne (2) |
13 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 24 |  Germany |
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| Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
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After World War II
| Number | Year | Venue | Men's events | Women's events | Junior events | Team events | Total | Medal count winner | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ri | Pi | SG | RT | Σ | Ri | Pi | SG | RT | Σ | Ri | Pi | SG | RT | Σ | Ri | Pi | SG | RT | Σ | |||||
| 33 1947 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 33rd UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Stockholm, Sweden in the summer of 1947. It was the first championship after World War II.- Medal count :- Rifle events :... |
1947 | Stockholm (2) |
10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 28 | ||||||||||||
| 34 1949 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 34th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1949.- Medal count :- Rifle events :- Pistol events :- Shotgun events :- Running target events :... |
1949 | Buenos Aires (2) |
11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 28 | |||||||||||
| 35 1952 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 35th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events held in Oslo, Norway, in 1952, only weeks before the 1952 Summer Olympics... |
1952 |  OsloOslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... |
10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 30 | United States |
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| 36 1954 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 36th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1954... |
1954 |  CaracasCaracas Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range... |
10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 30 |  Soviet Union |
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| 37 1958 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 37th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Moscow, Russia, the Soviet Union in 1958... |
1958 |  MoscowMoscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... |
11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 38 | Soviet Union |
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| 38 1962 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 38th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Cairo, Egypt in 1962.-Medal count:-Men:-Women:-Men:... |
1962 |  CairoCairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... |
10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 36 | Soviet Union |
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| 39 1966 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 39th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Wiesbaden, West Germany in 1966.-Medal count:-Men:-Women:-Men:... |
1966 |  WiesbadenWiesbaden Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens... |
10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 35 | |||||||
| 40 | 1970 |  PhoenixPhoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data... |
12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 55 | Soviet Union |
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| 41 | 1974 | Bern-Thun Thun Thun is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland with about 42,136 inhabitants , as of 1 January 2006.... |
11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 51 | Soviet Union |
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| 42 | 1978 |  SeoulSeoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... |
10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 52 | |||||||
| 43 | 1982 |  Caracas (2) |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 54 | |||||||
| 44 | 1986 |  SuhlSuhl - Geography :Suhl sits on the south edge of the Suhler Scholle, an upthrust granite complex that is streaked by numerous dikes. This is part of the Ruhla-Schleusingen Horst that defines the southwest side of the Thuringian Forest... |
5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 56 | |||||||
| Skövde Skövde Skövde is a locality and the seat of Skövde Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 34 446 inhabitants .Skövde is situated some 150 km northeast of Gothenburg, between Sweden's two largest lakes, Vänern and Vättern. It sits on the eastern slope of a low mountain ridge Billingen ,... |
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| 45 | 1990 |  Moscow (2) |
10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 58 | |||||||
| 46 | 1994 |  Milan-TolmezzoTolmezzo Tolmezzo is a town and comune in the province of Udine, part of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy.-Geography:Tolmezzo is located at the feet of the Strabut Mountain, between the Tagliamento River and the Bût stream. Nearby is the Mount Amariana... -Fagnano Fagnano Olona Fagnano Olona is a town and comune located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.... (2) |
6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 91 | |
| 47 | 1998 |  BarcelonaBarcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... -Zaragoza Zaragoza Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain... |
6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 85 |
21st century
| Number | Year | Venue | Men's events | Women's events | Junior events | Team events | Total | Medal count winner | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ri | Pi | SG | RT | Σ | Ri | Pi | SG | RT | Σ | Ri | Pi | SG | RT | Σ | Ri | Pi | SG | RT | Σ | |||||
| 48 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 48th ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from July 2 to July 16, 2002.- Medal count :- World records :Several world records were equalled or bettered in Lahti... |
2002 | Lahti Lahti Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki... |
6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 108 | |
| 49 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 49th ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia from July 22, 2006 to August 5, 2006.- Medal count :- World records :A total of 15 world records were bettered or equalled during the championships.- Men :- Women :- Men :... |
2006 |  ZagrebZagreb Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city... |
6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 105 | |
| 50 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 50th ISSF World Shooting Championships was held in Munich, Germany from July 29, 2010 to August 10, 2010.- Medal count :- World records :- Men :- Women :- Men :- Women :- Men :- Women :- Men :- Women :- External links :*... |
2010 | Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 107 | |
| 51 | 2014 | Granada Granada Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea... |
Special shotgun and running target championships
Special shotgun championships were first held in 1934, and since 1959 they are held biennially so that in these events, there are either Olympic Games or World Championships each year. The original event was trapOlympic Trap
Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...
; skeet
Olympic Skeet
Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
was added in 1950 and double trap
Double Trap
Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....
in 1989.
It was in this kind of championship that the first woman won a World Championship medal in shooting: Carola Mandel (USA) in 1950. Women got their own competitions in 1967.
Running target events have been sporadically included; the last time was 1983. As a compensation for the 2005 loss of Olympic status for 10 metre running target however, it has been decided to hold provisional World Championships in 10 metre running target and 50 metre running target in Olympic years, starting in 2008.
20th century
| Year | Venue | Men's events | Women's events | Junior events | Team events | Total | Medal count winner | ||||||||
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| SG | RT | Σ | SG | RT | Σ | SG | RT | Σ | SG | RT | Σ | ||||
| 1934 |  BudapestBudapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... |
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| 1936 | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Hungary |
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| 1938 |  LuhačoviceLuhacovice Luhačovice is a spa town in the Zlín Region, Moravia, Czech Republic.It occupies a valley, whose elevation is a minimum of 250 m above sea level... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Hungary |
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| 1950 1950 World Shotgun Championships The 1950 World Shotgun Championships were held in Madrid, Spain. Carola Mandel of the United States became the first woman to ever win a world championship medal in shooting when she finished third in Madrid's Trap competition.- Medal count :- Results :... |
 MadridMadrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
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| 1959 1959 World Shotgun Championships The 1959 World Shotgun Championships were held in Cairo, Egypt, the United Arab Republic.- Medal count :- Results :- References :*... |
Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | and Soviet Union |
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| 1961 | Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... |
2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1965 1965 World Shotgun Championships The 1965 World Shotgun Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the trap and skeet events held in Santiago, Chile.-Medal count:-Results:... |
 Santiago de ChileSantiago, Chile Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level... |
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| 1967 1967 World Shotgun and Running Target Championships The 1967 World Shotgun and Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the trap, skeet and 50 metre running target events held in Bologna, Italy.-Medal count:-Men:-Women:-Running target events:... |
Bologna Bologna Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,... |
2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Soviet Union |
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| 1969 1969 World Shotgun Championships The 1969 World Shotgun Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the trap and skeet events held in San Sebastián, Spain.-Medal count:-Men:-Women:... |
San Sebastián San Sebastián Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its... |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 1969 1969 World Running Target Championships The 1969 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the 100 metre running deer event held in Sandviken, Sweden.-Medal count:-Results:... |
Sandviken Sandviken Sandviken may refer to:* Sandviken, a Swedish town and the seat of Sandviken municipality* Sandviken Municipality, a Swedish municipality around the town of Sandviken* Sandviken, Norway, a neighbourhood in Bergen, Norway... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Soviet Union |
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| 1971 | Bologna (2) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Soviet Union |
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| 1973 |  MelbourneMelbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... |
2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Soviet Union |
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| 1975 | Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | Soviet Union |
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| 1977 | Antibes Antibes Antibes is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.It lies on the Mediterranean in the Côte d'Azur, located between Cannes and Nice. The town of Juan-les-Pins is within the commune of Antibes... |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
| 1979 | Linz Linz Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about... |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Soviet Union |
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| 1979 | Montecatini Montecatini - Places in Italy :* Montecatini Terme, health resort in Tuscany* Montecatini Val di Cecina, village and mining town to the south of Pisa*Montecatini, hamlet in the comune of San Martino in Rio... |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | Soviet Union |
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| 1981 | Mala (Tucumán Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán is the capital of the Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina at from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth biggest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario and Mendoza, and it is also the most important city of Northern Argentina... and Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... ) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1981 | Tucumán |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
| 1983 |  EdmontonEdmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... |
2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | |||||
| 1985 | Montecatini (2) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
| 1987 | Valencia |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 1989 | Montecatini (3) |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||||
| 1991 | Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 18 | |||||
| 1993 | Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||||
| 1995 |  NicosiaNicosia Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 18 | |||||
| 1997 |  LimaLima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima... |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | |||||
| 1999 | Tampere Tampere Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in... |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
21st century
| Year | Venue | Men's events | Women's events | Junior events | Team events | Total | Medal count winner | ||||||||
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| SG | RT | Σ | SG | RT | Σ | SG | RT | Σ | SG | RT | Σ | ||||
| 2001 |  Cairo (2) |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 21 | |||||
| 2003 | Nicosia (2) |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 23 | |||||
| 2005 | Lonato Lonato Lonato del Garda is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. Lonato is located in the middle of northern Italy, about half way between Milan and Venice, on the south-west shore of Lake Garda, the biggest lake in Italy.The commune is bordered by those of near Castiglione... |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |||||
| 2007 2007 World Shotgun Championships The 2007 ISSF World Shotgun Championships were held in Nicosia, Cyprus, from September 3 to September 9, 2007.- Medal count :- Results :- External links :*... |
Nicosia (3) |
3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 19 | |||||
| 2008 2008 World Running Target Championships The 2008 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Plzeň, the Czech Republic, in October 2008 as a replacement for the lost Olympic status of 10 metre running target. Apart from this event, competitions were also held in 10 metre running target... |
 Plzeň |
4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 22 | |||||
| 2009 2009 World Shotgun Championships The 2009 World Shotgun Championships were held in August 2009 in Maribor, Slovenia. As in all odd-numbered years, separate ISSF World Shooting Championships were carried out in the trap, double trap and skeet events.-Medal count:-Men:-Women:... |
 MariborMaribor Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor.... |
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| 2009 2009 World Running Target Championships The 2009 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the running target events, held in August 2009 in Heinola, Finland. Russia dominated, winning 14 of the 20 gold medals.-Medal count:-Men:... |
Heinola Heinola Heinola is a town and a municipality of inhabitants located in the Province of Southern Finland. Heinola is perhaps best known for its summer activities such as the Sauna-sitting World Championships.-History:... |
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| 2011 |  BelgradeBelgrade Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe... |
Special airgun championships
From 1979 to 1991, there were seven special airgun championships, including 10 metre air rifle, 10 metre air pistol and sometimes also 10 metre running target. This kind of championship has been discontinued.| Year | Venue | Men's events | Women's events | Junior events | Team events | Total | Medal count winner | ||||||||||||
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| Ri | Pi | RT | Σ | Ri | Pi | RT | Σ | Ri | Pi | RT | Σ | Ri | Pi | RT | Σ | ||||
| 1979 | Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1981 |  Santo DomingoSanto Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| 1983 | Innsbruck Innsbruck - Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus... |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1985 |  Mexico CityMexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1987 |  BudapestBudapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| 1989 |  SarajevoSarajevo Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 | ||
| 1991 | Stavanger Stavanger Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Current individual events
- 300 metre rifle three positions300 metre rifle three positions300 metre rifle three positions is an ISSF shooting event, involving shooting 40 shots each from the prone, the standing and the kneeling positions. Lately a similar event has been designed for women, where only half the course is shot. Originally there had been champions declared in each position...
- 300 metre rifle prone300 metre rifle prone300 metre rifle prone is an ISSF shooting event. It was added to the World Championship program in 1982, and was based on the English Match but shot with the same full-power rifle as in 300 metre rifle three positions...
- 300 metre standard rifle
- 50 metre rifle three positions50 metre rifle three positions50 metre rifle three positions is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 metre rifle three positions. It consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women...
- 50 metre rifle prone50 metre rifle prone50 metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle caliber rifle...
- 10 metre air rifle
- 50 metre pistol
- 25 metre pistol
- 25 metre standard pistol
- 25 metre rapid fire pistol
- 25 metre center-fire pistol
- 10 metre air pistol
- 50 metre running target
- 50 metre running target mixed50 metre running target mixed50 metre running target mixed is an ISSF shooting event, shot with a .22-calibre rifle at a target depicting a boar moving sideways across a 10 metre wide opening...
- 10 metre running target
- 10 metre running target mixed10 metre running target mixed10 metre running target mixed is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot with an airgun at a target that moves sideways. The target is pulled across a two meter wide aisle at the range of 10 metres from the firing point. The target is pulled at either of two speeds, slow or fast, where it is visible...
- TrapOlympic TrapOfficially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...
- Double trapDouble TrapDouble trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....
- SkeetOlympic SkeetSkeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
Total medals by country (senior current events only)
This table was calculated for the senior current events only. Last updated after 2009 World Running Target Championships2009 World Running Target Championships
The 2009 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the running target events, held in August 2009 in Heinola, Finland. Russia dominated, winning 14 of the 20 gold medals.-Medal count:-Men:...
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| 1 | Soviet Union  Russia |
207 49 256 |
128 40 168 |
87 41 128 |
422 130 552 |
| 2 | United States |
130 | 142 | 119 | 391 |
| 3 | Italy |
89 | 71 | 76 | 236 |
| 4 | Switzerland |
85 | 67 | 53 | 205 |
| 5 |  Mainland China |
74 | 68 | 52 | 194 |
| 6 | German Democratic Republic  West Germany Germany |
13 27 28 68 |
19 27 28 74 |
24 32 36 92 |
56 86 92 234 |
| 7 | Sweden |
40 | 52 | 62 | 154 |
| 8 | Finland |
37 | 45 | 51 | 133 |
| 9 |  Early Modern France |
33 | 55 | 61 | 149 |
| 10 |  Hungary |
31 | 35 | 45 | 111 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic |
14 15 29 |
16 23 39 |
17 9 26 |
47 47 94 |
| 12 | Norway |
17 | 19 | 28 | 64 |
| 13 | Belgium |
17 | 12 | 17 | 46 |
| 14 | Poland |
15 | 18 | 14 | 47 |
| 15 |  Ukraine |
13 | 17 | 22 | 52 |
| 16 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
13 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 17 | Australia |
12 | 20 | 10 | 42 |
| 18 | Canada |
9 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 19 | South Korea |
9 | 9 | 20 | 38 |
| 20 | Denmark |
9 | 6 | 19 | 34 |
| 21 | Argentina |
9 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 22 |  United Kingdom |
8 | 14 | 21 | 43 |
| 23 | Spain |
8 | 14 | 17 | 39 |
| 24 |  Kingdom of Yugoslavia  Serbia and Montenegro |
7 0 7 |
12 1 13 |
4 0 4 |
23 1 24 |
| 25 |  Kuwait |
6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 26 |  Estonia |
5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 27 |  Belarus |
4 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 28 |  Kazakhstan |
4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 29 |  Kingdom of Romania |
3 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 30 | Austria |
3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| 31 | Mexico |
3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 32 | Cyprus |
3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 |  Slovakia |
2 | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| 34 |  Azerbaijan |
2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 35 | Venezuela |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 36 |  India |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 |  Colombia |
2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 38 | Chile |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 |  Portugal |
1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 40 | Egypt |
1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 41 |  Chinese Taipei |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 41 | Slovenia |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 43 |  Republic of Ireland |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 44 |  Israel |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 |  South Africa |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 |  United Arab Emirates |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 47 |  Mongolia |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 48 |  Armenia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 48 |  Latvia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 |  Japan |
0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 51 | Netherlands |
0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 52 |  Lithuania |
0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 53 |  Cuba |
0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 54 |  Greece |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 54 |  Thailand |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 56 |  Brazil |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 56 |  North Korea |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 58 |  Georgia (country) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 58 |  Turkey |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 60 | Georgia (country) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 |  Lebanon |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 62 |  San Marino |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 63 |  Albania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 |  Independent State of Croatia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Peru |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 |  Puerto Rico |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 |  Uruguay |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1074 | 1073 | 1070 | 3217 | |
Total medals by country
This table was calculated for the senior events only, including both current and discontinued events. Last updated after 2009 World Running Target Championships2009 World Running Target Championships
The 2009 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the running target events, held in August 2009 in Heinola, Finland. Russia dominated, winning 14 of the 20 gold medals.-Medal count:-Men:...
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| 1 | Soviet Union Russia |
258 49 307 |
162 40 202 |
106 41 147 |
526 130 656 |
| 2 | United States |
186 | 179 | 166 | 531 |
| 3 | Switzerland |
169 | 146 | 123 | 438 |
| 4 | Italy |
102 | 86 | 91 | 279 |
| 5 | German Democratic Republic West Germany Germany |
14 32 32 78 |
22 30 32 84 |
32 39 38 109 |
68 101 102 271 |
| 6 | Mainland China |
74 | 68 | 52 | 194 |
| 7 | Sweden |
73 | 96 | 105 | 274 |
| 8 | Finland |
70 | 91 | 90 | 251 |
| 9 | Early Modern France |
56 | 86 | 95 | 237 |
| 10 | Norway |
40 | 51 | 55 | 146 |
| 11 | Hungary |
35 | 38 | 47 | 120 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic |
16 15 31 |
23 23 46 |
25 9 34 |
64 47 111 |
| 13 | Belgium |
23 | 17 | 29 | 69 |
| 14 | Estonia |
20 | 12 | 14 | 46 |
| 15 | Poland |
19 | 21 | 18 | 58 |
| 16 | United Kingdom |
19 | 14 | 29 | 62 |
| 17 | Argentina |
16 | 7 | 11 | 34 |
| 18 | Denmark |
15 | 19 | 28 | 62 |
| 19 | Australia |
13 | 20 | 9 | 42 |
| 20 | Ukraine |
13 | 17 | 22 | 52 |
| 21 | Spain |
13 | 17 | 20 | 50 |
| 22 | Kingdom of Bulgaria |
13 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
| 23 | Canada |
11 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
| 24 | South Korea |
10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| 25 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro |
7 0 7 |
12 1 13 |
5 0 4 |
24 1 25 |
| 26 | Kuwait |
6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 27 | Netherlands |
4 | 12 | 14 | 30 |
| 28 | Kingdom of Romania |
4 | 12 | 11 | 27 |
| 29 | Austria |
4 | 10 | 15 | 29 |
| 30 | Belarus |
4 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 31 | Kazakhstan |
4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 32 | Mexico |
3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 33 | Cyprus |
3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 34 | Slovakia |
2 | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| 35 | Azerbaijan |
2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 36 | Venezuela |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 37 | India |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | South Africa |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 39 | Colombia |
2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 40 | Chile |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 | Portugal |
1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 42 | Egypt |
1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 43 | Chinese Taipei |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 43 | Slovenia |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 45 | Republic of Ireland |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 46 | Israel |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 | Latvia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 49 | Mongolia |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 50 | Armenia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | Japan |
0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 52 | Lithuania |
0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 53 | Cuba |
0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 54 | Greece |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 54 | Thailand |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 56 | Brazil |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 56 | North Korea |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 58 | Georgia (country) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 58 | Turkey |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 60 | Georgia (country) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | Lebanon |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 62 | San Marino |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 63 | Albania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Independent State of Croatia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Peru |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Puerto Rico |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Uruguay |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1471 | 1471 | 1464 | 4406 | |