ISSF World Shooting Championships

ISSF World Shooting Championships
Status	active
Genre	Shooting sport World championship
Date(s)	varying
Frequency	annual
Land	varying
Inaugurated	1897 (1897)
Most recent	2022
Next event	2023
Organised by	ISSF
Website	www.issf-sports.org

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.

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 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 Terme and now made its way into the large championships. With only minor additions, the 1994 programme is still in use.

Before World War I (1897 to 1914) and Interwar period (1921 to 1939)

Number	Year	Venue	Individual events					Team events					Total	Medal count winner
			Rifle	Pistol	SG	RT	Total	Rifle	Pistol	SG	RT	Total
1	1897	Lyon	4				4	1				1	5	Schweiz
2	1898	Turin	4				4	1				1	5	Frankreich
3	1899	Loosduinen	4				4	1				1	5	Schweiz
4	1900	Paris	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Schweiz
5	1901	Lucerne	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Schweiz
6	1902	Rome	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Schweiz
7	1903	Buenos Aires	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Schweiz
8	1904	Lyon (2)	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Schweiz
9	1905	Brussels	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Belgien
10	1906	Milan	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Frankreich
11	1907	Zürich	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Schweiz
12	1908	Vienna	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Italien
13	1909	Hamburg	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Schweiz
14	1910	Loosduinen (2)	4	1			5	1	1			2	7	Schweiz
15	1911	Rome (2)	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Schweiz
16	1912	Bayonne-Biarritz	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Schweiz
17	1913	Camp Perry	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Schweiz
18	1914	Viborg	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Frankreich
19	1921	Lyon (3)	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Vereinigte Staaten
20	1922	Milan (2)	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Schweiz
21	1923	Camp Perry (2)	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Vereinigte Staaten
22	1924	Reims	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Vereinigte Staaten
23	1925	St. Gallen	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Schweiz
24	1927	Rome (3)	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Schweiz
25	1928	Loosduinen (3)	8	1			9	1	1			2	11	Schweiz
26	1929	Stockholm	9	1	1	2	13	3	1	1	2	7	20	Schweiz
27	1930	Antwerp	11	1			13	4	1			5	18	Vereinigte Staaten
		Rome (4)			1
28	1931	Lwów	12	1	1	2	16	4	1	1	2	8	24	Schweiz
29	1933	Granada	11	2			14	4	1			6	20	Schweden
		Vienna (2)			1					1
30	1935	Rome (5)	11	2			14	5	1			7	21	Finnland
		Brussels (2)			1					1
31	1937	Helsinki	12	2	1	2	17	11	2	1		14	31	Finnland
32	1939	Lucerne (2)	13	2			16	5	2			8	24	Estland
		Berlin			1					1

After World War II

Number	Year	Venue	Men's events					Women's events					Junior events					Team events					Total	Medal count winner
			Ri	Pi	SG	RT	Σ	Ri	Pi	SG	RT	Σ	Ri	Pi	SG	RT	Σ	Ri	Pi	SG	RT	Σ
33	1947	Stockholm (2)	10	3	2	2	17											7	3	1		11	28	Schweden
34	1949	Buenos Aires (2)	11	3	1	3	18											5	3	1	1	10	28	Finnland
35	1952	Oslo	10	3	2	2	17											7	3	1	2	13	30	Vereinigte Staaten
36	1954	Caracas	10	3	2	2	17											7	3	1	2	13	30	Soviet Union
37	1958	Moscow	11	3	2	2	18	2				2	1				1	10	3	2	2	17	38	Soviet Union
38	1962	Cairo	10	3	2	2	17	2	2	2		6						6	3	2	2	13	36	Soviet Union
39	1966	Wiesbaden	10	3	2	1	16	2	1	2		5						8	3	2	1	14	35	Vereinigte Staaten
40	1970	Phoenix	12	5	2	2	21	3	3	2		8						14	8	2	2	26	55	Soviet Union
41	1974	Bern-Thun	11	5	2	2	20	3	2	2		7						14	6	2	2	24	51	Soviet Union
42	1978	Seoul	10	5	2	2	19	3	2	2		7						13	7	4	2	26	52	Vereinigte Staaten
43	1982	Caracas (2)	10	5	2	3	20	3	2	2		7						13	7	4	3	27	54	Soviet Union
44	1986	Suhl	5	5	2	3	21	3	2	2		7						8	7	4	3	28	56	Soviet Union
		Skövde	6															6
45	1990	Moscow (2)	10	5	3	3	21	3	2	3		8						13	7	6	3	29	58	Soviet Union
46	1994	Milan-Tolmezzo-Fagnano (2)	6	5	3	4	18	3	2	3	1	9	6	7	3	5	21	15	14	6	8	43	91	Vereinigte Staaten
47	1998	Barcelona-Zaragoza	6	5	3	2	16	3	2	3	1	9	6	7	3	3	19	15	14	6	6	41	85	China
48	2002	Lahti	6	5	3	4	18	5	2	3	2	12	6	7	6	6	25	17	14	10	12	53	108	Russland
49	2006	Zagreb	6	5	3	4	18	5	2	3	2	12	6	7	5	6	24	17	14	8	12	51	105	China
50	2010	Munich	6	5	3	4	18	5	2	3	2	12	6	7	5	6	24	17	14	10	12	53	107	China
51	2014	Granada	6	5	3	4	18	5	2	2	2	11	6	7	5	6	24	17	14	10	8	49	102	China
52	2018	Changwon	6	5	3	4	18	5	2	2	2	11	6	7	4	4	21	19	16	6	11	52	102	China
53	2023	Baku

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 trap; 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.

5 Edition (1961, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1983) of shotgun and running target was held simultaneously.

Shotgun

Number	Year	Venue	Men's events			Women's events			Junior events			Team events			Total	Medal count winner
			SG	RT	Σ	SG	RT	Σ	SG	RT	Σ	SG	RT	Σ
1	1934	Budapest	1		1							1		1	2	Ungarn
2	1936	Berlin	1		1							1		1	2	Ungarn
3	1938	Luhačovice	1		1							1		1	2	Ungarn
4	1950	Madrid	2		2										2	Italien
5	1959	Cairo	2		2							1		1	3	Italien and Soviet Union
6	1961*	Oslo	2	2	4								2	2	6	Vereinigte Staaten
7	1965	Santiago de Chile	2		2										2	Chile
8	1967*	Bologna	2	1	3	2		2				2	1	3	8	Soviet Union
9	1969	San Sebastián	2		2	2		2				2		2	6	Italien
10	1971	Bologna (2)	2		2	2		2				2		2	6	Soviet Union
11	1973*	Melbourne	2	2	4							2	2	4	8	Soviet Union
12	1975*	Munich	2	1	3	2		2				4	1	5	10	Soviet Union
13	1977	Antibes	2		2	2		2				4		4	8	Italien
14	1979	Montecatini Terme	2		2	2		2				4		4	8	Soviet Union
15	1981	Tucumán	2		2	2		2				4		4	8	Soviet Union
16	1983*	Edmonton	2	3	5	2		2				4	3	7	14	Soviet Union
17	1985	Montecatini Terme (2)	2		2	2		2				4		4	8	China
18	1987	Valencia	2		2	2		2				2		2	6	China
19	1989	Montecatini Terme (3)	3		3	3		3	3		3	7		7	16	Italien
20	1991	Perth	3		3	3		3	3		3	9		9	18	Vereinigte Staaten
21	1993	Barcelona	3		3	2		2	3		3	8		8	16	Italien
22	1995	Nicosia	3		3	3		3	3		3	9		9	18	Italien
23	1997	Lima	3		3	3		3	3		3	8		8	17	Italien
24	1999	Tampere	3		3	3		3	5		5	9		9	20	Italien
25	2001	Cairo (2)	3		3	3		3	6		6	9		9	21	Vereinigte Staaten
26	2003	Nicosia (2)	3		3	3		3	6		6	11		11	23	Vereinigte Staaten
27	2005	Lonato	3		3	3		3	5		5	8		8	19	Italien
28	2007	Nicosia (3)	3		3	2		2	5		5	9		9	19	Italien
29	2009	Maribor	3		3	2		2	5		5	10		10	20	Italien
30	2011	Belgrade	3		3	2		2	5		5	10		10	20	Russland
31	2013	Lima (2)	3		3	2		2	5		5	10		10	20	Italien
32	2015	Lonato (2)	3		3	2		2	5		5	10		10	20	Italien
33	2017	Moscow	3		3	2		2	5		5	10		10	20	Italien
34	2019	Lonato (3)	3		3	2		2	4		4	12		12	21	Italien
35	2022	Osijek	2		2	2		2	10		10	6		6	20	Italien

• shotgun and running target simultaneously

Running target

Number	Year	Venue	Men's events			Women's events			Junior events			Team events			Total	Medal count winner
			SG	RT	Σ	SG	RT	Σ	SG	RT	Σ	SG	RT	Σ
1	1961*	Oslo	2	2	4								2	2	6	Vereinigte Staaten
2	1967*	Bologna	2	1	3	2		2				2	1	3	8	Soviet Union
3	1969	Sandviken		1	1								1	1	2	Soviet Union
4	1973*	Melbourne	2	2	4							2	2	4	8	Soviet Union
5	1975*	Munich	2	1	3	2		2				4	1	5	10	Soviet Union
6	1979	Linz		2	2								2	2	4	Soviet Union
7	1981	Mala (Tucumán and Buenos Aires)		2	2								2	2	4	Soviet Union
8	1983*	Edmonton	2	3	5	2		2				4	3	7	14	Soviet Union
9	2008	Plzeň		4	4		2	2		6	6		10	10	22	Russland
10	2009	Heinola													20	Russland
11	2012	Stockholm													24	Finnland
12	2016	Suhl													24	Ukraine
13	2021	Châteauroux

• shotgun and running target simultaneously

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.

Number	Year	Venue	Men's events				Women's events				Junior events				Team events				Total	Medal count winner
			Ri	Pi	RT	Σ	Ri	Pi	RT	Σ	Ri	Pi	RT	Σ	Ri	Pi	RT	Σ
1	1979	Seoul	1	1		2	1	1		2					2	2		4	8	Vereinigte Staaten
2	1981	Santo Domingo	1	1	1	3	1	1		2					2	2	1	5	10	Soviet Union
3	1983	Innsbruck	1	1		2	1	1		2					2	2		4	8	Schweden
4	1985	Mexico City	1	1		2	1	1		2					2	2		4	8	Soviet Union
5	1987	Budapest	1	1	1	3	1	1		2					2	2	1	5	10	Soviet Union
6	1989	Sarajevo	1	1	1	3	1	1		2	2	2	1	5	4	4	2	10	20	Soviet Union
7	1991	Stavanger	1	1	1	3	1	1		2	2	2	1	5	4	4	2	10	20	Soviet Union

Rifle/Pistol World championships

In 2022, ISSF organized the first Rifle/Pistol World Championships, separate from the Shotgun and Running target events.

Number	Year	Venue	Men's events			Women's events			Mixed events			Junior events			Total	Medal count winner
			Ri	Pi	Σ	Ri	Pi	Σ	Ri	Pi	Σ	Ri	Pi	Σ
1	2022	Cairo	9	7	16	9	6	15	5	4	9	15	15	30	70	China

Junior championships

Number	Year	Place	Top-ranked nation
1	2017	Moscow (RUS)	China
2	2021	Lima (PER)	Indien
3	2023	Changwon (KOR)	China

Target Sprint

• 2017 World Target Sprint Championships

Current individual events

Main article: ISSF shooting events

• 300 meter rifle three positions
• 300 meter rifle prone
• 300 meter standard rifle
• 50 meter rifle three positions
• 50 meter rifle prone
• 10 meter air rifle
• 50 meter pistol
• 25 meter pistol
• 25 meter standard pistol
• 25 meter rapid fire pistol
• 25 meter center-fire pistol
• 10 meter air pistol
• 50 meter running target
• 50 meter running target mixed
• 10 meter running target
• 10 meter running target mixed
• Trap
• Double trap
• Skeet

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 Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	207	128	87	422
2	Vereinigte Staaten	130	142	119	391
3	Italien	89	71	76	236
4	Schweiz	85	67	53	205
5	China	74	68	52	194
6	Russland	49	40	41	130
7	Schweden	40	52	62	154
8	Finnland	37	45	51	133
9	Frankreich	33	55	61	149
10	Ungarn	31	35	45	111
11	Deutschland	28	28	36	92
12	West Germany	27	27	32	86
13	Norwegen	17	19	28	64
14	Belgien	17	12	17	46
15	Tschechische Republik	15	23	9	47
16	Polen	15	18	14	47
17	Czechoslovakia	14	16	17	47
18	East Germany	13	19	24	56
19	Ukraine	13	17	22	52
20	Indien	13	12	15	40
21	Bulgarien	13	11	11	35
22	Australien	12	20	10	42
23	Kanada	9	10	4	23
24	Südkorea	9	9	20	38
25	Dänemark	9	6	19	34
26	Argentinien	9	4	6	19
27	Great Britain	8	14	21	43
28	Spanien	8	14	17	39
29	Yugoslavia	7	12	4	23
30	Kuwait	6	1	4	11
31	Estland	5	2	3	10
32	Weißrussland	4	7	8	19
33	Kasachstan	4	1	4	9
34	Rumänien	3	11	10	24
35	Österreich	3	7	14	24
36	Mexiko	3	2	3	8
37	Zypern	3	2	0	5
38	Slowakei	2	7	12	21
39	Aserbaidschan	2	3	0	5
40	Venezuela	2	2	2	6
41	Kolumbien	2	1	4	7
42	Chile	2	1	0	3
43	Portugal	1	6	3	10
44	Ägypten	1	2	5	8
45	Chinese Taipei	1	1	2	4
	Slowenien	1	1	2	4
47	Irland	1	1	1	3
48	Israel	1	1	0	2
	Südafrika	1	1	0	2
	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	1	1	0	2
51	Mongolei	1	0	2	3
52	Armenien	1	0	0	1
	Lettland	1	0	0	1
54	Japan	0	5	3	8
55	Niederlande	0	4	6	10
56	Litauen	0	4	1	5
57	Cuba	0	3	5	8
58	Griechenland	0	2	1	3
	Thailand	0	2	1	3
60	Brasilien	0	1	2	3
	North Korea	0	1	2	3
62	Georgien	0	1	1	2
	Türkei	0	1	1	2
64	Libanon	0	1	0	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	1	0	1
66	San Marino	0	0	3	3
67	Albanien	0	0	1	1
	Kroatien	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (71 entries)		1,083	1,081	1,083	3,247

Discontinued events

Main article: Discontinued ISSF shooting events

Medals

Nations

This table was calculated for the senior events only, including both current and discontinued events. Last updated after 2019 World Shotgun Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	257	162	106	525
2	Vereinigte Staaten	208	191	181	580
3	Schweiz	175	150	131	456
4	Italien	128	103	105	336
5	China	117	111	71	299
6	Russland	86	79	75	240
7	Schweden	84	113	119	316
8	Finnland	75	93	94	262
9	Frankreich	64	94	106	264
10	Deutschland	51	49	43	143
11	Norwegen	45	59	64	168
12	Ungarn	36	42	54	132
13	West Germany	32	30	40	102
14	Polen	26	26	19	71
15	Great Britain	24	19	37	80
16	Südkorea	23	22	36	81
17	Belgien	23	17	30	70
18	Estland	20	12	16	48
19	Tschechische Republik	19	28	21	68
20	Ukraine	18	25	41	84
21	Dänemark	18	24	28	70
22	Spanien	18	20	24	62
23	Australien	17	22	12	51
24	Czechoslovakia	16	23	25	64
25	Argentinien	16	7	10	33
26	East Germany	14	22	31	67
27	Indien	13	12	15	40
28	Bulgarien	13	12	11	36
29	Kanada	11	13	5	29
30	Slowakei	7	13	21	41
31	Kuwait	7	3	9	19
32	Österreich	6	12	16	34
33	Yugoslavia	6	11	5	22
34	Weißrussland	5	8	14	27
35	Niederlande	4	12	14	30
36	Rumänien	4	12	11	27
37	Zypern	4	3	4	11
38	Kasachstan	4	1	6	11
39	North Korea	3	6	9	18
40	Mexiko	3	2	3	8
41	Serbien	2	7	4	13
42	Japan	2	6	3	11
43	Aserbaidschan	2	3	0	5
44	Brasilien	2	2	4	8
45	Slowenien	2	2	3	7
46	Südafrika	2	2	2	6
	Türkei	2	2	2	6
	Venezuela	2	2	2	6
49	Kolumbien	2	1	4	7
50	Chile	2	1	0	3
51	Portugal	1	8	3	12
52	Griechenland	1	2	1	4
53	Chinese Taipei	1	1	3	5
54	Mongolei	1	1	2	4
55	Irland	1	1	1	3
	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	1	1	1	3
57	Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)	1	1	0	2
	Israel	1	1	0	2
	Lettland	1	1	0	2
60	United Arab Republic	1	0	3	4
61	Armenien	1	0	0	1
62	Kroatien	0	4	5	9
63	Litauen	0	4	1	5
64	Cuba	0	3	5	8
65	Ägypten	0	2	3	5
66	Georgien	0	2	1	3
	Thailand	0	2	1	3
68	Libanon	0	1	0	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	1	0	1
70	San Marino	0	0	6	6
71	Albanien	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (75 entries)		1,731	1,727	1,727	5,185

Individual

In this list the multiple medalists (only individual) of all-time who won at least 7 gold medals.

  Still active

#	Name	Nation	Years				Total	Discipline
1	Konrad Staeheli	Schweiz	1898-1914	22	13	9	44	Pistol/Rifle
2	Karl Zimmermann	Schweiz	1921-1947	19	9	13	41	Rifle
3	Josias Hartmann	Schweiz	1921-1933	8	8	10	26	Rifle
4	Emil Kellenberger	Schweiz	1899-1922	8	7	0	15	Rifle
5	Łukasz Czapla	Polen	2006-2018	8	3	0	11	Running target
6	Torsten Ullman	Schweden	1933-1954	8	2	0	10	Pistol
7	Paul Van Asbroeck	Belgien	1900-1925	7	5	8	20	Pistol/Rifle
8	Emil Martinsson	Schweden	2002-2018	7	5	3	15	Running target
9	Walter Stokes	Vereinigte Staaten	1921-1924	7	5	1	13	Rifle
10	Gary Anderson	Vereinigte Staaten	1962-1966	7	2	1	10	Rifle

Individual and team

In this list the multiple medalists (individual and team) of all-time.

#	Name	Nation	Years				Total	Discipline
1	Konrad Staeheli	Schweiz	1898-1914	41	17	11	69	Pistol/Rifle
2	Karl Zimmermann	Schweiz	1921-1947	30	17	20	67	Rifle
3	Lones Wigger	Vereinigte Staaten	1966-1986	22	22	7	51	Rifle
4	Kullervo Leskinen	Finnland	1930-1952	15	19	11	45	Rifle
5	Josias Hartmann	Schweiz	1921-1939	15	12	11	38	Rifle
6	Wilhelm Schnyder	Schweiz	1922-1933	14	2	3	19	Pistol/Rifle
7	John Robert Foster	Vereinigte Staaten	1961-1974	13	15	2	30	Rifle/Running Deer
8	Paul Van Asbroeck	Belgien	1900-1930	13	9	13	35	Pistol/Rifle
9	Emil Kellenberger	Schweiz	1899-1922	13	7	0	20	Rifle
10	Gennadi Lushikov	Soviet Union	1974-1990	13	6	2	21	Rifle
11	Lubos Racansky	Tschechische Republik	1986-2008	13	5	1	19	Running Target
12	Louis Richardet	Schweiz	1897-1909	13	4	5	22	Pistol/Rifle
13	Moysey Itkis	Soviet Union	1954-1962	13	1	5	19	Rifle
14	Walter Lienhard	Schweiz	1922-1939	12	11	3	26	Rifle
15	Otto Horber	Schweiz	1935-1952	12	9	12	33	Rifle

See also

• Shooting at the Summer Olympics
• ISSF World Cup
• ISSF Junior World Cup
• European Shooting Championships
• Asian Shooting Championships
• 1973 American Shooting Championships

External links

• ISSF Results Overview
• World Championships archive results (1929-2003) at Sport-komplett.de