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.[1] It was the only World Shooting Championship between 1912 and 2008 to be conducted in an Olympic year.
Medal count
| Rank | Country |  |
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 |  Switzerland | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 |  Norway | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 |  Sweden | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 |  Finland | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 |  Argentina | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rifle events
Pistol events
| Individual | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m Pistol | |||||
| | Torsten Ullman (SWE) | 558 | | Sweden | 2718 |
| | Åke Lindblom (SWE) | 555 | | Switzerland | 2698 |
| | Huelet Benner (USA) | 555 | | Finland | 2671 |
| 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol | |||||
| | Huelet Benner (USA) | 582 | | United States | 2304 |
| | Penait Calcai (ROU) | 581 | | Finland | 2272 |
| | Carlos Saenz Valiente (ARG) | 581 | | Argentina | 2264 |
| 25 m Center-Fire Pistol | |||||
| | Harry Reeves (USA) | 579 | | United States | 2304 |
| | Walter Walsh (USA) | 576 | | Sweden | 2234 |
| | Huelet Benner (USA) | 576 | | Mexico | 2207 |
Shotgun events
| Individual | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trap | |||||
| | Pablo Grossi (ARG) | 287 | | Sweden | 754 |
| | George Genereux (CAN) | 286 | | Egypt | 746 |
| | Knut Holmqvist (SWE) | 286 | | Italy | 743 |
| Skeet | |||||
| | C. T. Edwinson (USA) | 150 | No team competition | ||
| | Cecil Jones (USA) | 149 | |||
| | Charles Michaelis (USA) | 148 | |||
Running target events
| Individual | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m Running Deer Double Shot | |||||
| | John Larsen (NOR) | 206 | | Norway | 759 |
| | Bengt Austrin (SWE) | 201 | | Finland | 744 |
| | Karl Bokman (SWE) | 195 | | Sweden | 722 |
| 100 m Running Deer Single Shot | |||||
| | John Larsen (NOR) | 210 | | Norway | 805 |
| | Rolf Bergersen (NOR) | 209 | | Sweden | 797 |
| | Karl Bokman (SWE) | 209 | | Finland | 777 |
References
- ↑ Farewell "Joe" Benner, Military Marksmanship Association
External links
- All WCH medallists (ISSF website), which incorrectly gives 1950 as the year of this competition
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