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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	22	11	4	37
2	United States	7	13	10	30
3	Switzerland	2	5	6	13
4	West Germany	2	1	2	5
5	Sweden	1	0	4	5
6	Finland	1	0	2	3
7	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
8	East Germany	0	1	4	5
9	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	India	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	South Africa	0	1	0	1
14	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1

Rifle events

Men

Individual			Teams
300 metre rifle three positions
	Gary Anderson (USA)	1138		Soviet Union	4533
	Vladimir Yevdokimov (URS)	1138		United States	4516
	Tommy Pool (USA)	1136		Switzerland	4502
300 metre rifle prone
	Gary Anderson (USA)	395	No championship
	Hans Spillmann (SUI)	394
	Kurt Johansson (SWE)	393
300 metre rifle kneeling
	Erwin Vogt (SUI)	385	No championship
	Kurt Müller (SUI)	385
	Vladimir Yevdokimov (URS)	384
300 metre rifle standing
	Tommy Pool (USA)	368	No championship
	Jozsef Lacsny (HUN)	364
	Daniel Puckel (USA)	363
300 metre standard rifle
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	537		Soviet Union	2125
	Verle Franklin Wright, Jr. (USA)	537		Norway	2086
	Andrey Jakonyuk (URS)	536		Finland	2077
300 metre army rifle (30 fast shots)
	Hans Schönenberger (SUI)	6	No championship
	August Hollenstein (SUI)	5
	Hans Simonet (SUI)
50 metre rifle three positions
	Gary Anderson (USA)	1157		Soviet Union	4533
	Marat Atayevich Niyazov (URS)	1147		United States	4522
	Erwin Vogt (SUI)	1142		Switzerland	4508
50 metre rifle prone
	Karl Wenk (FRG)	594		Sweden	2355
	Vladimir Chuian (URS)	592		United States	2354
	James Hill (USA)	592		West Germany	2351
50 metre rifle kneeling
	Karl Wenk (FRG)	388		Soviet Union	1533
	Marat Atayevich Niyazov (URS)	387		West Germany	1531
	Ole Christian Hviid Jensen (DEN)	387		United States	1522
50 metre rifle standing
	Gary Anderson (USA)	376		United States	1464
	Erwin Vogt (SUI)	367		Switzerland	1442
	Tommy Pool (USA)	366		East Germany	1428

Women

Individual
50 metre rifle three positions (3×30)
	Kira Dolgoborodova (URS)	864
	Yelena Donskaya (URS)	853
	Renate Wischnewski (GDR)	824
50 metre rifle prone
	Yelena Donskaya (URS)	586
	Marjorie Dunt (RSA)	583
	Anneliese Goth (FRG)	582

Pistol events

Men

Individual			Teams
50 metre pistol
	Vladimir Stolipin (URS)	559		Soviet Union	2187
	Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (JPN)	557		United States	2169
	Ludwig Hemauer (SUI)	550		Switzerland	2151
25 metre rapid fire pistol
	Alexander Zabelin (URS)	589		Soviet Union	2333
	Igor Bakalov (URS)	588		United States	2327
	James Henderson McNally (USA)	588		Italy	2312
25 metre center-fire pistol
	Igor Bakalov (URS)	590		Soviet Union	2349
	Yevgeny Haydurov (URS)	589		United States	2341
	William Blankenship (USA)	588		East Germany	2314

Women

Individual
25 metre rapid fire pistol
	Sofia Tyagny (URS)	583
	Naghezda Yulina (URS)	579
	Gertrude Schernitzauer (USA)	550
Army pistol
	Naghezda Yulina (URS)	570
	Gail Liberty (USA)	570
	Sofia Tyagny (URS)	569

Shotgun events

Men

Individual			Teams
Trap
	Vladimir Zimenko (URS)	295		Soviet Union	777
	Karni Singh (IND)	295		East Germany	768
	Joachim Marscheider (GDR)	294		Egypt	767
Skeet
	Nikolay Durnev (URS)	200		United States	394
	Yury Curanov (URS)	198		Soviet Union	392
	Thomas Heffron (USA)	197		Sweden	386

Women

Individual
Trap
	Valentina Gerasina (URS)	87
	Charlotte Berkenkamp (USA)	86
	Sheila Breckon (GBR)	81
Skeet
	Mercedes Mata (VEN)	99
	Marjorie Annan (USA)	85
	Yelena Sebasova (URS)	84

Running target events

Individual			Teams
100 metre running deer, single shot
	Oleg Zakurenov (URS)	229		Soviet Union	879
	John Foster (USA)	228		United States	867
	Rune Flodmann (SWE)	227		Sweden	842
100 metre running deer, double shot
	Oleg Zakurenov (URS)	223		Soviet Union	880
	Iogan (Jogan) Nikitin (URS)	223		United States	859
	Willis Powell (USA)	220		Finland	811

References