1954 ISSF World Shooting Championships

International sport shooting competition 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.All World Championship medalists https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023531/http://www.issf-shooting.org/_data/medallist/WCH_Medallists_1897_2005.pdf 2007-09-27 at the ISSF website It was the first time Venezuela hosted the competition (which it did again in 1982), and a new military shooting range had been constructed in the suburbs of Caracas for the event.Hap Rocketto, The Art of ShootingAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes , p. 53 After their successful debut in the 1952 Summer Olympics, the Soviet Union now participated for the first time in the World Championships, and won 20 of the 30 gold medals. Rifle shooter Anatoli Bogdanov, the star of the 1952 shooting competitions in Helsinki, dominated once again with six individual and four team victories. He broke the world record in the 300 metre rifle three positions match with a margin of nine points.https://archive.today/20121203033647/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1128525/index.htm Shooting, Sports Illustrated, November 19, 1956 In the shotgun events, the United States and Italy were still on top, but the shooting greatness of especially Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries had now diminished, shifting the tide eastward. As in most other events, the Soviet team won the team championship in 25 metre center-fire pistol. The American marksman Arthur Jackson commented that the western shooters watched with a mixed sense of pity and relief as the Soviet team shot their archaic Nagant M1895 revolvers in the pre-event training. On the match day they revealed their practical joke and instead brought brand new American Smith & Wesson match revolvers, shooting the same kind of gun and ammunition as the individual champion, and winning three points ahead of the American team.Rocketto, p. 55 2 Medal count Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Soviet Union 1936 20 6 7 33 2 4 9 5 18 3 United States 1912 3 6 2 11 4 2 1 0 3 5 Canada 1921 1 0 0 1 6 0 4 5 9 7 0 3 2 5 8 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 6 6 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Egypt 1922 0 0 1 1 Rifle events Individual Team 300 metre rifle three positions Gold Anatoli Bogdanov URS 1936 1133 Gold Soviet Union 1936 5607 Silver Vasily Borisov URS 1936 1132 Silver 5505 Bronze Vilho Ylönen FIN 1126 Bronze 5491 300 metre rifle prone Gold Anatoli Bogdanov URS 1936 391 No team competition Silver Vasily Borisov URS 1936 389 Bronze Ernst Huber SUI 388 300 metre rifle kneeling Gold Anatoli Bogdanov URS 1936 380 No team competition Silver John Sundberg SWE 379 Bronze Vilho Ylönen FIN 378 300 metre rifle standing Gold Vasily Borisov URS 1936 366 No team competition Silver August Hollenstein SUI 363 Bronze Anatoli Bogdanov URS 1936 362 300 metre standard rifle Gold Walther Fröstell SWE 514 Gold 2471 Silver Anders Kvissberg SWE 513 Silver 2448 Bronze J. Matallana COL 503 Bronze 2437 50 metre rifle three positions Gold Anatoli Bogdanov URS 1936 1174 Gold Soviet Union 1936 5802 Silver Vasily Borisov URS 1936 1172 Silver 5765 Bronze Vilho Ylönen FIN 1167 Bronze 5758 50+100 metre rifle prone Gold Gilmour Boa CAN 1921 598 Gold United States 1912 2373 Silver Kurt Johansson SWE 596 Silver 2372 Bronze August Westergaard USA 1912 596 Bronze Soviet Union 1936 2370 50 metre rifle prone Gold Vasily Borisov URS 1936 399 Gold 1988 Silver Anders Kvissberg SWE 399 Silver 1986 Bronze I. Aas NOR 399 Bronze Soviet Union 1936 1986 50 metre rifle kneeling Gold Anatoli Bogdanov URS 1936 396 Gold Soviet Union 1936 1958 Silver Vasily Borisov URS 1936 393 Silver 1943 Bronze Moisei Itkis URS 1936 393 Bronze 1921 50 metre rifle standing Gold Anatoli Bogdanov URS 1936 380 Gold Soviet Union 1936 1865 Silver Vasily Borisov URS 1936 380 Silver 1850 Bronze John Sundberg SWE 379 Bronze 1843 Pistol events Individual Team 50 metre pistol Gold Huelet Benner USA 1912 553 Gold Soviet Union 1936 2722 Silver Torsten Ullman SWE 552 Silver United States 1912 2706 Bronze Anton Yasynskiy URS 1936 552 Bronze 2697 25 metre rapid fire pistol Gold Nikolay Kalinichenko URS 1936 584 Gold Soviet Union 1936 2317 Silver William McMillan USA 1912 582 Silver United States 1912 2292 Bronze Pentti Linnosvuo FIN 581 Bronze 2289 25 metre center-fire pistol Gold Torsten Ullman SWE 586 Gold Soviet Union 1936 2319 Silver Huelet Benner USA 1912 585 Silver United States 1912 2316 Bronze William McMillan USA 1912 584 Bronze 2263 Shotgun events Individual Team Trap Gold C. Merlo ITA 296 Gold 773 Silver Galliano Rossini ITA 293 Silver 768 Bronze Hans Aasnæs NOR 293 Bronze Egypt 1922 768 Skeet Gold Chester Crites USA 1912 148 No team competition Silver Kenneth Pendergrass USA 1912 145 Bronze B. Malmgren SWE 145 Running target events Individual Team 100 metre running deer, double shot Gold Dmitry Bobrun URS 1936 213 Gold Soviet Union 1936 828 Silver Vitali Romanenko URS 1936 206 Silver 804 Bronze Vladimir Sevryugin URS 1936 206 Bronze 757 100 metre running deer, single shot Gold Vitali Romanenko URS 1936 224 Gold USSR 1936 857 Silver Rolf Bergersen NOR 221 Silver 824 Bronze Nikolay Prosorovsky URS 1936 219 Bronze 824 References Category:ISSF World Shooting Championships ISSF S Category:Sport in Caracas Category:1954 in Venezuelan sport Category:20th century in Caracas Category:Shooting competitions in Venezuela