1952 ISSF World Shooting Championships

International sport shooting competition 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.Farewell "Joe" Benner https://web.archive.org/web/20080509074252/http://www.militarymarksmanship.org/tapsbenner.htm 2008-05-09 , Military Marksmanship Association It was the only World Shooting Championship between 1912 and 2008 to be conducted in an Olympic year. 2 Medal count Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 1912 8 3 7 18 2 7 6 4 17 3 6 4 4 14 4 5 8 6 19 5 3 5 4 12 6 1 0 2 3 7 Canada 1921 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Egypt 1922 0 1 0 1 Romania 1948 0 1 0 1 11 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Mexico 1934 0 0 1 1 Rifle events Individual Team 300 m Rifle Three positions Gold August Hollenstein SUI 1123 Gold 5540 Silver Jorma Taitto FIN 1121 Silver 5489 Bronze Robert Buerchler SUI 1121 Bronze 5481 300 m Rifle Prone position Gold Kullervo Leskinen FIN 392 No team competition Silver Jorma Taitto FIN 391 Bronze Robert Buerchler SUI 389 300 m Rifle Kneeling position Gold Vilho Ylönen FIN 381 No team competition Silver Robert Buerchler SUI 378 Bronze Otto Horber SUI 378 300 m Rifle Standing position Gold Isac Erben SWE 361 No team competition Silver August Hollenstein SUI 359 Bronze Jorma Taitto FIN 357 300 m Standard Rifle Gold August Hollenstein SUI 530 Gold 2601 Silver Walther Fröstell SWE 528 Silver 2591 Bronze Arthur Jackson USA 1912 527 Bronze 2579 50 m Rifle Three positions Gold Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug NOR 1164 Gold 5781 Silver Robert Buerchler SUI 1162 Silver 5737 Bronze Johan Hunæs NOR 1160 Bronze 5722 50 m Rifle Prone position (60 shots) Gold Arthur Jackson USA 1912 596 Gold United States 1912 2364 Silver Verle Franklin Wright Jr. USA 1912 595 Silver 2360 Bronze Sven Dessle SWE 594 Bronze 2349 50 m Rifle Prone position (40 shots) Gold Arthur Jackson USA 1912 400 Gold 1984 Silver Uffe Schultz Larsen DEN 399 Silver 1979 Bronze Arthur Edwin Cook USA 1912 398 Bronze United States 1912 1979 50 m Rifle Kneeling position Gold Sven Halinoja FIN 393 Gold 1937 Silver Johan Hunæs NOR 392 Silver 1934 Bronze Emmett Swanson USA 1912 392 Bronze 1927 50 m Rifle Standing position Gold Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug NOR 382 Gold 1873 Silver Max Lenz SUI 378 Silver 1836 Bronze August Hollenstein SUI 378 Bronze 1835 Pistol events Individual Team 50 m Pistol Gold Torsten Ullman SWE 558 Gold 2718 Silver Åke Lindblom SWE 555 Silver 2698 Bronze Huelet Benner USA 1912 555 Bronze 2671 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Gold Huelet Benner USA 1912 582 Gold United States 1912 2304 Silver Penait Calcai ROU 1948 581 Silver 2272 Bronze Carlos Saenz Valiente ARG 581 Bronze 2264 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Gold Harry Reeves USA 1912 579 Gold United States 1912 2304 Silver Walter Walsh USA 1912 576 Silver 2234 Bronze Huelet Benner USA 1912 576 Bronze Mexico 1934 2207 Shotgun events Individual Team Trap Gold Pablo Grossi ARG 287 Gold 754 Silver George Genereux CAN 1921 286 Silver Egypt 1922 746 Bronze Knut Holmqvist SWE 286 Bronze 743 Skeet Gold C. T. Edwinson USA 1912 150 No team competition Silver Cecil Jones USA 1912 149 Bronze Charles Michaelis USA 1912 148 Running target events Individual Team 100 m Running Deer Double Shot Gold John Larsen NOR 206 Gold 759 Silver Bengt Austrin SWE 201 Silver 744 Bronze Karl Bokman SWE 195 Bronze 722 100 m Running Deer Single Shot Gold John Larsen NOR 210 Gold 805 Silver Rolf Bergersen NOR 209 Silver 797 Bronze Karl Bokman SWE 209 Bronze 777 References External links All WCH medallists (ISSF website), which incorrectly gives 1950 as the year of this competition Category:ISSF World Shooting Championships ISSF S Category:1952 in Norwegian sport Category:1950s in Oslo Category:International sports competitions in Oslo Category:Shooting competitions in Norway