1966 ISSF World Shooting Championships

International sport shooting competition May 2026 The 39th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Wiesbaden, West Germany in 1966. 2 Medal count FRG 17 6 6 10 14 9 URS 1955 2 3 4 1 3 0 ROU 1965 1 2 1 1 2 1 yes 1 1 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 BUL 1948 0 1 0 0 1 0 VEN 1930 0 0 2 HUN 1957 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 SAF 1928 Rifle events Men no 300 metre rifle three positions no Gary Anderson USA 1156 Alexander Gerasimenok URS 1955 1154 John Foster USA 1153 United States 4602 Soviet Union 4573 Switzerland 4535 300 metre rifle prone no Kurt Johansson SWE 398 Magne Landroe NOR 398 Marat Niyazov URS 1955 397 300 metre rifle kneeling no John Foster USA 391 Alexander Gerasimenok URS 1955 389 Kurt Johansson SWE 388 300 metre rifle standing no Kurt Müller SUI 375 Gary Anderson USA 375 Alexander Gerasimenok URS 370 300 metre standard rifle no Ludwig Lustberg URS 1955 558 Vladimir Konyakhin URS 1955 552 Gary Anderson USA 550 Soviet Union 1955 2185 Switzerland 2168 United States 2161 50 metre rifle three positions no Gary Anderson USA 1155 Marat Niyazov URS 1955 1150 Henryk Górski POL 1148 United States 4589 Soviet Union 1955 4572 East Germany 4555 50 metre rifle prone no David Boyd USA 598 Jerzy Nowicki POL 596 Bill Krilling USA 596 United States 2376 Poland 2371 Soviet Union 1955 2364 50 metre rifle kneeling no Vladimir Konyakhin URS 1955 390 Marat Niyazov URS 1955 389 Michael Victor RSA 1928 389 United States 1542 Soviet Union 1955 1542 Poland 1537 50 metre rifle standing no Gary Anderson USA 372 Werner Lippoldt GDR 371 Hartmut Sommer GDR 370 East Germany 1467 Soviet Union 1955 1464 United States 1460 50 metre standard rifle no Donald Adams USA 567 Gary Anderson USA 565 Hartmut Sommer GDR 562 United States 2243 Soviet Union 1955 2215 East Germany 2215 Women no 50 metre rifle three positions no Margaret Thompson USA 558 Anneliese Goth FRG 545 Tatiana Ryabinskaya URS 1955 544 50 metre rifle prone no Eulalia Zakrzewska POL 591 Margaret Thompson USA 589 Ferenene Kun HUN 1957 585 Poland 1747 United States 1743 Hungary 1957 1732 Pistol events Men no 50 metre pistol no Vladimir Stolypin URS 556 Dentcho Todorov Denev BUL 1948 555 Hynek Hromada TCH 553 Soviet Union 1955 2203 Switzerland 2186 Poland 2183 25 metre rapid fire pistol no Virgil Atanasiu ROU 1965 596 Józef Zapędzki POL 594 Renart Suleimanov URS 1955 593 Soviet Union 1955 2354 Romania 1965 2354 East Germany 2346 25 metre center-fire pistol no William Blankenship USA 595 Lubomír Nácovský TCH 589 Renart Suleimanov URS 1955 587 United States 2341 Soviet Union 1955 2340 Czechoslovakia 2313 Women no no 25 metre pistol no no Nina Raskazova URS 1955 582 Alexandra Sarina URS 1955 581 Susan Swallow GBR 575 Shotgun events Men no Trap no Ken Jones USA 297 Gheorghe Enache ROU 1965 292 Pavel Senichev URS 1955 292 United States 768 Romania 1965 764 Soviet Union 1955 757 Skeet no Jorge Jottar CHI 197 Hans Suppli FRG 196 Artur Rogowski POL 195 United States 383 Soviet Union 1955 381 West Germany 380 Women no no Trap no no Elisabeth von Soden FRG 95 Charlotte Berkenkamp USA 90 Valentina Gerasina URS 1955 89 Skeet no no Claudia Smirnova URS 1955 91 Mercedes Garcia VEN 1930 88 Michele Valery FRA 83 Running target events no 50 metre running target no Vladimir Veselov URS 1955 164 Iogan Nikitin URS 1955 164 John Kingeter USA 161 Soviet Union 1955 637 United States 604 Sweden 586 References Category:ISSF World Shooting Championships Shooting Category:1966 in West German sport Category:Sport in Wiesbaden Category:Shooting competitions in Germany Category:International sports competitions hosted by West Germany Category:1960s in Hesse