1949 ISSF World Shooting Championships

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The 34th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1949.

[edit] Medal count

Rank	Country				Total
1	Finland	7	7	3	17
2	Norway	5	4	5	14
3	Argentina	5	0	2	7
4	Switzerland	4	4	5	13
5	United States	4	4	3	11
6	Sweden	3	8	7	18
7	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
8	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1

[edit] Rifle events

Individual			Team
300 m Rifle Three positions
	Olavi Elo (FIN)	1118		Finland	5512
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	1118		Switzerland	5508
	Jonas Jonsson (SWE)	1112		Sweden	5488
300 m Rifle Prone position
	Otto Horber (SUI)	388	No team competition
	Kurt Johansson (SWE)	387
	Robert Buerchler (SUI)	386
300 m Rifle Kneeling position
	Kullervo Leskinen (FIN)	375	No team competition
	Otto Horber (SUI)	374
	Ernst Kramer (SUI)	374
300 m Rifle Standing position
	Olavi Elo (FIN)	364	No team competition
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	364
	Willy Røgeberg (NOR)	361
300 m Standard Rifle
	Holger Erben (SWE)	529		Sweden	2534
	Walther Fröstell (SWE)	520		Yugoslavia	2491
	Dias Villela Harvey (BRA)	518		Switzerland	2486
300 m Army Rifle
	Pablo Cagnasso (ARG)	419		Sweden	1616
	Olavi Elo (FIN)	415		Finland	1605
	Emil Gruenig (SUI)	410		Argentina	1597
50+100 m Rifle Prone position
	Arthur Jackson (USA)	594		Norway	2960
	Tore Skredegaard (NOR)	594		United States	2950
	Halvar Kongsjorden (NOR)	594		Switzerland	2933
50 m Rifle Three positions
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	1165		Finland	5770
	Arthur Edwin Cook (USA)	1163		Sweden	5763
	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR)	1162		Norway	5755
50 m Rifle Prone position
	Arthur Edwin Cook (USA)	398	No team competition
	Toivo Mjänttäri (FIN)	398
	Uno Berg (SWE)	398
50 m Rifle Kneeling position
	Robert Buerchler (SUI)	393	No team competition
	Werner Jakober (SUI)	390
	Olavi Elo (FIN)	390
50 m Rifle Standing position
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	380	No team competition
	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR)	379
	Holger Erben (SWE)	377

[edit] Pistol events

Individual			Team
50 m Pistol
	Beat Rhyner (SUI)	548		Argentina	2627
	Harry Reeves (USA)	547		Sweden	2621
	Angel Leon Gonzalo (ESP)	541		United States	2616
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
	Huelet Benner (USA)	565		Argentina	2219
	Harry Reeves (USA)	564		Finland	2219
	Leonard Ravilo (FIN)	563		United States	2219
25 m Center-Fire Pistol
	Heinrich Keller (SUI)	559		United States	2161
	Eino Saarnikko (FIN)	548		Switzerland	2160
	Huelet Benner (USA)	546		Finland	2156

[edit] Shotgun events

Individual			Team
Trap
	Fulvio Rocchi (ARG)	284		Argentina	736
	Klas Kleberg (SWE)	283		Sweden	736
	Ivar Borg (SWE)	281		Uruguay	716

[edit] Running target events

Individual			Team
100 m Running Deer Double Shot
	Hans Aasnes (NOR)	194	No team competition
	Per Olof Sköldberg (SWE)	191
	Birger Buehring-Andersen (NOR)	188
100 m Running Deer Single Shot
	John Larsen (NOR)	210	No team competition
	Rolf Bergersen (NOR)	204
	Birger Kockgard (SWE)	203
100 m Running Deer Combined
	John Larsen (NOR)	398		Norway	1914
	Rolf Bergersen (NOR)	398		Sweden	1873
	Per Olof Sköldberg (SWE)	389		Argentina	1536

[edit] References

• All WCH medallists (ISSF website)