1947 ISSF World Shooting Championships

The 33rd UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Stockholm, Sweden in the summer of 1947. It was the first championship after World War II.

Medal count

Rank Country Total
1  Sweden 12 12 9 33
2   Switzerland 5 4 4 13
3  Norway 5 3 4 12
4  Argentina 3 1 1 5
5  Finland 2 6 6 14
6  Italy 1 0 0 1
7  Egypt 0 1 1 2
 Greece 0 1 1 2
9  Great Britain 0 0 2 2
10  United States 0 0 1 1

Rifle events

Individual Team
300 m Rifle Three positions
 Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN) 1116   Switzerland 5500
 Robert Buerchler (SUI) 1116  Finland 5489
 Otto Horber (SUI) 1111  Sweden 5463
300 m Rifle Prone position
 Robert Buerchler (SUI) 392 No team competition
 Kurt Johansson (SWE) 388
 Otto Horber (SUI) 388
300 m Rifle Kneeling position
 Walther Fröstell (SWE) 375 No team competition
 Kurt Johansson (SWE) 375
 Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN) 374
300 m Rifle Standing position
 Pablo Cagnasso (ARG) 363 No team competition
 Olavi Elo (FIN) 357
 Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN) 356
300 m Standard Rifle
 Kurt Johansson (SWE) 527  Sweden 2580
 Walther Fröstell (SWE) 527   Switzerland 2576
 Otto Horber (SUI) 524  Argentina 2520
300 m Army Rifle Fast shooting
 Otto Horber (SUI) 216   Switzerland 845
 Karl Zimmermann (SUI) 215  Sweden 816
 Lennart Eriksson (SWE) 215  Norway 797
50 and 100 m Rifle Prone position
 Odd Sannes (NOR) 592  Sweden 2346
 Erland Koch (SWE) 591  Norway 2345
 Onni Hynninen (FIN) 590  Great Britain 2333
50 m Rifle Prone position
 Willy Røgeberg (NOR) 399  Sweden 1981
 Jonas Jonsson (SWE) 398  Finland 1974
 Kurt Johansson (SWE) 398  Norway 1966
50 m Rifle Kneeling position
 Johan Hunæs (NOR) 388   Switzerland 1920
 Otto Horber (SUI) 388  Norway 1918
 Tore Skredegaard (NOR) 387  Sweden 1909
50 m Rifle Standing position
 Holger Erben (SWE) 377  Norway 1847
 Mauritz Amundsen (NOR) 373  Sweden 1838
 Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR) 371  Finland 1833

Pistol events

Individual Team
50 m Pistol
 Torsten Ullman (SWE) 545  Argentina 2666
 Oscar Bidegain (ARG) 539  Sweden 2653
 Karl Axel Wallen (SWE) 536   Switzerland 2631
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
 Carlos Enrique Diaz Saenz Valiente (ARG) 60 hits (570 points)  Italy 239 hits
 Constantin Mylonas (GRE) 60 hits (558 points)  Finland 237 hits
 Sven Lundquist (SWE) 60 hits (558 points)  Greece 236 hits
25 m Center-Fire Pistol
 Torsten Ullman (SWE) 1048  Finland 4079
 Mauri Kuokka (FIN) 1041  Sweden 4027
 N. J. Rodeheffer (USA) 1041  Great Britain 3928

Shotgun events

Individual Team
Trap
 Hans Liljedahl (SWE) 285  Sweden 737
 Klas Kleberg (SWE) 276  Egypt 713
 Seifullah Ghaleb (EGY) 276  Finland 681
Skeet
 G. Kjellin (SWE) 95 No team competition
 Carl Palmstierna (SWE) 94
 E. W. Norman (SWE) 93
 K. Scheel (FIN) 93

Running target events

100 m Running Deer Single shot
 Per Olof Sköldberg (SWE) 203
 Yrjö Miettinen (FIN) 199
 Thorleif Kockgard (SWE) 198
100 m Running Deer Double shot
 Hans Åsnæs (NOR) 197
 Hans Liljedahl (SWE) 196
 Thorleif Kockgard (SWE) 194

References