1958 ISSF World Shooting Championships

The 37th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Moscow, Russia, the Soviet Union in 1958. For the first time ever, specific women's and junior events (50 metre rifle three positions and 50+100 metre rifle prone) were included.

Medal count

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 24 12 4 40
2  United States 5 7 9 21
3  Finland 3 4 4 11
4  Romania 2 2 3 7
5  Great Britain 2 0 2 4
6  Czechoslovakia 1 3 2 6
7  Germany 0 2 1 3
 Italy 0 2 1 3
9  Hungary 0 1 4 5
10  Sweden 0 1 2 3
 Yugoslavia 0 1 2 3
12  Venezuela 0 1 1 2
13  Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
14  Belgium 0 0 1 1
 North Korea 0 0 1 1

Rifle events

Men

Individual Teams Juniors Junior teams
300 metre rifle three positions
1st Vilho Ylönen (FIN)1136 1st Soviet Union5575 No championship No championship
2nd Daniel Puckel (USA)11322nd Finland5554
3rd Esa Kervinen (FIN)11293rd Hungary5533
300 metre rifle prone
1st Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA)389 No championship No championship No championship
2nd Vilho Ylönen (FIN)389
3rd Daniel Puckel (USA)389
300 metre rifle kneeling
1st Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA)385 No championship No championship No championship
2nd Daniel Puckel (USA)384
3rd Esa Kervinen (FIN)382
300 metre rifle standing
1st Constantin Antonescu (ROU)367 No championship No championship No championship
2nd Vilho Ylönen (FIN)365
3rd Hans Werner Harbeck (GER)363
300 metre standard rifle
1st Anatoly Tilik (URS)555 1st Soviet Union2737 No championship No championship
2nd Moysey Itkis (URS)5522nd Yugoslavia2641
3rd Boris Pereberin (URS)5473rd Finland2626
300 metre army rifle (Soviet rifle)
1st Ivan Novozilov (URS)189 1st Soviet Union723 No championship No championship
2nd Ladislav Cerveny (TCH)1862nd Czechoslovakia675
3rd Anatoly Pehtyerev (URS)1813rd North Korea633
50+100 metre rifle prone
1st Jussi Nordquist (FIN)593 1st Soviet Union2333 1st Marin Ferecatu (ROU)588 No championship
2nd Velitchko Hristov (BUL)5902nd Finland23262nd Imre Aron (ROU)586
3rd David Parish (GBR)5883rd Great Britain23263rd Moroslav Stojanovic (YUG)584
50 metre rifle three positions
1st Victor Shamburkin (URS)1148 1st Soviet Union5715 No championship 1st Soviet Union2527
2nd Marat Atayevich Niyazov (URS)11472nd Germany56322nd Germany2513
3rd Moysey Itkis (URS)11473rd United States56243rd Yugoslavia2511
50 metre rifle prone
1st Nigel Oakley (GBR)396 1st Great Britain1959 No championship No championship
2nd Vladimir Lukyanchuk (URS)3952nd Romania1959
3rd Gordon Taras (USA)3943rd Soviet Union1953
50 metre rifle kneeling
1st Vilho Ylönen (FIN)391 1st Soviet Union1922 No championship No championship
2nd Marat Atayevich Niyazov (URS)3902nd United States1908
3rd F. J. F. Lafortune (BEL)3893rd Czechoslovakia1900
50 metre rifle standing
1st Moysey Itkis (URS)374 1st Soviet Union1835 No championship No championship
2nd Victor Shamburkin (URS)3732nd Hungary1798
3rd Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA)3703rd Finland1792

Women

Individual
50+100 metre rifle prone
1st Jelena Donskaja (URS)588
2nd Rimma Zelenko (URS)586
3rd Iudit Moscu (ROU)583
50 metre rifle three positions
1st Tamara Lomova (URS)851
2nd Jelena Donskaja (URS)841
3rd Magda Fedor (HUN)841

Pistol events

Individual Teams
50 metre pistol
1st Makhmud Umarov (URS)565 1st Soviet Union2776
2nd Aleksey Gushchin (URS)5632nd United States2727
3rd Nelson Lincoln (USA)5563rd Czechoslovakia2721
25 metre rapid fire pistol
1st Aleksandr Kropotin (URS)592 1st Soviet Union2361
2nd Alexander Zabelin (URS)5922nd United States2319
3rd Ştefan Petrescu (ROU)5893rd Hungary2317
25 metre center-fire pistol
1st William McMillan (USA)586 1st Czechoslovakia2326
2nd Vladimir Kudrna (TCH)5862nd Soviet Union2320
3rd Károly Takács (HUN)5853rd United States2317

Shotgun events

Individual Teams
Trap
1st Francis Eisenlauer (USA)289 1st Soviet Union763
2nd Galliano Rossini (ITA)2882nd Italy763
3rd Edoardo Casciano (ITA)2883rd United States741
Skeet
1st Arkagiy Kaplun (URS)196 1st Soviet Union382
2nd Nikolai Durnev (URS)1942nd Venezuela377
3rd Juan Garcia (VEN)1943rd Romania377

Running target events

Individual Teams
100 metre running deer, double shot
1st Joseph Deckert (USA)223 1st Soviet Union856
2nd Rune Flodmann (SWE)2212nd United States855
3rd Harry Lucker (USA)2193rd Sweden849
100 metre running deer, single shot
1st Iogan (Jogan) Nikitin (URS)234 1st Soviet Union900
2nd Vitaly Petrovich Romaenko (URS)2262nd United States882
3rd James Davis (USA)2253rd Sweden854

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