1949 ISSF World Shooting Championships

The 34th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships

ISSF World Shooting Championships

The ISSF World Shooting Championships are governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. World Shooting Championships began in 1897, after the successful 1896 Summer Olympics, and although the ISSF was not founded until 1907, these early competitions are still seen by the organization as...

held in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, in 1949.

Medal count

Rank	Country				Total
1		7	7	3	17
2		5	4	5	14
3		5	0	2	7
4		4	4	5	13
5	United States	4	4	3	11
6		3	8	7	18
7		0	1	0	1
8	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

Rifle events

Individual		\| Team
300 m Rifle 300 m Rifle 300 metre rifle is the name of two ISSF shooting events:* 300 metre rifle three positions* 300 metre rifle prone... Three positions Three positions International Rifle events in Three positions are conducted with an equal number of shots fired from the Prone, the Standing and the Kneeling positions, always in that order....
	1118			5512
	1118			5508
	1112			5488
300 m Rifle 300 m Rifle 300 metre rifle is the name of two ISSF shooting events:* 300 metre rifle three positions* 300 metre rifle prone... Prone position Prone position The term means to lie on bed or ground in a position with chest downwards and back upwards.-Etymology :The word "prone," meaning "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," has been recorded in English since 1382; the meaning "lying face-down" was first recorded in 1578, but is also referred to...
	388	No team competition
	387
	386
300 m Rifle 300 m Rifle 300 metre rifle is the name of two ISSF shooting events:* 300 metre rifle three positions* 300 metre rifle prone... Kneeling position Kneeling position The kneeling position is a position for rifle shooting. There are no longer international competitions in pure kneeling shooting, but it is included as the last part of 300 metre rifle three positions, 300 metre standard rifle and 50 metre rifle three positions.It takes a very long time to achieve...
	375	No team competition
	374
	374
300 m Rifle 300 m Rifle 300 metre rifle is the name of two ISSF shooting events:* 300 metre rifle three positions* 300 metre rifle prone... Standing position Standing position In shooting, the standing position, also known as "offhand", refers to shooting while standing. It is often regarded as the most difficult position. The rules vary depending on the shooting discipline. Generally, one must stand freely, without the aid of a rest or bench. Highpower rifle, smallbore...
	364	No team competition
	364
	361
300 m Standard Rifle 300 m Standard Rifle 300 metre standard rifle is one of the ISSF shooting events. It is similar to 300 metre rifle but there are more restrictions on the rifle . The course of fire is a three positions program of 3x20 shots...
	529			2534
	520			2491
	518			2486
300 m Army Rifle 300 m Army Rifle 300 metre army rifle is a discontinued ISSF shooting event, that was part of the ISSF World Shooting Championships programme between 1911 and 1962. All competitors were required to shoot this event with the army rifle of the host country....
	419			1616
	415			1605
	410			1597
50+100 m Rifle Prone position Prone position The term means to lie on bed or ground in a position with chest downwards and back upwards.-Etymology :The word "prone," meaning "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," has been recorded in English since 1382; the meaning "lying face-down" was first recorded in 1578, but is also referred to...
	594			2960
	594		United States	2950
	594			2933
50 m Rifle 50 metre rifle three positions 50 metre rifle three positions is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 metre rifle three positions. It consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women... Three positions Three positions International Rifle events in Three positions are conducted with an equal number of shots fired from the Prone, the Standing and the Kneeling positions, always in that order....
	1165			5770
	1163			5763
	1162			5755
50 m Rifle 50 metre rifle prone 50 metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle caliber rifle... Prone position Prone position The term means to lie on bed or ground in a position with chest downwards and back upwards.-Etymology :The word "prone," meaning "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," has been recorded in English since 1382; the meaning "lying face-down" was first recorded in 1578, but is also referred to...
	398	No team competition
	398
	398
50 m Rifle Kneeling position Kneeling position The kneeling position is a position for rifle shooting. There are no longer international competitions in pure kneeling shooting, but it is included as the last part of 300 metre rifle three positions, 300 metre standard rifle and 50 metre rifle three positions.It takes a very long time to achieve...
	393	No team competition
	390
	390
50 m Rifle Standing position Standing position In shooting, the standing position, also known as "offhand", refers to shooting while standing. It is often regarded as the most difficult position. The rules vary depending on the shooting discipline. Generally, one must stand freely, without the aid of a rest or bench. Highpower rifle, smallbore...
	380	No team competition
	379
	377

Pistol events

Individual
50 m Pistol 50 m Pistol 50 metre pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called free pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting types, dating back to the 19th century and only having seen marginal rule changes since...
	548		2627
	547		2621
	541	United States	2616
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol 25 metre rapid fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events. The event has been a part of the Olympic program ever since the beginning in 1896, although its rules changed greatly before World War II, after which they were only slightly changed until the two major revisions of 1989 and 2005...
	565		2219
	564		2219
	563	United States	2219
25 m Center-Fire Pistol 25 m Center-Fire Pistol 25 metre center-fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events, and is normally a men-only event. Its origin lies in competitions with military-style service pistols, and as such its history dates back to the 19th century....
	559	United States	2161
	548		2160
	546		2156

Shotgun events

Individual
Trap Olympic Trap Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...
	284	736
	283	736
	281	716

Running target events

Individual		\| Team
100 m Running Deer 100 m Running Deer 100 metre running deer is a discontinued ISSF shooting event, that was part of the Olympic programme from 1908 to 1948 and of the ISSF World Shooting Championships programme from 1929 to 1962, when it was replaced by 50 metre running target... Double Shot
	194	No team competition
	191
	188
100 m Running Deer 100 m Running Deer 100 metre running deer is a discontinued ISSF shooting event, that was part of the Olympic programme from 1908 to 1948 and of the ISSF World Shooting Championships programme from 1929 to 1962, when it was replaced by 50 metre running target... Single Shot
	210	No team competition
	204
	203
100 m Running Deer 100 m Running Deer 100 metre running deer is a discontinued ISSF shooting event, that was part of the Olympic programme from 1908 to 1948 and of the ISSF World Shooting Championships programme from 1929 to 1962, when it was replaced by 50 metre running target... Combined
	398		1914
	398		1873
	389		1536

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