1937 World Shooting Championships

Host City Helsinki
Country FIN
Held 1 – 8 August 1937
Competitors 100
Countries 11

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Free rifle three positions 300 m Men — Medal 3 2
Free rifle three positions team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Free rifle prone 300 m Men — Medal 3 2
Free rifle prone team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Free rifle kneeling 300 m Men — Medal 3 3
Free rifle kneeling team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Free rifle standing 300 m Men — Medal 3 3
Free rifle standing team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m Men — Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m Men — Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 m Men — Medal 15 3
Small-Bore rifle kneeling 50 m Men — Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle kneeling team 50 m Men — Medal 15 3
Small-Bore rifle standing 50 m Men — Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle standing team 50 m Men — Medal 15 3
Military rifle three positions 300 m Men — Medal 3 2
Military rifle three positions team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Military rifle prone 300 m Men — Medal 3 1
Military rifle prone team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Military rifle kneeling 300 m Men — Medal 3 2
Military rifle kneeling team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Military rifle standing 300 m Men — Medal 3 3
Military rifle standing team 300 m Men — Medal 15 3
Free pistol 50 m Men — Medal 3 3
Free pistol team 50 m Men — Medal 15 3
Rapid fire pistol 25 m Men — Medal 3 3
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m Men — Medal 15 3
Trap Men — Medal 3 2
Trap team Men — Medal 12 3
Running deer single shots 100 m Men — Medal 3 2
Running deer double shots 100 m Men — Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Finland FIN 10 13 8 31
2 Estonia EST 10 3 7 20
3 Switzerland SUI 4 7 4 15
4 Sweden SWE 2 2 5 9
5 France FRA 2 1 4 7
6 Norway NOR 1 1 1 3
7 United States USA 1 1 0 2
8 Latvia LAT 1 0 0 1
9 Lithuania LTU 0 2 0 2
10 Germany GER 0 1 1 2
11 Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Free rifle three positions 300 m, Men Elmar Kivistik EST Olavi Elo FIN Gustav Lokotar EST
Free rifle three positions team 300 m, Men Estonia EST Finland FIN Switzerland SUI
Free rifle prone 300 m, Men Einari Oksa FIN Elmar Kivistik EST Olavi Elo FIN
Free rifle prone team 300 m, Men Estonia EST Finland FIN Sweden SWE
Free rifle kneeling 300 m, Men Elmar Kivistik EST Kullervo Leskinen FIN Bertil Rönnmark SWE
Free rifle kneeling team 300 m, Men Estonia EST Finland FIN Switzerland SUI
Free rifle standing 300 m, Men Olavi Elo FIN Emil Grünig SUI Elmar Kivistik EST
Free rifle standing team 300 m, Men Estonia EST Switzerland SUI Finland FIN
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m, Men Jacques Mazoyer FRA Viljo Leskinen FIN Gustav Lokotar EST
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m, Men Albert Ravila FIN David Carlson USA Eduard Seren EST
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 m, Men United States USA Finland FIN Estonia EST
Small-Bore rifle kneeling 50 m, Men Harald Kivioja EST Jacques Mazoyer FRA Ernst Tellenbach SUI
Small-Bore rifle kneeling team 50 m, Men Estonia EST Switzerland SUI France FRA
Small-Bore rifle standing 50 m, Men Jacques Mazoyer FRA Viljo Leskinen FIN August Liivik EST
Small-Bore rifle standing team 50 m, Men Estonia EST Switzerland SUI Finland FIN
Military rifle three positions 300 m, Men Olavi Elo FIN Karl Zimmermann SUI Lauri Kaarto FIN
Military rifle three positions team 300 m, Men Switzerland SUI Finland FIN Estonia EST
Military rifle prone 300 m, Men Kalle Liuhala FIN Elis Ekman FIN Kullervo Leskinen FIN
Military rifle prone team 300 m, Men Finland FIN Sweden SWE France FRA
Military rifle kneeling 300 m, Men Karl Zimmermann SUI Emil Grünig SUI Martti Kaarto FIN
Military rifle kneeling team 300 m, Men Switzerland SUI Estonia EST Finland FIN
Military rifle standing 300 m, Men Johannes Vilberg EST Olavi Elo FIN Lucien Genot FRA
Military rifle standing team 300 m, Men Finland FIN Estonia EST Switzerland SUI
Free pistol 50 m, Men Torsten Ullman SWE Walter Büchi SUI Jacques Mazoyer FRA
Free pistol team 50 m, Men Switzerland SUI Finland FIN Sweden SWE
Rapid fire pistol 25 m, Men Kārlis Kļava LAT Pranas Giedrimas LTU Erik Ljungqvist FIN
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m, Men Finland FIN Lithuania LTU Germany GER
Trap, Men Konni Huber FIN Ake Af Forselles FIN Sándor Lumniczer HUN
Trap team, Men Finland FIN Germany GER Sweden SWE
Running deer single shots 100 m, Men Rolf Bergersen NOR Herman Pyk SWE Hans Aasnæs NOR
Running deer double shots 100 m, Men Olof Sköldberg SWE Hans Aasnæs NOR Herman Pyk SWE