1939 World Shooting Championships

Host City Luzern
Country SUI
Held 5 – 11 July 1939
Competitors 83
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 3
Free rifle kneeling 300 m Men — Medal 3 1
Free rifle standing 300 m Men — Medal 3 2
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 2
Small-Bore rifle kneeling team 50 m Men — Medal 15 3
Small-Bore rifle standing 50 m Men — Medal 3 2
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 3
Military rifle kneeling 300 m Men — Medal 3 2
Military rifle standing 300 m Men — Medal 3 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

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Estonia EST 5 4 5 14
2 Germany GER 5 3 3 11
3 Switzerland SUI 4 3 5 12
4 Finland FIN 2 5 1 8
5 Hungary HUN 2 0 1 3
6 Sweden SWE 1 4 3 8
7 Norway NOR 1 0 1 2
8 France FRA 1 0 0 1
9 Lithuania LTU 0 1 1 2
10 Latvia LAT 0 1 0 1
11 Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Free rifle three positions 300 m, Men August Liivik EST Toivo Mänttäri FIN Pauli Janhonen FIN
Free rifle three positions team 300 m, Men Estonia EST Finland FIN Switzerland SUI
Free rifle prone 300 m, Men Halvor Kongsjorden NOR August Liivik EST Evald Christensen DEN
Free rifle kneeling 300 m, Men Karl Kübar EST Harald Kivioja EST Elmar Kivistik EST
Free rifle standing 300 m, Men Karl Zimmermann SUI Toivo Mänttäri FIN Emil Grünig SUI
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m, Men Karl Steigelmann GER August Liivik EST Kurt Johansson SWE
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m, Men Toivo Mänttäri FIN Roberts Staks LAT Kurt Johansson SWE
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 m, Men Estonia EST Sweden SWE Germany GER
Small-Bore rifle kneeling 50 m, Men László Buday HUN Bertil Rönnmark SWE Kurt Johansson SWE
Small-Bore rifle kneeling team 50 m, Men Estonia EST Germany GER Norway NOR
Small-Bore rifle standing 50 m, Men Karl Steigelmann GER Endel Rikand EST August Liivik EST
Small-Bore rifle standing team 50 m, Men Finland FIN Germany GER Switzerland SUI
Military rifle three positions 300 m, Men Lucien Genot FRA Walter Lienhard SUI Karl Zimmermann SUI
Military rifle three positions team 300 m, Men Switzerland SUI Finland FIN Estonia EST
Military rifle prone 300 m, Men Walter Gehmann GER Gustav Eichelberger SUI Johannes Vilberg EST
Military rifle kneeling 300 m, Men Karl Zimmermann SUI Otto Horber SUI Peeter Karu EST
Military rifle standing 300 m, Men Jakob Brod GER Lauri Kaarto FIN Albert Salzmann SUI
Free pistol 50 m, Men Erich Krempel GER Torsten Ullman SWE Ambrus Balogh HUN
Free pistol team 50 m, Men Switzerland SUI Sweden SWE Germany GER
Rapid fire pistol 25 m, Men Torsten Ullman SWE Cornelus van Oyen GER Jonas Miliauskas LTU
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m, Men Hungary HUN Lithuania LTU Germany GER