1949 World Shooting Championships

Host City	Buenos Aires
Country	ARG
Held	5 – 12 November 1949
Competitors	93
Countries	10

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Finland	FIN	7	7	3	17
2	Norway	NOR	5	4	6	15
3	Argentina	ARG	5	0	2	7
4	Switzerland	SUI	4	4	5	13
5	United States	USA	4	4	3	11
6	Sweden	SWE	3	8	6	17
7	Yugoslavia	YUG	0	1	0	1
8	Brazil	BRA	0	0	1	1
=	Spain	ESP	0	0	1	1
=	Uruguay	URU	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
Free rifle three positions 300 m, Men	Olavi Elo	FIN	Pauli Janhonen	FIN	Jonas Jonsson	SWE
Free rifle three positions team 300 m, Men	Finland	FIN	Switzerland	SUI	Sweden	SWE
Free rifle prone 300 m, Men	Otto Horber	SUI	Kurt Johansson	SWE	Robert Bürchler	SUI
Free rifle kneeling 300 m, Men	Kullervo Leskinen	FIN	Otto Horber	SUI	Ernst Krämer	SUI
Free rifle standing 300 m, Men	Olavi Elo	FIN	Pauli Janhonen	FIN	Willy Røgeberg	NOR
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m, Men	Pauli Janhonen	FIN	Art Cook	USA	Erling Kongshaug	NOR
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m, Men	Finland	FIN	Sweden	SWE	Norway	NOR
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 and 100 m, Men	Arthur Jackson	USA	Thore Skredegaard	NOR	Halvor Kongsjorden	NOR
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m, Men	Art Cook	USA	Toivo Mänttäri	FIN	Uno Berg	SWE
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 and 100 m, Men	Norway	NOR	United States	USA	Switzerland	SUI
Small-Bore rifle kneeling 50 m, Men	Robert Bürchler	SUI	Werner Jakober	SUI	Olavi Elo	FIN
Small-Bore rifle standing 50 m, Men	Pauli Janhonen	FIN	Erling Kongshaug	NOR	Holger Erbén	SWE
Military rifle three positions 300 m, Men	Holger Erbén	SWE	Walther Fröstell	SWE	Harvey Villela	BRA
Military rifle three positions team 300 m, Men	Sweden	SWE	Yugoslavia	YUG	Switzerland	SUI
Military rifle ARG-system 300 m, Men	Pablo Cagnasso	ARG	Olavi Elo	FIN	Emil Grünig	SUI
Military rifle ARG-system team 300 m, Men	Sweden	SWE	Finland	FIN	Argentina	ARG
Free pistol 50 m, Men	Beat Rhyner	SUI	Harry Reeves	USA	Ángel León	ESP
Free pistol team 50 m, Men	Argentina	ARG	Sweden	SWE	United States	USA
Rapid fire pistol 25 m, Men	Joe Benner	USA	Harry Reeves	USA	Leo Ravilo	FIN
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m, Men	Argentina	ARG	Finland	FIN	United States	USA
Center-fire pistol 25 m, Men	Heinrich Keller	SUI	Eino Saarnikko	FIN	Joe Benner	USA
Center-fire pistol team 25 m, Men	United States	USA	Switzerland	SUI	Finland	FIN
Trap, Men	Fulvio Rocchi	ARG	Klas Kleberg	SWE	Ivar Borg	SWE
Trap team, Men	Argentina	ARG	Sweden	SWE	Uruguay	URU
Running deer single shots 100 m, Men	John H. Larsen, Sr.	NOR	Rolf Bergersen	NOR	Olof Sköldberg	NOR
Running deer double shots 100 m, Men	Hans Aasnæs	NOR	Olof Sköldberg	SWE	Birger Bühring-Andersen	NOR
Running deer single and double shots 100 m, Men	John H. Larsen, Sr.	NOR	Rolf Bergersen	NOR	Thorleif Kockgård	SWE
Running deer single and double shots team 100 m, Men	Norway	NOR	Sweden	SWE	Argentina	ARG