1962 World Shooting Championships

Host City Al-Qahira
Country EGY
Held 11 – 20 October 1962
Competitors 122
Countries 16

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 12 3
Free rifle prone 300 m Men Medal 3 3
Free rifle kneeling 300 m Men Medal 3 2
Free rifle standing 300 m Men Medal 3 2
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m Men Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m Men Medal 12 3
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m Men Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 m Men Medal 11 3
Small-Bore rifle kneeling 50 m Men Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle kneeling team 50 m Men Medal 12 3
Small-Bore rifle standing 50 m Men Medal 3 2
Small-Bore rifle standing team 50 m Men Medal 12 3
Military rifle three positions 300 m Men Medal 3 3
Military rifle three positions team 300 m Men Medal 12 3
Military rifle URS-system 300 m Men Medal 3 1
Free pistol 50 m Men Medal 3 3
Free pistol team 50 m Men Medal 12 3
Rapid fire pistol 25 m Men Medal 3 2
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m Men Medal 12 3
Center-fire pistol 25 m Men Medal 3 2
Center-fire pistol team 25 m Men Medal 12 3
Trap Men Medal 3 3
Trap team Men Medal 12 3
Skeet Men Medal 3 2
Skeet team Men Medal 12 3
Running deer single shots 100 m Men Medal 3 3
Running deer double shots 100 m Men Medal 3 2
Running deer single shots team 100 m Men Medal 12 3
Running deer double shots team 100 m Men Medal 12 3
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m Women Medal 3 2
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m Women Medal 3 3
Standard pistol 25 m Women Medal 3 2
Sport pistol 25 m Women Medal 3 2
Trap Women Medal 3 3
Skeet Women Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 22 11 4 37
2 United States USA 7 13 9 29
3 Switzerland SUI 2 6 7 15
4 Germany GER 2 1 2 5
5 Finland FIN 1 0 3 4
= Sweden SWE 1 0 3 4
7 Venezuela VEN 1 0 0 1
8 East Germany GDR 0 1 4 5
9 India IND 0 1 0 1
= Japan JPN 0 1 0 1
= Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
= South Africa RSA 0 1 0 1
13 Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1
= Egypt EGY 0 0 1 1
= Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1
= Italy ITA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Free rifle three positions 300 m, Men Gary Anderson USA Vladimir Yevdokimov URS Tommy Pool USA
Free rifle three positions team 300 m, Men Soviet Union URS United States USA Switzerland SUI
Free rifle prone 300 m, Men Gary Anderson USA Hansruedi Spillmann SUI Kurt Johansson SWE
Free rifle kneeling 300 m, Men Erwin Vogt SUI Kurt Müller SUI Moisey Itkis URS
Free rifle standing 300 m, Men Tommy Pool USA József Lacsny SUI Daniel Puckel SUI
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m, Men Gary Anderson USA Marat Niyazov URS Erwin Vogt SUI
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m, Men Soviet Union URS United States USA Switzerland SUI
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m, Men Karl Wenk GER Vladimir Chuyan URS Jim Hill USA
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 m, Men Sweden SWE United States USA Germany GER
Small-Bore rifle kneeling 50 m, Men Karl Wenk GER Marat Niyazov URS Ole Hviid Jensen DEN
Small-Bore rifle kneeling team 50 m, Men Soviet Union URS Germany GER United States USA
Small-Bore rifle standing 50 m, Men Gary Anderson USA Erwin Vogt SUI Tommy Pool USA
Small-Bore rifle standing team 50 m, Men United States USA Switzerland SUI East Germany GDR
Military rifle three positions 300 m, Men Pauli Janhonen FIN Verle Wright, Jr. USA Andrey Yakonyuk URS
Military rifle three positions team 300 m, Men Soviet Union URS Norway NOR Finland FIN
Military rifle URS-system 300 m, Men Hans Schönenberger SUI August Hollenstein SUI Hans Simonet SUI
Free pistol 50 m, Men Vladimir Stolypin URS Yoshihisa Yoshikawa JPN Ludwig Hemauer SUI
Free pistol team 50 m, Men Soviet Union URS United States USA Switzerland SUI
Rapid fire pistol 25 m, Men Aleksandr Zabelin URS Igor Bakalov URS Jim McNally USA
Rapid fire pistol team 25 m, Men Soviet Union URS United States USA Italy ITA
Center-fire pistol 25 m, Men Igor Bakalov URS Yevgeny Chaydurov URS William Blankenship USA
Center-fire pistol team 25 m, Men Soviet Union URS United States USA East Germany GDR
Trap, Men Vladimir Zimenko URS Karni Singh IND Joachim Marscheider GDR
Trap team, Men Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR Egypt EGY
Skeet, Men Nikolay Durnev URS Yury Tsuranov URS Thomas Heffron USA
Skeet team, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Sweden SWE
Running deer single shots 100 m, Men Oleg Zakurenov URS John Foster USA Rune Flodman SWE
Running deer double shots 100 m, Men Oleg Zakurenov URS Igor Nikitin URS Willis Powell USA
Running deer single shots team 100 m, Men Soviet Union URS United States USA Finland FIN
Running deer double shots team 100 m, Men Soviet Union URS United States USA Finland FIN
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m, Women Kira Dolgoborodova URS Yelena Donskaya URS Renate Wischnewski GDR
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m, Women Yelena Donskaya URS Marjorie Dunt RSA Anneliese Goth GER
Standard pistol 25 m, Women Nadezhda Yulina URS Gail Liberty USA Sofiya Tyagny URS
Sport pistol 25 m, Women Sofiya Tyagny URS Nadezhda Yulina URS Gertrude Schernitzauer USA
Trap, Women Valentina Gerasina URS Charlotte Berkenkamp USA Sheila Breckon GBR
Skeet, Women Mercedes Mata VEN Marjorie Annan USA Yelena Sebazova URS