The 36th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1954.[1] It was the first time Venezuela hosted the competition (which it did again in 1982), and a new military shooting range had been constructed in the suburbs of Caracas for the event.[2]
After their successful debut in the 1952 Summer Olympics, the Soviet Union now participated for the first time in the World Championships, and won 20 of the 30 gold medals.[1] Rifle shooter Anatoli Bogdanov, the star of the 1952 shooting competitions in Helsinki, dominated once again with six individual and four team victories. He broke the world record in the 300 metre rifle three positions match with a margin of nine points.[3] In the shotgun events, the United States and Italy were still on top, but the shooting greatness of especially Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries had now diminished, shifting the tide eastward.
As in most other events, the Soviet team won the team championship in 25 metre center-fire pistol. The American marksman Arthur Jackson commented that the western shooters watched with a mixed sense of pity and relief as the Soviet team shot their archaic Nagant M1895 revolvers in the pre-event training. On the match day they revealed their practical joke and instead brought brand new American Smith & Wesson match revolvers, shooting the same kind of gun and ammunition as the individual champion, and winning three points ahead of the American team.[4]
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The 36th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Caracas Venezuela in 1954 1 It was the first time Venezuela hosted the competition which it did again in 1982 and a new military shooting range had been constructed in the suburbs of Caracas for the event 2 After their successful debut in the 1952 Summer Olympics the Soviet Union now participated for the first time in the World Championships and won 20 of the 30 gold medals 1 Rifle shooter Anatoli Bogdanov the star of the 1952 shooting competitions in Helsinki dominated once again with six individual and four team victories He broke the world record in the 300 metre rifle three positions match with a margin of nine points 3 In the shotgun events the United States and Italy were still on top but the shooting greatness of especially Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries had now diminished shifting the tide eastward As in most other events the Soviet team won the team championship in 25 metre center fire pistol The American marksman Arthur Jackson commented that the western shooters watched with a mixed sense of pity and relief as the Soviet team shot their archaic Nagant M1895 revolvers in the pre event training On the match day they revealed their practical joke and instead brought brand new American Smith amp Wesson match revolvers shooting the same kind of gun and ammunition as the individual champion and winning three points ahead of the American team 4 Contents 1 Medal count 2 Rifle events 3 Pistol events 4 Shotgun events 5 Running target events 6 ReferencesMedal count editRank Country nbsp nbsp nbsp Total1 nbsp Soviet Union 20 6 7 332 nbsp Sweden 4 9 5 183 nbsp United States 3 6 2 114 nbsp Italy 2 1 0 35 nbsp Canada 1 0 0 16 nbsp Norway 0 4 5 97 nbsp Switzerland 0 3 2 58 nbsp Yugoslavia 0 1 0 19 nbsp Finland 0 0 6 610 nbsp Colombia 0 0 1 1 nbsp Cuba 0 0 1 1 nbsp Egypt 0 0 1 1Rifle events editIndividual Team300 metre rifle three positions nbsp nbsp Anatoli Bogdanov URS 1133 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 5607 nbsp nbsp Vasily Borisov URS 1132 nbsp nbsp Switzerland 5505 nbsp nbsp Vilho Ylonen FIN 1126 nbsp nbsp Sweden 5491300 metre rifle prone nbsp nbsp Anatoli Bogdanov URS 391 No team competition nbsp nbsp Vasily Borisov URS 389 nbsp nbsp Ernst Huber SUI 388300 metre rifle kneeling nbsp nbsp Anatoli Bogdanov URS 380 No team competition nbsp nbsp J Sundberg SWE 379 nbsp nbsp Vilho Ylonen FIN 378300 metre rifle standing nbsp nbsp Vasily Borisov URS 366 No team competition nbsp nbsp August Hollenstein SUI 363 nbsp nbsp Anatoli Bogdanov URS 362300 metre standard rifle nbsp nbsp Walther Frostell SWE 514 nbsp nbsp Sweden 2471 nbsp nbsp Anders Kvissberg SWE 513 nbsp nbsp Yugoslavia 2448 nbsp nbsp J Matallana COL 503 nbsp nbsp Finland 243750 metre rifle three positions nbsp nbsp Anatoli Bogdanov URS 1174 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 5802 nbsp nbsp Vasily Borisov URS 1172 nbsp nbsp Sweden 5765 nbsp nbsp Vilho Ylonen FIN 1167 nbsp nbsp Norway 575850 100 metre rifle prone nbsp nbsp Gilmour Boa CAN 598 nbsp nbsp United States 2373 nbsp nbsp Kurt Johansson SWE 596 nbsp nbsp Sweden 2372 nbsp nbsp August Westergaard USA 596 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 237050 metre rifle prone nbsp nbsp Vasily Borisov URS 399 nbsp nbsp Sweden 1988 nbsp nbsp Anders Kvissberg SWE 399 nbsp nbsp Norway 1986 nbsp nbsp I Aas NOR 399 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 198650 metre rifle kneeling nbsp nbsp Anatoli Bogdanov URS 396 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 1958 nbsp nbsp Vasily Borisov URS 393 nbsp nbsp Sweden 1943 nbsp nbsp Moysey Itkis URS 393 nbsp nbsp Norway 192150 metre rifle standing nbsp nbsp Anatoli Bogdanov URS 380 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 1865 nbsp nbsp Vasily Borisov URS 380 nbsp nbsp Norway 1850 nbsp nbsp J Sundberg SWE 379 nbsp nbsp Switzerland 1843Pistol events editIndividual Team50 metre pistol nbsp nbsp Huelet Benner USA 553 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 2722 nbsp nbsp Torsten Ullman SWE 552 nbsp nbsp United States 2706 nbsp nbsp A Jasinsky URS 552 nbsp nbsp Sweden 269725 metre rapid fire pistol nbsp nbsp N Kalinichenko URS 584 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 2317 nbsp nbsp William McMillan USA 582 nbsp nbsp United States 2292 nbsp nbsp Pentti Linnosvuo FIN 581 nbsp nbsp Finland 228925 metre center fire pistol nbsp nbsp Torsten Ullman SWE 586 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 2319 nbsp nbsp Huelet Benner USA 585 nbsp nbsp United States 2316 nbsp nbsp William McMillan USA 584 nbsp nbsp Cuba 2263Shotgun events editIndividual TeamTrap nbsp nbsp C Merlo ITA 296 nbsp nbsp Italy 773 nbsp nbsp Galliano Rossini ITA 293 nbsp nbsp Sweden 768 nbsp nbsp Hans Aasnaes NOR 293 nbsp nbsp Egypt 768Skeet nbsp nbsp Chester Crites USA 148 No team competition nbsp nbsp Kenneth Pendergrass USA 145 nbsp nbsp B Malmgren SWE 145Running target events editIndividual Team100 metre running deer double shot nbsp nbsp D Bobrun URS 213 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 828 nbsp nbsp Vitali Romanenko URS 206 nbsp nbsp Sweden 804 nbsp nbsp Vladimir Sevryugin URS 206 nbsp nbsp Norway 757100 metre running deer single shot nbsp nbsp Vitali Romanenko URS 224 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 857 nbsp nbsp Rolf Bergersen NOR 221 nbsp nbsp Norway 824 nbsp nbsp N Prosorovsky URS 219 nbsp nbsp Sweden 824References edit a b All World Championship medalists Archived 2007 09 27 at the Wayback Machine at the ISSF website Hap Rocketto The Art of Shooting permanent dead link p 53 Shooting Sports Illustrated November 19 1956 Rocketto p 55 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1954 ISSF World Shooting Championships amp oldid 1045553928, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
