View source for 1949 ISSF World Shooting Championships

The '''34th UIT World Shooting Championships''' was the contemporary name of the [[ISSF World Shooting Championships]] held in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], in 1949.

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== Medal count ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%"
! Rank
! Country
! [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]
! [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]]
! [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]]
! Total
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align: left"| {{FIN}} || 7 || 7 || 3 || 17
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align: left"| {{NOR}} || 5 || 4 || 5 || 14
|-style="background: #ccccff"
| 3 ||style="text-align: left"| {{ARG}} || 5 || 0 || 2 || 7
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align: left"| {{flagu|Switzerland}} || 4 || 4 || 5 || 13
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align: left"| {{flagu|United States|1912}} || 4 || 4 || 3 || 11
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align: left"| {{flagu|Sweden}} || 3 || 8 || 7 || 18
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align: left"| {{YUG}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|rowspan=3 | 8
|style="text-align: left"| {{flag|Brazil|1889}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagu|Spain|1945}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{URU}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|}

== Rifle events ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
!colspan=3| Individual !!colspan=3| Team
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[300 metre rifle three positions|300 m Rifle]] [[Three positions]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Olavi Elo]]|FIN}} || 1118
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{FIN}} || 5512
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Pauli Aapeli Janhonen]]|FIN}} || 1118
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagu|Switzerland}} || 5508
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Jonas Jonsson (sport shooter)|Jonas Jonsson]]|SWE}} || 1112
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagu|Sweden}} || 5488
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[300 metre rifle prone|300 m Rifle]] [[Prone position]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Otto Horber]]|SUI}} || 388
|colspan=3 rowspan=3 style="text-align: center"| ''No team competition''
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Kurt Johansson]]|SWE}} || 387
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Robert Bürchler]]|SUI}} || 386
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[300 metre rifle kneeling|300 m Rifle]] [[Kneeling position]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Kullervo Leskinen]]|FIN}} || 375
|colspan=3 rowspan=3 style="text-align: center"| ''No team competition''
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Otto Horber]]|SUI}} || 374
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Ernst Kramer]]|SUI}} || 374
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[300 metre rifle standing|300 m Rifle]] [[Standing position]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Olavi Elo]]|FIN}} || 364
|colspan=3 rowspan=3 style="text-align: center"| ''No team competition''
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Pauli Aapeli Janhonen]]|FIN}} || 364
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Willy Røgeberg]]|NOR}} || 361
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[300 m Standard Rifle]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Holger Erben]]|SWE}} || 529
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagu|Sweden}} || 2534
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Walther Fröstell]]|SWE}} || 520
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{YUG}} || 2491
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Dias Villela Harvey]]|BRA|1889}} || 518
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagu|Switzerland}} || 2486
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[300 m Army Rifle]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Pablo Cagnasso]]|ARG}} || 419
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagu|Sweden}} || 1616
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Olavi Elo]]|FIN}} || 415
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{FIN}} || 1605
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Emil Gruenig]]|SUI}} || 410
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{ARG}} || 1597
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[50+100 m Rifle]] [[Prone position]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Arthur Jackson (sport shooter)|Arthur Jackson]]|USA|1912}} || 594
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{NOR}} || 2960
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Thore Skredegaard]]|NOR}} || 594
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagu|United States|1912}} || 2950
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Halvor Kongsjorden]]|NOR}} || 594
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagu|Switzerland}} || 2933
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[50 metre rifle three positions|50 m Rifle]] [[Three positions]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Pauli Aapeli Janhonen]]|FIN}} || 1165
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{FIN}} || 5770
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Arthur Cook (sport shooter)|Arthur Edwin Cook]]|USA|1912}} || 1163
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagu|Sweden}} || 5763
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug]]|NOR}} || 1162
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{NOR}} || 5755
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[50 metre rifle prone|50 m Rifle]] [[Prone position]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Arthur Cook (sport shooter)|Arthur Edwin Cook]]|USA|1912}} || 398
|colspan=3 rowspan=3 style="text-align: center"| ''No team competition''
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Toivo Mjänttäri]]|FIN}} || 398
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Uno Berg]]|SWE}} || 398
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[Kneeling position|50 m Rifle Kneeling position]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Robert Bürchler]]|SUI}} || 393
|colspan=3 rowspan=3 style="text-align: center"| ''No team competition''
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Werner Jakober]]|SUI}} || 390
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Olavi Elo]]|FIN}} || 390
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[Standing position|50 m Rifle Standing position]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Pauli Aapeli Janhonen]]|FIN}} || 380
|colspan=3 rowspan=3 style="text-align: center"| ''No team competition''
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug]]|NOR}} || 379
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Holger Erben]]|SWE}} || 377
|}

== Pistol events ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
!colspan=3| Individual !!colspan=3| Team
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[50 m Pistol]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Beat Rhyner]]|SUI}} || 548
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{ARG}} || 2627
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Harry Wendell Reeves|Harry Reeves]]|USA|1912}} || 547
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagu|Sweden}} || 2621
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Angel Leon Gonzalo]]|ESP|1945}} || 541
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagu|United States|1912}} || 2616
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[25 m Rapid Fire Pistol]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Huelet Benner]]|USA|1912}} || 565
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{ARG}} || 2219
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Harry Wendell Reeves|Harry Reeves]]|USA|1912}} || 564
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{FIN}} || 2219
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Leonard Ravilo]]|FIN}} || 563
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagu|United States|1912}} || 2219
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[25 m Center-Fire Pistol]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Heinrich Keller]]|SUI}} || 559
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagu|United States|1912}} || 2161
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Eino Saarnikko]]|FIN}} || 548
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagu|Switzerland}} || 2160
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Huelet Benner]]|USA|1912}} || 546
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{FIN}} || 2156
|}

== Shotgun events ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
!colspan=3| Individual !!colspan=3| Team
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[Olympic Trap|Trap]]'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Fulvio Rocchi]]|ARG}} || 284
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{ARG}} || 736
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Klas Kleberg]]|SWE}} || 283
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagu|Sweden}} || 736
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Ivar Borg]]|SWE}} || 281
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{URU}} || 716
|}

== Running target events ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
!colspan=3| Individual !!colspan=3| Team
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[100 m Running Deer]] Double Shot'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[Hans Aasnes]]|NOR}} || 194
|colspan=3 rowspan=3 style="text-align: center"| ''No team competition''
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Per Olof Sköldberg]]|SWE}} || 191
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Birger Bühring-Andersen]]|NOR}} || 188
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[100 m Running Deer]] Single Shot'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[John Larsen]]|NOR}} || 210
|colspan=3 rowspan=3 style="text-align: center"| ''No team competition''
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Rolf Bergersen]]|NOR}} || 204
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Birger Kockgard]]|SWE}} || 203
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc"| '''[[100 m Running Deer]] Combined'''
|-
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{flagathlete|[[John Larsen]]|NOR}} || 398
| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   || {{NOR}} || 1914
|-
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagathlete|[[Rolf Bergersen]]|NOR}} || 398
| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] || {{flagu|Sweden}} || 1873
|-
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{flagathlete|[[Per Olof Sköldberg]]|SWE}} || 389
| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] || {{ARG}} || 1536
|}

== References ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023531/http://www.issf-shooting.org/_data/medallist/WCH_Medallists_1897_2005.pdf All WCH medallists] (ISSF website)

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