1954 ISSF World Shooting Championships

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. 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.

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. 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. 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.

Medal count

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	20	6	7	33
2		4	9	5	18
3	United States	3	6	2	11
4		2	1	0	3
5	Canada	1	0	0	1
6		0	4	5	9
7		0	3	2	5
8		0	1	0	1
9		0	0	6	6
10		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1

Rifle events

Individual			Team
300 metre rifle three positions
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	1133	Gold	Soviet Union	5607
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	1132	Silver		5505
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	1126	Bronze		5491
300 metre rifle prone
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	391	No team competition
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	389
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	388
300 metre rifle kneeling
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	380	No team competition
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	379
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	378
300 metre rifle standing
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	366	No team competition
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	363
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	362
300 metre standard rifle
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	514	Gold		2471
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	513	Silver		2448
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	503	Bronze		2437
50 metre rifle three positions
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	1174	Gold	Soviet Union	5802
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	1172	Silver		5765
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	1167	Bronze		5758
50+100 metre rifle prone
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	598	Gold	United States	2373
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	596	Silver		2372
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	596	Bronze	Soviet Union	2370
50 metre rifle prone
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	399	Gold		1988
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	399	Silver		1986
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	399	Bronze	Soviet Union	1986
50 metre rifle kneeling
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	396	Gold	Soviet Union	1958
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	393	Silver		1943
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	393	Bronze		1921
50 metre rifle standing
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	380	Gold	Soviet Union	1865
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	380	Silver		1850
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	379	Bronze		1843

Pistol events

Individual			Team
50 metre pistol
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	553	Gold	Soviet Union	2722
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	552	Silver	United States	2706
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	552	Bronze		2697
25 metre rapid fire pistol
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	584	Gold	Soviet Union	2317
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	582	Silver	United States	2292
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	581	Bronze		2289
25 metre center-fire pistol
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	586	Gold	Soviet Union	2319
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	585	Silver	United States	2316
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	584	Bronze		2263

Shotgun events

Individual			Team
Trap
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	296	Gold		773
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	293	Silver		768
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	293	Bronze	Egypt	768
Skeet
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	148	No team competition
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	145
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	145

Running target events

Individual			Team
100 metre running deer, double shot
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	213	Gold	Soviet Union	828
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	206	Silver		804
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	206	Bronze		757
100 metre running deer, single shot
Gold	Template:Flagathlete	224	Gold	Soviet Union	857
Silver	Template:Flagathlete	221	Silver		824
Bronze	Template:Flagathlete	219	Bronze		824