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.

Medal count

Rank	Country				Total
1	Finland	7	7	3	17
2	Norway	5	4	5	14
3	Argentina	5	0	2	7
4	Switzerland	4	4	5	13
5	United States	4	4	3	11
6	Sweden	3	8	7	18
7	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
8	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1

Rifle events

Individual			Team
300 m Rifle Three positions
	Olavi Elo (FIN)	1118		Finland	5512
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	1118		Switzerland	5508
	Jonas Jonsson (SWE)	1112		Sweden	5488
300 m Rifle Prone position
	Otto Horber (SUI)	388	No team competition
	Kurt Johansson (SWE)	387
	Robert Bürchler (SUI)	386
300 m Rifle Kneeling position
	Kullervo Leskinen (FIN)	375	No team competition
	Otto Horber (SUI)	374
	Ernst Kramer (SUI)	374
300 m Rifle Standing position
	Olavi Elo (FIN)	364	No team competition
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	364
	Willy Røgeberg (NOR)	361
300 m Standard Rifle
	Holger Erben (SWE)	529		Sweden	2534
	Walther Fröstell (SWE)	520		Yugoslavia	2491
	Dias Villela Harvey (BRA)	518		Switzerland	2486
300 m Army Rifle
	Pablo Cagnasso (ARG)	419		Sweden	1616
	Olavi Elo (FIN)	415		Finland	1605
	Emil Gruenig (SUI)	410		Argentina	1597
50+100 m Rifle Prone position
	Arthur Jackson (USA)	594		Norway	2960
	Thore Skredegaard (NOR)	594		United States	2950
	Halvor Kongsjorden (NOR)	594		Switzerland	2933
50 m Rifle Three positions
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	1165		Finland	5770
	Arthur Edwin Cook (USA)	1163		Sweden	5763
	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR)	1162		Norway	5755
50 m Rifle Prone position
	Arthur Edwin Cook (USA)	398	No team competition
	Toivo Mjänttäri (FIN)	398
	Uno Berg (SWE)	398
50 m Rifle Kneeling position
	Robert Bürchler (SUI)	393	No team competition
	Werner Jakober (SUI)	390
	Olavi Elo (FIN)	390
50 m Rifle Standing position
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	380	No team competition
	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR)	379
	Holger Erben (SWE)	377

Pistol events

Individual			Team
50 m Pistol
	Beat Rhyner (SUI)	548		Argentina	2627
	Harry Reeves (USA)	547		Sweden	2621
	Angel Leon Gonzalo (ESP)	541		United States	2616
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
	Huelet Benner (USA)	565		Argentina	2219
	Harry Reeves (USA)	564		Finland	2219
	Leonard Ravilo (FIN)	563		United States	2219
25 m Center-Fire Pistol
	Heinrich Keller (SUI)	559		United States	2161
	Eino Saarnikko (FIN)	548		Switzerland	2160
	Huelet Benner (USA)	546		Finland	2156

Shotgun events

Individual			Team
Trap
	Fulvio Rocchi (ARG)	284		Argentina	736
	Klas Kleberg (SWE)	283		Sweden	736
	Ivar Borg (SWE)	281		Uruguay	716

Running target events

Individual			Team
100 m Running Deer Double Shot
	Hans Aasnes (NOR)	194	No team competition
	Per Olof Sköldberg (SWE)	191
	Birger Bühring-Andersen (NOR)	188
100 m Running Deer Single Shot
	John Larsen (NOR)	210	No team competition
	Rolf Bergersen (NOR)	204
	Birger Kockgard (SWE)	203
100 m Running Deer Combined
	John Larsen (NOR)	398		Norway	1914
	Rolf Bergersen (NOR)	398		Sweden	1873
	Per Olof Sköldberg (SWE)	389		Argentina	1536

References

• All WCH medallists (ISSF website)