1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships

1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships
The Finnish Vilho Ylönen, who won the silver medal in 300 m rifle prone.
Dates	25 - 26 August
Host city	Winterthur, Switzerland
Level	Senior
Events	6 men (5 individual + 1 team)
← - 1977 →

The 1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships was the 1st edition of the European 300 m Rifle Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.^[1][2]

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athletes	Pts	Athletes	Pts	Athletes	Pts
300 m rifle 3 positions	Anatoly Bogdanov	1145	Mosey Itkish	1141	Esa Kervinen	1129
300 m rifle 3 positions, team	Soviet Union Anatoly Bogdanov Vasily Borisov Mosey Itkish Nikolay Sasulin		Finland Pauli Janhonen Esa Kervinen Jorma Taitto Vilho Ylönen		SUI August Hollenstein Kurt Müller Ernst Schmid Erwin Vogt
300 m rifle standard	Boris Pereberin	542	Mosey Itkish	538	Anatoly Tilik	537
300 m rifle kneeling	Anatoly Bogdanov	384	Mosey Itkish	383	Ole Hviid Jensen	379
300 m rifle standing	Anatoly Bogdanov	367	Mosey Itkish	365	Pauli Janhonen	365
300 m rifle prone	Anatoly Bogdanov	394	Vilho Ylönen	394	Mosey Itkish	393

Medal table

#	Country				Tot.
1	Soviet Union	6	4	2	12
2	Finland	0	2	2	4
3	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

See also

• European Shooting Confederation
• International Shooting Sport Federation
• ISSF shooting events
• List of medalists at the European Shooting Championships
• List of medalists at the European Shotgun Championships

References

External links

• Official website
• European Champion Archive Results at Sport-komplett-de