1996 IPSC Handgun World Shoot

1996 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XI
Official logo of the 1996 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
Location	Brasilia, Brazil
Dates	Sunday 6. to Saturday 12. October 1996
Competitors	609
Medalists
Open (Largest Division) Todd Jarrett   Jerry Barnhart   Rob Leatham
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The 1996 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XI held in Brasilia, Brazil was the 11th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. The match had 609 competitors, teams from 31 nations and consisted of 35 stages. The Open division was won by Todd Jarrett, while the Standard division once again was won by Ted Bonnet of USA. Todd Jarret from Virginia had established himself as a major player before the event, having placed in the top four of the US Nationals every year since 1990 except one. According to himself he had trained well before the World Shoot in Brazil, and was quoted saying "It's really amazing, the harder I work, the luckier I get."

Rulebook used

The 12th edition of the Rules of International Practical Shooting Confederation was used under the championship and one of the major changes compared to the current rules are the team rules where national team consisted of a maximum of six members. Ladies teams consisted of a maximum four members.

Champions

Open

The Open division had the largest match participation with 398 competitors (65.4 %),

Individual

Overall	Competitor	Points	Overall Match Percent
Gold	Todd Jarrett	1894.6349	100.00%
Silver	Jerry Barnhart	1875.2104	98.97%
Bronze	Rob Leatham	1865.8339	98.48%
4th	Errol Ron Thomas	1840.6546	97.15%
5th	Jethro Dionisio	1828.8244	96.53%
6th	Merle Edington	1785.9386	94.26%
7th	Douglas Koenig	1774.1573	93.64%
8th	Craig Lawrence Ginger	1768.2249	93.33%
9th	Jose Claudio Vidanes	1766.0796	93.21%
10th	Angus Hobdell	1756.6531	92.72%
Lady	Competitor	Points	Overall percent	Category percent
Gold	Kay Clark-Miculek	1414.9287	74.68%	100.00%
Silver	Mary Tan	1382.6770	72.98%	97.72%
Bronze	Chantal Accone	1371.5408	72.39%	96.93%
Junior	Competitor	Points	Overall percent	Category percent
Gold	Jeufro Lejano	1734.7564	91.56%	100.00%
Silver	Eric Grauffel	1672.5632	88.28%	96.41%
Bronze	Roger Dy	1534.9023	81.01%	88.48%
Senior	Competitor	Points	Overall percent	Category percent
Gold	Allan Zitta	1427.2141	75.33%	100.00%
Silver	Paul Bromfield	1287.9867	85.90%	90.24%
Bronze	Martyn Speirs	1276.6696	67.38%	89.45%

Teams

Overall	Country	Points	Percent	Team members
Gold	United States	9175.9161	100.00%	Todd Jarrett, Jerry Barnhart, Rob Leatham, Douglas Koenig, Jose Claudio Vidanes and Tawn Argeris
Silver	Australia	8459.2113	92,18%	Errol Ron Thomas, Craig Lawrence Ginger, Ross Gregory Newell, Brodie McIntosh, Damien John Fitzgerald and Alan Shortall
Bronze	Philippines	8432.5657	91,89%	Jethro Dionisio, Jeufro Lejano, Jomini Manuel Abaya, Lyndon Biraogo, Jerome Morales and Daniel Torrevillas
Lady	Country	Points	Percent	Team members
Gold	United States	4146.3159	100%	Kay Clark-Miculek, Sheila Brey, Kippi Boykin and Sharon Edington
Silver	Philippines	3978.0670	95,94%	Mary Tan, Athena Lee, Valerie Levanza and Catherine Levanza
Bronze	Australia	3887.5448	93,75%	Robyn Joyce Estreich, Susan Patricia Ballantyne, Michelele Noe. Knee and Bonny Thomas

Modified

The Modified division had 11 competitors.

Individual

Overall	Competitor	Points	Overall Match Percent
Gold	Fred Craig	1407.3898	100.00%
Silver	Richard Daniel Kahler	1363.0039	96.85%
Bronze	Richard Kahler	1147.3321	81.52%
4th	Robert Chittleborough	1102.6358	78.35%
5th	Maria Jos	1083.6267	77.00%
6th	Jorg Haben	978.5173	69.53%
7th	Kerby C. Smith	975.1011	69.28%
8th	Zenaldo Feuser	875.6240	62.22%
9th	Klaus-Dieter Broesche	829.7651	58.96%
10th	Thomas Bovet	713.1019	50.67%

Standard

The Standard division had the second largest match participation with 200 competitors (32.8 %),

Individual

Overall	Competitor	Points	Overall Match Percent
Gold	Ted Bonnet	1499.3586	100.00%
Silver	Frank Garcia	1489.1114	99.32%
Bronze	Jay Christy	1466.9173	97.84%
4th	Ron Avery	1460.2712	97.39%
5th	James L. Wall	1433.7340	95.62%
6th	Bruce E. Gray	1418.4954	94.61%
7th	Larry L. Brown	1415.1323	94.38%
8th	Armando Valdes	1412.2623	94.19%
9th	Larry Steuerwald	1403.0543	93.58%
10th	Gustave De Blanche	1372.2191	91.52%
Senior	Competitor	Points	Overall percent	Category percent
Gold	Paul R. Bromfield	1287.9867	85,90%	100.00%
Silver	Max Wiegand	1253.6723	83,61%	97.34%
Bronze	Salim S. Dominguez	1152.1968	76,84%	89.46%

Teams

Overall	Country	Points	Percent	Team members
Gold	United States	7202.9579	100.00%	Ted Bonnet, Harold Christy, Bruce E. Gray, Larry L. Brown, Larry Steuerwald and Brian Enos
Silver	South Africa	6604.6457	91,69%	Gustave De Blanche, Eugene B. Lurie, Sean Michael O'Donovan, Jonathan M. Fouche, Paul R. Bromfield and Clint Rafferty
Bronze	Brazil	6311.2515	87,62%	Hugo R. Ribeiro, Vitor Matos, Nilton A. Fior, Luiz (Tatai) Horta, Eduardo Lartigau, Iwar Mattos Jr.

See also

• IPSC Rifle World Shoots
• IPSC Shotgun World Shoot
• IPSC Action Air World Shoot

References

• Match Results - 1996 Handgun World Shoot, Brazil - USPSA Frontsight 3. 1997, page 14 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine