1958 ISSF World Shooting Championships

The 37th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Moscow, Russia, the Soviet Union in 1958. For the first time ever, specific women's and junior events (50 metre rifle three positions and 50+100 metre rifle prone) were included.

Medal count

  *   Host nation (Soviet Union)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)*2412440
2 United States (USA)57921
3 Finland (FIN)34411
4 Romania (ROU)2237
5 Great Britain (GBR)2024
6 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1326
7 Germany (GER)0213
 Italy (ITA)0213
9 Hungary (HUN)0145
10 Sweden (SWE)0123
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0123
12 Venezuela (VEN)0112
13 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
14 Belgium (BEL)0011
 North Korea (PRK)0011
Totals (15 entries)373737111

Rifle events

Men

Individual Teams Juniors Junior teams


300 metre rifle three positions
 Vilho Ylönen (FIN) 1136 Soviet Union 5575 No championship No championship
 Daniel Puckel (USA) 1132 Finland 5554
 Esa Kervinen (FIN) 1129 Hungary 5533


300 metre rifle prone
 Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA) 389 No championship No championship No championship
 Vilho Ylönen (FIN) 389
 Daniel Puckel (USA) 389


300 metre rifle kneeling
 Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA) 385 No championship No championship No championship
 Daniel Puckel (USA) 384
 Esa Kervinen (FIN) 382


300 metre rifle standing
 Constantin Antonescu (ROU) 367 No championship No championship No championship
 Vilho Ylönen (FIN) 365
 Hans Werner Harbeck (GER) 363


300 metre standard rifle
 Anatoly Tilik (URS) 555 Soviet Union 2737 No championship No championship
 Moysey Itkis (URS) 552 Yugoslavia 2641
 Boris Pereberin (URS) 547 Finland 2626


300 metre army rifle (Soviet rifle)
 Ivan Novozhilov (URS) 189 Soviet Union 723 No championship No championship
 Ladislav Cerveny (TCH) 186 Czechoslovakia 675
 Anatoly Pehtyerev (URS) 181 North Korea 633


50+100 metre rifle prone
 Jussi Nordquist (FIN) 593 Soviet Union 2333  Marin Ferecatu (ROU) 588 No championship
 Velitchko Hristov (BUL) 590 Finland 2326  Imre Aron (ROU) 586
 David Parish (GBR) 588  Great Britain 2326  Moroslav Stojanovic (YUG) 584


50 metre rifle three positions
 Viktor Shamburkin (URS) 1148 Soviet Union 5715 No championship Soviet Union 2527
 Marat Niyazov (URS) 1147  Germany 5632  Germany 2513
 Moysey Itkis (URS) 1147  United States 5624 Yugoslavia 2511


50 metre rifle prone
 Nigel Oakley (GBR) 396  Great Britain 1959 No championship No championship
 Vladimir Lukyanchuk (URS) 395 Romania 1959
 Gordon Taras (USA) 394 Soviet Union 1953


50 metre rifle kneeling
 Vilho Ylönen (FIN) 391 Soviet Union 1922 No championship No championship
 Marat Niyazov (URS) 390  United States 1908
 F. J. F. Lafortune (BEL) 389 Czechoslovakia 1900


50 metre rifle standing
 Moysey Itkis (URS) 374 Soviet Union 1835 No championship No championship
 Viktor Shamburkin (URS) 373 Hungary 1798
 Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA) 370 Finland 1792


Women

Individual


50+100 metre rifle prone
 Yelena Donskaya (URS) 588
 Rimma Zelenko (URS) 586
 Iudit Moscu (ROU) 583


50 metre rifle three positions
 Tamara Lomova (URS) 851
 Yelena Donskaya (URS) 841
 Magda Fedor (HUN) 841


Pistol events

Individual Teams


50 metre pistol
 Makhmud Umarov (URS) 565 Soviet Union 2776
 Aleksey Gushchin (URS) 563  United States 2727
 Nelson Lincoln (USA) 556 Czechoslovakia 2721


25 metre rapid fire pistol
 Aleksandr Kropotin (URS) 592 Soviet Union 2361
 Alexander Zabelin (URS) 592  United States 2319
 Ştefan Petrescu (ROU) 589 Hungary 2317


25 metre center-fire pistol
 William McMillan (USA) 586 Czechoslovakia 2326
 Vladimír Kudrna (TCH) 586 Soviet Union 2320
 Károly Takács (HUN) 585  United States 2317


Shotgun events

Individual Teams


Trap
 Francis Eisenlauer (USA) 289 Soviet Union 763
 Galliano Rossini (ITA) 288  Italy 763
 Edoardo Casciano (ITA) 288  United States 741


Skeet
 Arkagiy Kaplun (URS) 196 Soviet Union 382
 Nikolai Durnev (URS) 194 Venezuela 377
 Juan Garcia (VEN) 194 Romania 377


Running target events

Individual Teams


100 metre running deer, double shot
 Joseph Deckert (USA) 223 Soviet Union 856
 Rune Flodmann (SWE) 221  United States 855
 Harry Lucker (USA) 219 Sweden 849


100 metre running deer, single shot
 Iogan (Jogan) Nikitin (URS) 234 Soviet Union 900
 Vitali Romanenko (URS) 226  United States 882
 James Davis (USA) 225 Sweden 854


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