1961 World Shotgun and Running Target Championships

The 1961 World Shotgun and Running Target Championships were held in Oslo, Norway. While separate world championships in the shotgun events had become traditional, this was the first time the competition also included the 100 metre running deer events. These had been Norwegian specialties but were now dominated by the superpowers, leaving the host country without medals.

Medal count

  *   Host nation (Norway)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2305
2 Soviet Union (URS)2237
3 Italy (ITA)1001
 Venezuela (VEN)1001
5 Canada (CAN)0101
6 Sweden (SWE)0022
7 Romania (ROM)0011
Totals (7 entries)66618


Results

Shotgun events

Individual
Trap
 Ennio Mattarelli (ITA) 296
 Francis Eisenlauer (USA) 296
 Ion Dumitrescu (ROU) 295
Skeet
 Carlos Plaza Marques (VEN) 199
 Bernard Hartman (CAN) 198
 Arkagiy Kaplun (URS) 197

Running target events

Individual Team
100 metre running deer, single shot
 Loyd Crow (USA) 226 Soviet Union 879
 Vitaly Romanenko (URS) 222  United States 877
 Ludwig Lustberg (URS) 221  Sweden 812
100 metre running deer, double shot
 John Foster (USA) 222 Soviet Union 861
 Vladimir Linnikov (URS) 219  United States 833
 Ludwig Lustberg (URS) 219  Sweden 812

References