IPSC Handgun World Shoots
The IPSC Handgun World Shoot is the highest level handgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), described as "the Olympics of the Action Shooting Sports".[1]
The match consists of several days, comprising at least 30 separate courses of fire[2] where the best IPSC-shooters from all around the world vie for the title of World Champion. The Handgun World Shoot, Rifle World Shoot and Shotgun World Shoot are held with three year intervals, meaning that since the last Handgun World Shoot was held in 2014, the next Shotgun World Shoot was held during 2015 and the next Rifle World Shoot in 2016.
History
The first IPSC World Shoot was held in 1975 in Zurich, and the two following were held with one year intervals. After 1977 the World Shoots were held at two year intervals until 1983 when the schedule was changed to the three year intervals used today.
- 1975 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1976 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1977 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1979 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1981 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1983 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1986 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1988 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1990 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1991 IPSC Individual Handgun World Championship
- 1993 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1996 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1999 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 2002 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 2005 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 2014 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
Individual Champions
The following is a list of previous and current Handgun World Champions:[3]
Overall category
| Year | Division |  Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
World Shoot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Open |  Ray Chapman
|
 Paul Bakocs
|
 Lionel Smith
|
World Shoot I |
| 1976 | Open |  Jan Foss
|
Ray Chapman
|
Lionel Smith
|
World Shoot II |
| 1977 | Open | Dave Westerhout
|
Peter Maunder
|
Raul Walters
|
World Shoot III |
| 1979 | Open |  Jimmy Von Sorgenfrei
|
Raul Walters
|
Ross Seyfried
|
World Shoot IV |
| 1981 | Open | Ross Seyfried
|
John Shaw
|
Mike Plaxco
|
World Shoot V |
| 1983 | Open | Rob Leatham
|
John Shaw
|
Mike Plaxco
|
World Shoot VI |
| 1986 | Open | Rob Leatham
|
Jerry Barnhart
|
John Shaw
|
World Shoot VII |
| 1988 | Open | Rob Leatham
|
Chip McCormick
|
John Dixon
|
World Shoot VIII |
| 1990 | Open | Doug Koenig
|
Jerry Barnhart
|
Rob Leatham
|
World Shoot IX |
| 1991 | Open | John Dixon
|
Johnny Ioannou
|
Jimmy von Sorgenfrei
|
Individual World Championship |
| 1993 | Open |  Matthew Mclearn
|
Doug Koenig
|
Michael Voigt
|
World Shoot X |
| 1993 | Modified | Robert Buntschu
|
 R Bhella
|
K Smith
|
World Shoot X |
| 1993 | Standard | Ted Bonnet
|
Brian Enos
|
 Max Wiegand
|
World Shoot X |
| 1996 | Open | Todd Jarrett
|
Jerry Barnhart
|
Rob Leatham
|
World Shoot XI |
| 1996 | Modified | Fred Craig
|
 Richard Daniel Kahler
|
Richard Kahler
|
World Shoot XI |
| 1996 | Standard | Ted Bonnet
|
Frank Garcia
|
Jay Christy
|
World Shoot XI |
| 1999 | Open |  Eric Grauffel
|
Todd Jarrett
|
Jethro Dionisio
|
World Shoot XII |
| 1999 | Modified |  Pavel Jasansky
|
Enrico Papa
|
Luis Lee
|
World Shoot XII |
| 1999 | Standard | Michael Voigt
|
Frank William Garcia
|
 Adriano Santarcangelo
|
World Shoot XII |
| 2002 | Open | Eric Grauffel
|
Todd Jarrett
|
 Brodie McIntosh
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2002 | Modified | Austen Stockbridge
|
Jeufro Lejano
|
Edoardo Buticchi
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2002 | Standard | Rob Leatham
|
Michael Voigt
|
Ron Avery
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2002 | Production | David Sevigny
|
Paul Brocanelli
|
 Guillermo Jude
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2002 | Revolver | Jerry Miculek
|
Daniel Roch
|
Alain Marco Della Savia
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2005 | Open | Eric Grauffel
|
Todd Jarrett
|
 Jorge Ballesteros
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Modified | Jeufro Jag Lejano
|
 Augusto Ribas
|
Nelson Uygongco
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Standard | Rob Leatham
|
Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz
|
Travis Tomasie
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Production | Adam Tyc
|
Dave Sevigny
|
Angus Hobdell
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Revolver | Jerry Miculek
|
 Ricardo López Tugendhat
|
 Bjorn Dietrich
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2008 | Open | Eric Grauffel
|
KC Eusebio
|
Maxient John Jr. Michel
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Modified | Jojo Vidanes
|
Zdenek Henes
|
Michael Voigt
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Standard | Travis Tomasie
|
Blake J. Miguez
|
Shannon Smith
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Production | Adam Tyc
|
Matthew Mink
|
Bob Vogel
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Revolver | Ricardo López Tugendhat
|
Andrea Todeschini
|
Phillipp A. Chua
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2011 | Open | Eric Grauffel
|
Simon Racaza
|
KC Eusebio
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Modified | Zdenek Henes
|
Jerome Jovanne Morales
|
Rob Leatham
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Standard | Blake Miguez
|
 Juan Carlos Jaime
|
Ted Puente
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Production | Bob Vogel
|
Ben Stoeger
|
Matthew Mink
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Revolver | Ricardo López Tugendhat
|
Jerry Miculek
|
Matthew Griffin
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2014 | Open | Max Michel
|
Shane Coley
|
Brodie McIntosh
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Standard | Nils Jonasson
|
Bob Vogel
|
Dave Sevigny
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Production | Eric Grauffel
|
Simon Racaza
|
Ben Stoeger
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Classic | Rob Leatham
|
Edward Rivera
|
Todd Jarrett
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Revolver | Ricardo López Tugendhat
|
Josh Lentz
|
Phillipp Chua
|
World Shoot XVII |
Lady category
| Year | Division | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Open | Debbie James
|
Judy Smith
|
Inez Behrendt
|
World Shoot VIII |
| 1991 | Open | Collette Barnes
|
Chanatel Accone
|
Ursula Lund
|
1991 World Shoot |
| 1993 | Open | Kay Clark Miculek
|
Collette Barnes
|
Kippi Boykin
|
World Shoot X |
| 1996 | Open | Kay Clark Miculek
|
Mary Tan
|
Chantal Accone
|
World Shoot XI |
| 1999 | Open | Athena Lee
|
Mary Grace Tan
|
Chantal Tam
|
World Shoot XII |
| 1999 | Standard | Debbie Keehart
|
World Shoot XII | ||
| 2002 | Open | Kaye Cabalatungan
|
Athena Lee
|
 Gabriele Kraushofer
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2002 | Standard | Sharon Zaffiro
|
Joey Fischer
|
Michaela Horejsi
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2002 | Production | Debbie Keehart
|
World Shoot XIII | ||
| 2005 | Open | Gabriele Kraushofer
|
Kay Clark Miculek
|
Linda Blowers
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Standard | Petra Tutschke
|
Julie Golob
|
Michaela Horejsi
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2008 | Open | Athena Lee
|
Gabriele Kraushofer
|
 Katerina Sustrova
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Standard | Claire Giles
|
Jannette Gonzaga
|
Birgit Gruber
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Production | Ma. Inez F. Jorge
|
 Oryza Shelley De Leon
|
Andrea Gasic
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2011 | Open | Karla Blowers
|
Megan Francisco
|
Jessie Duff
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Standard | Randi Rogers
|
Tori Nonaka
|
Lisa Munson
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Production |  Maria Gushchina
|
Julie Golob
|
Sara Dunivin
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2014 | Open | Karla Blowers
|
Martina Sera
|
Kaci Cochran
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Standard | Hilde Nakling
|
Tori Nonaka
|
Randi Rogers
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Production | Maria Gushchina
|
Christine Burkhalter
|
Julie Golob
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Classic | Anne Fonder
|
Leonora Darte
|
Bruna Mirandola
|
World Shoot XVII |
Junior category
| Year | Division | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Open | Suzy Ballantyne
|
World Shoot IX | ||
| 1996 | Open | Jeufro Lejano
|
Eric Grauffel
|
Roger Dy
|
World Shoot XI |
| 2002 | Open | Chris Tilley
|
Martin Kamenicek Jr
|
Jorge Ballesteros
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2002 | Standard | Paul Clark Jnr
|
David Richtr
|
 Giocondo Granai
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2005 | Open | Chris Tilley
|
BJ Norris
|
KC Eusebio
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Standard | Zdenek Liehne
|
Carlos Palma
|
Zdenek Svelha Jr
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Production | Adam Tyc
|
Galo Moreira
|
Luis Gonzalez
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2008 | Open | KC Eusebio
|
Brad Balsley
|
Shane Coley
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Standard | Carlos Palma
|
Paolo Montera
|
 Risto Hirvikallio
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Production | Galo Moreira Icaza
|
Gustavo Liwko
|
Andrej Hrnciarik
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2011 | Open | Shane Coley
|
Rhys Arthur
|
Ben Thompson
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Standard | Matthew Sweeney
|
Davide Bergami
|
Victor Dalmeida Arruda
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Production | Andrej Hrnciarik
|
Pavel Torgashov
|
Diomari Ivan Tayag
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2014 | Open | Simo Partanen
|
Kincaid Ross
|
Edcel John Gino
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Standard | Michael Ron Ligon
|
 Vincentius Djajadiningrat
|
Gabriel Barbosa
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Production | Pavel Torgashov
|
Jacob Hetherington
|
Jason Katz
|
World Shoot XVII |
Senior category
| Year | Division | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Open | Allan Zitta
|
Paul Bromfield
|
Martyn Spei | World Shoot XI |
| 2002 | Open | Miroslav Kamenicek
|
Alain Tarrade
|
Philippe Gibert
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2002 | Standard | Colin Amm
|
Ricardo Gentile
|
Peter Kressibucher
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2002 | Modified | Roger Stockbridge
|
Carlo Belletti
|
Dok Dokter
|
World Shoot XIII |
| 2005 | Open | Miroslav Kamenicek
|
Frank Koch
|
 Anthony Johnson
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Modified | Mario Riillo
|
Vaclav Martinek
|
Roberto Gilbert
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Standard | Esterino Magli
|
Ricardo Gentile
|
Peter Kressibucher
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Production | Daniel Torrevillas
|
John Michael France
|
Štefan Ács
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2005 | Revolver | Jerry Miculek
|
Lumir Safranek
|
Patrick Sweeney
|
World Shoot XIV |
| 2008 | Open | Mario Riillo
|
Miroslav Kamenicek
|
Thierry Obriot
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Modified | Gavino Mura
|
 Kwok Kwong Tong
|
Antonio Gracia Infante
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Standard | Esterino Magli
|
Lucimar Oliveira
|
Marlon G. Valencia
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Production | Wilfredo Div Anglo
|
Daniel Torrevillas
|
Robert Hopper
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Revolver | Zdenek Nemecek
|
Lumir Safranek
|
Tavesak Singsomboon
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2011 | Open | Patrik Schneider
|
Hubert Thomas Montgomery
|
Guenther Weber
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Modified | Rob Leatham
|
Michael Voigt
|
Juergen Flass
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Standard | Lucimar Domingues Oliveira
|
Gottfried Post
|
Salvatore Simula
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Production | Peter Heller
|
Wilfredo Anglo
|
Francesco Servodio
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Revolver | Jerry Miculek
|
Zdeněk Němeček
|
Hermann Kirchweger
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2014 | Open | Michael Voigt
|
Paolo Andrea Ravizzini
|
Nelson Uygongco
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Standard | Emmanuel Bragg
|
Adriano Santarcangelo
|
Ron Avery
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Production | Frank Garcia
|
Guga Ribas
|
Gilbert Perez
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Classic | Rob Leatham
|
Todd Jarrett
|
Michel Nestolat
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Revolver | Hermann Kirchweger
|
Zdenek Nemecek
|
Jess Christensen
|
World Shoot XVII |
Super Senior category
| Year | Division | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Open | Philippe Gibert
|
Alain Tarrade
|
Carlo Belletti
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Standard | Max Sen. Wiegand
|
Antonio Vaghi
|
Paul Clark
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2008 | Production | Teodoro Rios Marrero
|
Colin Smith
|
Bob Sully
|
World Shoot XV |
| 2011 | Open | Michael Auger
|
Jose Josias Lucena Ferreira
|
Miroslav Kamenicek
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Standard | Peter Kressibucher
|
Robbin Hudson
|
Hubert Muhlbacher
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2011 | Production | Max Wiegand
|
Bob Dunkley
|
Gerrit Dokter
|
World Shoot XVI |
| 2014 | Open | Thierry Obriot
|
Giovanni Furio Liberti
|
Anthony Johnson
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Standard | Esterino Magli
|
Johnny Brister
|
Ricardo Gentile
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Production | Miroslav Kamenicek
|
Mauro Thompson
|
Edwin Gotamco
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Classic | Daniel Torrevillas
|
Robert Edward Dunkley
|
Randy Fisher
|
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Revolver | Aysen Elliot
|
Lumir Safranek
|
Tony Hyatt
|
World Shoot XVII |
Teams
Overall teams
| Year | Division | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Open | World Shoot I | |||
| 1976 | Open | World Shoot II | |||
| 1977 | Open | Rhodesia 8776.064 points
|
USA 8735.054 points
|
South Africa 7808.542 points
|
World Shoot III |
| 1979 | Open | World Shoot IV | |||
| 1981 | Open | World Shoot V | |||
| 1983 | Open | USA
|
World Shoot VI | ||
| 1986 | Open | World Shoot VII | |||
| 1988 | Open | USA
|
AUT
|
UK
|
World Shoot VIII |
| 1990 | Open | USA
|
World Shoot IX | ||
| 1993 | Open | USA 10574.2874
|
South Africa 9420.5502
|
United Kingdom 9261.8333
|
World Shoot X |
| 1996 | Open | World Shoot XI | |||
| 1999 | Open | World Shoot XII | |||
| 2002 | Open | World Shoot XIII | |||
| 2002 | Standard | USA8471.4458 Rob Leatham, Michael Voigt, Ron Avery, Phil Strader |
South Africa 7723.0008 Fabian Scott, Nick du Plessis, Gary Haltmann, Paul van Wyk |
Italy 7444.9984 Adriano Ciro Santarcangel, Guido Ciccarelli, Valter Tranquilli, Esterino Magli (DQ) |
World Shoot XIII |
| 2005 | Open | World Shoot XIV | |||
| 2008 | Open | World Shoot XV | |||
| 2011 | Open | World Shoot XVI | |||
| 2014 | Open | USA 6544.1614 Max Michel, Shane Coley, KC Eusebio, Chris Tilley |
CZE 6137.5093 Martin Kamenicek, Miroslav Havlicek, Zdenek Henes |
AUS 6125.3867 Brodie McIntosh, Nick Kapor, Gareth Graham, David McConachie |
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Standard | USA 6685.2494 Nils Jonasson, Bob Vogel, Dave Sevigny, Emanuel Bragg |
ITA 6132.9641 Cosimo Panetta, Gregorio Tassone, Max Bragagnolo, Giulio Del Rosario |
ESP 5850.5001 Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz, Gorka Ibanez, Jesus Ferreiro, David Davite |
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Production | USA 6679.5259 Simon Racaza, Ben Stoeger, Matthew Mink |
CZE 6313.8761 Robin Sebo, Zdenek Liehne, Miroslav Zapletal, Michal Stepan |
FRA 6044.1766 Eric Grauffel, Louis Adrien Guichard, Mathieu Lavergne, Baptiste Felt |
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Classic | USA 6346.8120 Rob Leatham, Todd Jarrett, Gary Byerly, Keith Dilworth |
PHI 6343.9388 Edward Rivera, Wilfredo Jr Martin, Jerome Morales, William Magalong |
ITA 6122.8449 Edoardo Buticchi, Roberto Vezzoli, Mauro Di Prospero, Mario Piccioni |
World Shoot XVII |
| 2014 | Revolver | USA 6184.8829 Josh Lentz, David Olhasso, Cliff Walsh, Elliot Aysen |
AUT 5945.4234 Gerald Reiter, Hermann Kirchweger, Reinhard Handl, Robert Kroiss |
BRA 5685.5642 Moacyr Azevedo, Wagner Almeida, Daniel Polverini, Rogerio Rosas |
World Shoot XVII |
Lady teams
| Year | Division | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Open | World Shoot I | |||
| 1976 | Open | World Shoot II | |||
| 1977 | Open | World Shoot III | |||
| 1979 | Open | World Shoot IV | |||
| 1981 | Open | World Shoot V | |||
| 1983 | Open | World Shoot VI | |||
| 1986 | Open | World Shoot VII | |||
| 1988 | Open | World Shoot VIII | |||
| 1990 | Open | World Shoot IX | |||
| 1993 | Open | USA 4738.5045
|
UK 4468.4663
|
South Africa 4362.25
|
World Shoot X |
| 1996 | Open | World Shoot XI | |||
| 1999 | Open | World Shoot XII | |||
| 2002 | Open | World Shoot XIII | |||
| 2002 | Standard | USA
|
World Shoot XIII | ||
| 2005 | Open | World Shoot XIV | |||
| 2008 | Open | World Shoot XV | |||
| 2011 | Open | World Shoot XVI | |||
| 2014 | Open | World Shoot XVII |
See also
References
- Match Report - 1977 Handgun World Shoot, Rhodesia
- Match Results - 1983 Handgun World Shoot, USA - American Handgunnger March/ April 1984, page 34
- Match Results - 1988 Handgun World Shoot - USPSA Front Sight November/ December 1988, page 9
- Match Results - 1990 Handgun World Shoot, Australia
- Match Results - 1991 Individual World Championship, South Africa
- Match Results - 1993 Handgun World Shoot, England - Diligentia: The Official Newsletter of IPSC Canada, February 1994, page 26
- Match Results - 1996 Handgun World Shoot, Brazil - USPSA Frontsight 3. 1997, page 14
- Match Results - 1999 Handgun World Shoot, Philippines
- Match Results - 2002 Handgun World Shoot, South Africa
- IPSC :: Match Results - 2005 Handgun World Shoot, Ecuador
- IPSC :: Match Results - 2008 Handgun World Shoot, Indonesia
- IPSC :: Match Results - 2011 Handgun World Shoot, Greece
- IPSC :: Match Results - 2014 Handgun World Shoot, United States