1947 ISSF World Shooting Championships

The 33rd UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Stockholm, Sweden in the summer of 1947. It was the first championship after World War II.

Medal count

Rank	Country				Total
1	Sweden	12	12	9	33
2	Switzerland	5	4	4	13
3	Norway	5	3	4	12
4	Argentina	3	1	1	5
5	Finland	2	6	6	14
6	Italy	1	0	0	1
7	Egypt	0	1	1	2
	Greece	0	1	1	2
9	Great Britain	0	0	2	2
10	United States	0	0	1	1

Rifle events

Individual			Team
300 m Rifle Three positions
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	1116		Switzerland	5500
	Robert Buerchler (SUI)	1116		Finland	5489
	Otto Horber (SUI)	1111		Sweden	5463
300 m Rifle Prone position
	Robert Buerchler (SUI)	392	No team competition
	Kurt Johansson (SWE)	388
	Otto Horber (SUI)	388
300 m Rifle Kneeling position
	Walther Fröstell (SWE)	375	No team competition
	Kurt Johansson (SWE)	375
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	374
300 m Rifle Standing position
	Pablo Cagnasso (ARG)	363	No team competition
	Olavi Elo (FIN)	357
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN)	356
300 m Standard Rifle
	Kurt Johansson (SWE)	527		Sweden	2580
	Walther Fröstell (SWE)	527		Switzerland	2576
	Otto Horber (SUI)	524		Argentina	2520
300 m Army Rifle Fast shooting
	Otto Horber (SUI)	216		Switzerland	845
	Karl Zimmermann (SUI)	215		Sweden	816
	Lennart Eriksson (SWE)	215		Norway	797
50 and 100 m Rifle Prone position
	Odd Sannes (NOR)	592		Sweden	2346
	Erland Koch (SWE)	591		Norway	2345
	Onni Hynninen (FIN)	590		Great Britain	2333
50 m Rifle Prone position
	Willy Røgeberg (NOR)	399		Sweden	1981
	Jonas Jonsson (SWE)	398		Finland	1974
	Kurt Johansson (SWE)	398		Norway	1966
50 m Rifle Kneeling position
	Johan Hunæs (NOR)	388		Switzerland	1920
	Otto Horber (SUI)	388		Norway	1918
	Tore Skredegaard (NOR)	387		Sweden	1909
50 m Rifle Standing position
	Holger Erben (SWE)	377		Norway	1847
	Mauritz Amundsen (NOR)	373		Sweden	1838
	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR)	371		Finland	1833

Pistol events

Individual			Team
50 m Pistol
	Torsten Ullman (SWE)	545		Argentina	2666
	Oscar Bidegain (ARG)	539		Sweden	2653
	Karl Axel Wallen (SWE)	536		Switzerland	2631
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
	Carlos Enrique Diaz Saenz Valiente (ARG)	60 hits (570 points)		Italy	239 hits
	Constantin Mylonas (GRE)	60 hits (558 points)		Finland	237 hits
	Sven Lundquist (SWE)	60 hits (558 points)		Greece	236 hits
25 m Center-Fire Pistol
	Torsten Ullman (SWE)	1048		Finland	4079
	Mauri Kuokka (FIN)	1041		Sweden	4027
	N. J. Rodeheffer (USA)	1041		Great Britain	3928

Shotgun events

Individual			Team
Trap
	Hans Liljedahl (SWE)	285		Sweden	737
	Klas Kleberg (SWE)	276		Egypt	713
	Seifullah Ghaleb (EGY)	276		Finland	681
Skeet
	G. Kjellin (SWE)	95	No team competition
	Carl Palmstierna (SWE)	94
	E. W. Norman (SWE)	93
	K. Scheel (FIN)	93

Running target events

100 m Running Deer Single shot
	Per Olof Sköldberg (SWE)	203
	Yrjö Miettinen (FIN)	199
	Thorleif Kockgard (SWE)	198
100 m Running Deer Double shot
	Hans Åsnæs (NOR)	197
	Hans Liljedahl (SWE)	196
	Thorleif Kockgard (SWE)	194

References

• All WCH medallists (ISSF website)