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[edit]

Rank  | Country  |  |  |  | Total

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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[edit]

Individual | Team

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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[edit]

Individual | Team

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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[edit]

Individual | Team

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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[edit]

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

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