The 1978 World Shooting Championships, which was organized by the International Shooting Sport Federation (the governing body of the Olympic Shooting events and of several non-Olympic Shooting sport events), was canceled due to severe weather conditions at that time.
The 1978 World Shooting Championships was the 42nd edition of the global shooting competition World Shooting Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation. The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of the Olympic Shooting events in rifle, pistol and shotgun (clay target) disciplines, and of several non-Olympic Shooting sport events. United States 33 
