1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships
# 1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships

The 1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships was the 1st edition of the European 300 m Rifle Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.

## Results

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athletes | Pts | Athletes | Pts | Athletes | Pts |
| 300 m rifle 3 positions | Anatoly Bogdanov | 1145 | Mosey Itkish | 1141 | Esa Kervinen | 1129 |
| 300 m rifle 3 positions, team | Soviet Union Anatoly Bogdanov Vasily Borisov Mosey Itkish Nikolay Sasulin | | Finland Pauli Janhonen Esa Kervinen Jorma Taitto Vilho Ylönen | | SUI August Hollenstein Kurt Müller Ernst Schmid Erwin Vogt | |
| 300 m rifle standard | Boris Pereberin | 542 | Mosey Itkish | 538 | Anatoly Tilik | 537 |
| 300 m rifle kneeling | Anatoly Bogdanov | 384 | Mosey Itkish | 383 | Ole Hviid Jensen | 379 |
| 300 m rifle standing | Anatoly Bogdanov | 367 | Mosey Itkish | 365 | Pauli Janhonen | 365 |
| 300 m rifle prone | Anatoly Bogdanov | 394 | Vilho Ylönen | 394 | Mosey Itkish | 393 |

## Medal table

| # | Country | | | | Tot. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
