1947 ISSF World Shooting Championships
# 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 |
| 7 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Rifle events

| Individual | Individual | Individual | Team | Team | 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 | No team competition | No team competition |
| | Kurt Johansson (SWE) | 388 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |
| | Otto Horber (SUI) | 388 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |
| 300 m Rifle Kneeling position ||||||
| | Walther Fröstell (SWE) | 375 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |
| | Kurt Johansson (SWE) | 375 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |
| | Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN) | 374 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |
| 300 m Rifle Standing position ||||||
| | Pablo Cagnasso (ARG) | 363 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |
| | Olavi Elo (FIN) | 357 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |
| | Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN) | 356 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |
| 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 | Individual | Individual | Team | 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 | Individual | Individual | Team | Team | 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 | No team competition | No team competition |
| | Carl Palmstierna (SWE) | 94 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |
| | E. W. Norman (SWE) | 93 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |
| | K. Scheel (FIN) | 93 | No team competition | No team competition | No team competition |

## 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 |
