ISSF World Championship in all events
Frequency: every four years, two years after the Olympic Games
Last edition: 51st ISSF World Championship in Granada (ESP) in 2014
Next edition: 52nd ISSF World Championship in Changwon (KOR) in 2018
ISSF Shotgun World Championship
Frequency: every two years, in the next year following the ISSF World Championships in all events and the Olympic Games
Last edition: ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Moscow (RUS) in 2017
Next edition: TBD
ISSF Running Target World Championships
Frequency: Every four years, in the year of the Olympic Games
Last edition: ISSF Running Target World Championship in Suhl (GER) in 2016
Next edition: TBD
Find out the medal winners of the ISSF World Championship in all its editions!
The ISSF World Championship in all events:
The ISSF Shotgun World Championship:
The ISSF Running Target World Championship:
EVENT | MEN | WOMEN | MEN JR |
WOMEN JR |
MIXED TEAM |
MIXED TEAM JR |
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RIFLE | ||||||
300m Rifle 3 Positions Men | X | |||||
300m Rifle Prone Men | X | |||||
300m Standard Rifle Men | X | |||||
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men | X | X | ||||
50m Rifle Prone Men | X | X | ||||
10m Air Rifle Men | X | X | ||||
300m Rifle 3 Positions Women | X | |||||
300m Rifle Prone Women | X | |||||
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women | X | X | ||||
50m Rifle Prone Women | X | X | ||||
10m Air Rifle Women | X | X | ||||
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team | X | X | ||||
PISTOL | ||||||
50m Pistol Men | X | X | ||||
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men | X | X | ||||
25m Center Fire Pistol Men | X | |||||
25m Standard Pistol Men | X | X | ||||
10m Air Pistol Men | X | X | ||||
25m Pistol Men | X | |||||
25m Pistol Women | X | X | ||||
10m Air Pistol Women | X | X | ||||
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team | X | X | ||||
SHOTGUN | ||||||
Trap Men | X | X | ||||
Double Trap Men | X | X | ||||
Skeet Men | X | X | ||||
Trap Women | X | X | ||||
Skeet Women | X | X | ||||
Trap Mixed Team | X | X | ||||
RUNNING TARGET | ||||||
50m Running Target Men | X | X | ||||
50m Running Target Mixed Men | X | X | ||||
10m Running Target Men | X | X | ||||
10m Running Target Mixed Men | X | X | ||||
10m Running Target Women | X | X | ||||
10m Running Target Mixed Women | X | X | ||||
TARGET SPRINT | ||||||
Target Sprint Men | X | X | ||||
Target Sprint Men Team | X | |||||
Target Sprint Women | X | X | ||||
Target Sprint Women Team | X | |||||
Target Sprint Mixed Team | X |
EVENT | MEN | WOMEN | MEN JR | WOMEN JR | MIXED TEAM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trap Men | X | X | |||
Double Trap Men | X | X | |||
Skeet Men | X | X | |||
Trap Women | X | X | |||
Skeet Women | X | X | |||
Trap Mixed Team | X | ||||
Skeet Mixed Team | X |
EVENT | MEN | WOMEN | MEN JUNIOR | WOMEN JUNIOR |
---|---|---|---|---|
50m Running Target Men | X | X | ||
50m Running Target Mixed Men | X | X | ||
10m Running Target Men | X | X | ||
10m Running Target Mixed Men | X | X | ||
10m Running Target Women | X | X | ||
10m Running Target Mixed Women | X | X |
Year | Location | Events |
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1897 | Lyon, FRA | 300m free rifle 3x40 |
1898 | Turin, ITA | 300m free rifle 3x40 |
1899 | Loosduinen, HOL | 300m free rifle 3x40 |
1900 | Paris, FRA | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1901 | Lucerne, SUI | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1902 | Rome, ITA | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1903 | Buenos Aires, ARG | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1904 | Lyon, FRA | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1905 | Brussels, BEL | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1906 | Milan, ITA | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1907 | Zurich, SUI | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1908 | Vienna, AUS | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1909 | Hamburg, GER | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1910 | Loosduinen, HOL | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol |
1911 | Rome, ITA | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle |
1912 | Biarritz, FRA | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle |
1913 | Camp Perry, USA | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle |
1914 | Viborg, DEN | 300m free rifle 3x40, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle |
Year | Location | Events |
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1921 | Lyon, FRA | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle |
1922 | Milan, ITA | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle |
1923 | Camp Perry, USA | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle |
1924 | Paris, FRA (Riems) | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle, 50m rifle women |
1925 | St. Gall | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle |
1927 | Rome, ITA | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle |
1928 | Loosduinen, HOL | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle, 50m rifle (test event) |
1929 | Stockholm, SWE | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle, 50m rifle |
1930 | Antwerp, BEL | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle, 50m rifle |
1931 | Lwow, POL | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle, 50m rifle |
1933 | Granada, ESP | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle, 50m rifle, 25m pistol (test) |
1935 | Rome, ITA | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle, 50m rifle, 25m pistol |
1937 | Helsinki, FIN | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle, 50m rifle, 25m pistol |
1939 | Lucerne, SUI | 300m free rifle, 50m free pistol, 300m army rifle, 50m rifle, 25m pistol |
No. | Year | Location | Notes |
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33 | 1947 | Stockholm, SWE | 50/100m rifle “English Match” event added. Service/center-fire 30+30 pistol event added. |
34 | 1949 | Buenos Aires, ARG | Army rifle position awards were deleted. 100m running deer events were added. |
35 | 1952 | Oslo, NOR | |
36 | 1954 | Caracas, VEN | |
37 | 1958 | Moscow, URS | Women’s 50m 3x30 and English Match 50m rifle events added. Women’s 25m small-bore pistol event added. Junior 50m rifle 3x30 and English Match events added. Men’s skeet event added. |
38 | 1962 | Cairo, UAR | The English Match became a 60-shot 50-meter event. Junior events were deleted. Women’s trap added. |
39 | 1966 | Wiesbaden, FRG | Air rifle event added. Men’s standard rifle event added. Women’s rifle events became 50-meter standard rifle, 3x20 and 60 prone events. 300m army rifle was changed to 300m standard rifle. 100m running deer was changed to 50m running boar. |
40 | 1970 | Phoenix, USA | Women’s air rifle event added. Women’s sport pistol and standard pistol events added. Air pistol men and women events added. |
41 | 1974 | Thun, SUI | Clay target events were organized in Berne, SUI Women’s standard pistol was deleted. |
42 | 1978 | Seoul, KOR | Men’s standard rifle event was deleted. |
No. | Year | Location | Notes |
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43 | 1982 | Caracas, VEN | Organized on the 1954 World Championship range. 300m rifle events were conducted for the first time on electronic targets. A 300m prone rifle event was added. |
44 | 1986 | Suhl, GDR | With no 300m ranges in the German Democratic Republic, 300m rifle events were organized by the Swedish shooting federation in Skövde, Sweden. |
45 | 1990 | Moscow, URS | Organized on the same range that hosted the 1958 World Championship and 1980 Olympic shooting. Double trap events were added. |
46 | 1994 | Milan, ITA | 300m rifle events were organized at Tolmezzo, Italy. Clay target events were conducted at Fagnano, Italy. Junior men’s and junior women’s events were included for the first time. |
47 | 1998 | Barcelona, ESP | 300m rifle events were conducted at Zaragoza, Spain. King Juan Carlos I presided at the Barcelona opening ceremony. |
48 | 2002 | Lahti, FIN | A temporary range was erected in the Lahti Sports Stadium for the 25m and 50m events. |
49 | 2006 | Zagreb, CRO | Existing and temporary ranges in Zagreb and the immediate area hosted all events. The President of the Republic of Croatia, Stepan Mesic, presided at the opening ceremony. |
50 | 2010 | Munich, GER | The 50th World Shooting Championship will be conducted on ranges that originally hosted the shooting events of the 1972 Olympic Games. |
51 | 2014 | Granada, ESP | The 51st World Shooting Championship in all events |
52 | 2018 | Changwon (KOR) | The 52nd ISSF World Championship in all events |
Year | Location | Events |
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1933 | Vienna, AUT | 1st World Trap Championship |
1934 | Budapest, HUN | Trap |
1935 | Brussels, BEL | Trap |
1936 | Berlin, GER | Trap |
1938 | Luhacovice, CZE | Trap |
1939 | Berlin, GER | Trap |
1950 | Madrid, ESP | Trap and Skeet |
1959 | Cairo, EGY | Trap and Skeet |
1961 | Oslo, NOR | Trap, Skeet and 100m Running Deer |
1965 | Santiago, CHI | Trap and Skeet |
1967 | Bologna & Pistoia, ITA | Trap M&W, Skeet M&W, 50m Running Boar |
1969 | San Sebastian, ESP | Trap M&W, Skeet M&W |
1969 | Sandviken, SWE | 100m Running Deer |
1971 | Bologna, ITA | Trap M&W, Skeet M&W |
1973 | Melbourne, AUS | Trap M&W, Skeet M&W, 50m Running Boar |
1975 | Munich, FRG | Trap M&W, Skeet M&W, 50m Running Boar |
1977 | Antibes, FRA | Trap M&W, Skeet M&W |
1979 | Montecatini, ITA | Trap M&W, Skeet M&W |
1979 | Linz, AUT | 50m Running Boar |
1981 | Tucumán & Buenos Aires (Mala), ARG | Trap M&W, Skeet M&W, 50m Running Boar |
1983 | Edmonton, CAN | Trap M&W, Skeet M&W, 50m Running Boar, 10m Running Target |
1985 | Montecatini, ITA | 13th World Skeet and Trap Championship |
1987 | Valencia, VEN | Trap M&W, Skeet M&W |
1989 | Montecatini, ITA | Trap M, W,MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
1991 | Perth, AUS | Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Double Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
1993 | Barcelona, ESP | Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Double Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
1995 | Nicosia, CYP | Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Double Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
1997 | Lima, PER | Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Double Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
1999 | Tampere, FIN | |
2001 | Cairo, EGY | Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Double Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
2003 | Nicosia, CYP | Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Double Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
2005 | Lonato, ITA | |
2007 | Nicosia, CYP | Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Double Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
2009 | Maribor, SLO | Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Double Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
2011 | Belgrade, SRB | Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Double Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
2013 | Lima, PER | Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Double Trap M, W, MJ, WJ; Skeet M, W, MJ, WJ |
2015 | Lonato (ITA) | Trap M MJ W WJ, Double Trap M MJ, Skeet M MJ W WJ |
2017 | Moscow (RUS) | First Trap Mixed Team world title is delivered |
Year | Location | Events |
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1979 | Seoul, KOR | 1st World Air Gun Championship Rifle, Pistol for Men Women |
1981 | Santo Domingo, DOM | 2nd World Air Gun Championship Rifle, Pistol and 10m Running Target |
1983 | Innsbruck, AUT | 3rd World Air Gun Championship Rifle, Pistol for Men and Women |
1985 | Mexico City, MEX | 4th World Air Gun Championship Rifle, Pistol for Men and Women |
1987 | Budapest, HUN | 5th World Air Gun Championship Rifle, Pistol for Men Women and Juniors; 10m Running Target Men |
1989 | Sarajevo, YUG | 6th World Air Gun Championship Rifle, Pistol for Men Women and Juniors; 10m Running Target Men |
1991 | Stavanger, NOR | 7th World Air Gun Championship Rifle, Pistol for Men and Women |
The histories of the events, which are conducted in the World Shooting Championship, prove to be very interesting. Over the years events were added, changed and some even removed. Prior to 1982 women competed in the open events, even after women’s only events were established. In 1982, the then "Open" events were re-established as "Men" only events, which meant the women, could only compete in the "Women’s" events. |