The 36th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1954.All World Championship medalists at the ISSF website It was the first time Venezuela hosted the competition (which it did again in 1982), and a new military shooting range had been constructed in the suburbs of Caracas for the event.Hap Rocketto, The Art of Shooting, p. 53
After their successful debut in the 1952 Summer Olympics, the Soviet Union now participated for the first time in the World Championships, and won 20 of the 30 gold medals. Rifle shooter Anatoli Bogdanov, the star of the 1952 shooting competitions in Helsinki, dominated once again with six individual and four team victories. He broke the world record in the 300 metre rifle three positions match with a margin of nine points., Sports Illustrated, November 19, 1956 In the shotgun events, the United States and Italy were still on top, but the shooting greatness of especially Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries had now diminished, shifting the tide eastward.
As in most other events, the Soviet team won the team championship in 25 metre center-fire pistol. The American marksman Arthur Jackson commented that the western shooters watched with a mixed sense of pity and relief as the Soviet team shot their archaic Nagant M1895 revolvers in the pre-event training. On the match day they revealed their practical joke and instead brought brand new American Smith & Wesson match revolvers, shooting the same kind of gun and ammunition as the individual champion, and winning three points ahead of the American team.Rocketto, p. 55
Medal count Rank Country Total 1 20 6 7 33 2 4 9 5 18 3 3 6 2 11 4 2 1 0 3 5 1 0 0 1 6 0 4 5 9 7 0 3 2 5 8 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 6 6 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Rifle events Individual Team 300 metre rifle three positions 1133 5607 1132 5505 1126 5491 300 metre rifle prone 391 No team competition 389 388 300 metre rifle kneeling 380 No team competition 379 378 300 metre rifle standing 366 No team competition 363 362 300 metre standard rifle 514 2471 513 2448 503 2437 50 metre rifle three positions 1174 5802 1172 5765 1167 5758 50+100 metre rifle prone 598 2373 596 2372 596 2370 50 metre rifle prone 399 1988 399 1986 399 1986 50 metre rifle kneeling 396 1958 393 1943 393 1921 50 metre rifle standing 380 1865 380 1850 379 1843
Pistol events Individual Team 50 metre pistol 553 2722 552 2706 552 2697 25 metre rapid fire pistol 584 2317 582 2292 581 2289 25 metre center-fire pistol 586 2319 585 2316 584 2263
Shotgun events Individual Team Trap 296 773 293 768 293 768 Skeet 148 No team competition 145 145
Running target events Individual Team 100 metre running deer, double shot 213 828 206 804 206 757 100 metre running deer, single shot 224 857 221 824 219 824
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