The 2024 IPSC Rifle World Shoot III was the third IPSC Rifle World Shoot and was held in Ruutikangas Shooting Center, Liminka, near Oulu, Finland between 4 and 9 August. The match consisted of 30 stages over six days, and over 600 competitors. Kyle Litzie (USA) won the largest division (Open). Eirik Larsen (NOR) won silver and Raine Peltokoski (FIN) bronze.
The match was the first large match for the Ruutikangas Shooting Center, a newly established, expansive shooting facility covering approximately 93 hectares, designed to accommodate various shooting disciplines.
Results Semi Auto Open The Semi Auto Open division had the largest match participation with 594 registered competitors.
Individual Overall Competitor PointsOverall Match Percent Gold Kyle Litzie 2297.3733100.00% Silver Eirik Larsen2272.7611 98.93% Bronze Raine Peltokoski2249.4110 97.91%
Lady Lady Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Lena Miculek1823.3128100.00%79.37% Silver Justine Williams1651.270390.56%71.88% Bronze Reetta Paavola1634.972489.67%71.17%
Lady Senior Lady Senior Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Pia Clerté1312.4072100.00%57.13% Silver Irene Canetta1271.990996.92%55.37% Bronze Elina Karhunen1222.071793.12%53.19%
Junior Junior Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Hugo Rinaldo1,472.1521100.00%64.08% Silver Samuel Ščepko1324.443789.97%57.65% Bronze Ukko Nikki1184.906480.49%51.58%
Senior Senior Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Raine Peltokoski2249.4110100.00%97.91% Silver Jarkko Laukia2070.666392.05%90.13% Bronze Kjetil Edvardsen1827.503181.24%79.55%
Super Senior S. Senior Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Linwood Jarrett1707.7201100.00%74.33% Silver Jerry Miculek1643.987196.27%71.56% Bronze Johan Hansen1552.554290.91%67.58%
Grand Senior G. Senior Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Massimo Corazzini1224.8805100.00%53.32% Silver Irving Stevenson1,157.180796.27%50.37% Bronze Peter Kressibucher1130.274290.91%49.20%
Semi Auto Standard The iron sighted Standard division had the second largest match participation with 130 registered competitors. Sami Hautamäki won Standard with a margin of almost 7 percent to Heikki Tikkanen, both from Finland. Kenneth Handberg from Norway took bronze with a score of 84.98%. Lady Senior and Grand Senior categories did not meet the minimum number of participants for recognition.
Individual Overall Competitor PointsOverall Match Percent Gold Sami Hautamäki2359.8125100.00% Silver Heikki Tikkanen2199.3362 93.20% Bronze Kenneth Handberg 2005.3613 84.98%
Lady Lady Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Lilian Telanne1679.8633100.00%71.19% Silver Reanna Kadic1508.590389.80%63.93% Bronze Candice Horner1403.758883.56%59.49%
Junior Junior Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Arig Naranbaatar1202.3768100.00%50.95% Silver Amir Naranbaatar1184.814898.54%50.21% Bronze Tsovoo Altangerel1118.970693.06%47.42%
Senior Senior Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Sami Hautamäki2359.8125100.00%100.00% Silver Ilkka Siitonen 1816.625576.98%76.98% Bronze Margus Riso1801.898076.36%76.36%
Super Senior S. Senior Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Sverre Idland1292.6506100.00%54.78% Silver Nils Lindbo1269.399498.20%53.79% Bronze Toomas Kutsar1115.826386.32%47.28%
Manual Action Bolt Manual Action Bolt was the smallest division with only 21 competitors that was recognized under the current IPSC Rules As this division only had to fire half of the rounds of the semi auto divisions the maximum number of points available is only half of the semi auto divisions. All categories except Senior did not meet the minimum number of participants.
Individual Overall Competitor PointsOverall Match Percent Gold Dashdemberel Sodnomjamts1183.3329100.00% Silver Håvar Hommelsgård1097.7895 92.77% Bronze Esa Laine1069.5838 90.39%
Senior Senior Competitor PointsCategory Match PercentOverall Match Percent Gold Esa Laine1069.5838100.00%90.39% Silver Dan Liljeström978.562491.49%82.70% Bronze Ioannis Kouletsis811.670175.89%68.59%
Manual Action Contemporary Manual Action Contemporary division missed IPSC recognition as it had only 11 competitors instead of the required minimum of 20. Therefore, no official world champion titles were issued this time.
Individual Overall Competitor PointsOverall Match Percent1st James Taylor 2174.6520100.00%2nd Paolo Zambai2161.2885 99.39%3rd Robert Josipovic1988.0443 91.42% See also IPSC Rifle World Shoots IPSC Shotgun World Shoot IPSC Handgun World Shoots IPSC Action Air World Shoot
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