1952 ISSF World Shooting Championships

The 35th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events held in Oslo, Norway, in 1952, only weeks before the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1] It was the only World Shooting Championship between 1912 and 2008 to be conducted in an Olympic year.

Rank	Country				Total
1	United States	8	3	7	18
2	Switzerland	7	6	4	17
3	Norway	6	4	4	14
4	Sweden	5	8	6	19
5	Finland	3	5	4	12
6	Argentina	1	0	2	3
7	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
11	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1

Individual			Team
300 m Rifle Three positions
	August Hollenstein (SUI)	1123		Switzerland	5540
	Jorma Taitto (FIN)	1121		Sweden	5489
	Robert Buerchler (SUI)	1121		Finland	5481
300 m Rifle Prone position
	Kullervo Leskinen (FIN)	392	No team competition
	Jorma Taitto (FIN)	391
	Robert Buerchler (SUI)	389
300 m Rifle Kneeling position
	Vilho Ylönen (FIN)	381	No team competition
	Robert Buerchler (SUI)	378
	Otto Horber (SUI)	378
300 m Rifle Standing position
	Isac Erben (SWE)	361	No team competition
	August Hollenstein (SUI)	359
	Jorma Taitto (FIN)	357
300 m Standard Rifle
	August Hollenstein (SUI)	530		Switzerland	2601
	Walther Fröstell (SWE)	528		Sweden	2591
	Arthur Jackson (USA)	527		Norway	2579
50 m Rifle Three positions
	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR)	1164		Switzerland	5781
	Robert Buerchler (SUI)	1162		Sweden	5737
	Johan Hunæs (NOR)	1160		Norway	5722
50 m Rifle Prone position (60 shots)
	Arthur Jackson (USA)	596		United States	2364
	Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA)	595		Norway	2360
	Sven Dessle (SWE)	594		Germany	2349
50 m Rifle Prone position (40 shots)
	Arthur Jackson (USA)	400		Switzerland	1984
	Uffe Schultz Larsen (DEN)	399		Norway	1979
	Arthur Edwin Cook (USA)	398		United States	1979
50 m Rifle Kneeling position
	Sven Halinoja (FIN)	393		Sweden	1937
	Johan Hunæs (NOR)	392		Switzerland	1934
	Emmett Swanson (USA)	392		Norway	1927
50 m Rifle Standing position
	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR)	382		Switzerland	1873
	Max Lenz (SUI)	378		Finland	1836
	August Hollenstein (SUI)	378		Sweden	1835

Individual			Team
50 m Pistol
	Torsten Ullman (SWE)	558		Sweden	2718
	Åke Lindblom (SWE)	555		Switzerland	2698
	Huelet Benner (USA)	555		Finland	2671
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
	Huelet Benner (USA)	582		United States	2304
	Penait Calcai (ROU)	581		Finland	2272
	Carlos Saenz Valiente (ARG)	581		Argentina	2264
25 m Center-Fire Pistol
	Harry Reeves (USA)	579		United States	2304
	Walter Walsh (USA)	576		Sweden	2234
	Huelet Benner (USA)	576		Mexico	2207

Individual			Team
Trap
	Pablo Grossi (ARG)	287		Sweden	754
	George Genereux (CAN)	286		Egypt	746
	Knut Holmqvist (SWE)	286		Italy	743
Skeet
	C. T. Edwinson (USA)	150	No team competition
	Cecil Jones (USA)	149
	Charles Michaelis (USA)	148

Individual			Team
100 m Running Deer Double Shot
	John Larsen (NOR)	206		Norway	759
	Bengt Austrin (SWE)	201		Finland	744
	Karl Bokman (SWE)	195		Sweden	722
100 m Running Deer Single Shot
	John Larsen (NOR)	210		Norway	805
	Rolf Bergersen (NOR)	209		Sweden	797
	Karl Bokman (SWE)	209		Finland	777

• All WCH medallists (ISSF website), which incorrectly gives 1950 as the year of this competition