1961 World Shotgun and Running Target Championships

The 1961 World Shotgun and Running Target Championships were held in Oslo, Norway. While separate world championships in the shotgun events had become traditional, this was the first time the competition also included the 100 metre running deer events. These had been Norwegian specialties but were now dominated by the superpowers, leaving the host country without medals.

Medal count[]

  *   Host nation (Norway)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	3	0	5
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	3	7
3	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	0	1
5	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
7	Romania (ROM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		6	6	6	18

Results[]

Shotgun events[]

Individual
Trap
	Ennio Mattarelli (ITA)	296
	(USA)	296
	Ion Dumitrescu (ROU)	295
Skeet
	(VEN)	199
	Bernard Hartman (CAN)	198
	(URS)	197

Running target events[]

Individual			Team
100 metre running deer, single shot
	(USA)	226		Soviet Union	879
	(URS)	222		United States	877
	(URS)	221		Sweden	812
100 metre running deer, double shot
	John Foster (USA)	222		Soviet Union	861
	(URS)	219		United States	833
	(URS)	219		Sweden	812

References[]

• All WCH medallists (ISSF website)