1959 European Shooting Championships

1959 European Shooting Championships
1959 European Shooting Championships
Dates	30 August - 6 September
Host city	Brescia and Milan, Italy
Level	Senior
Events	12 men + 2 women
	← 1957 1961 →

The 1959 European Shooting Championships was the 3rd edition of the global shooting competition, European Shooting Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.^[1]^[2]

Individual[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m rifle 3 positions	Klaus Zähringer West Germany	Moisei Itkis Soviet Union	Marat Nyýazow Soviet Union
25 m rapid fire pistol	Jiří Hrneček Czechoslovakia	Jan Wallén Sweden	Victor Nasonov Soviet Union
25 m center fire pistol	Vladimír Kudrna Czechoslovakia	Efim Haydurov Soviet Union	Josef Šváb Czechoslovakia
50 m pistol	Makhmud Umarov Soviet Union	Alexei Gustchin Soviet Union	Karel Mucha Czechoslovakia
50 m running target	Rune Flodman Sweden	Vladimir Linnikov Soviet Union	Vitali Romanenko Soviet Union
50 m free rifle kneeling	Ole Hviid Jensen Denmark	Marin Ferecatu Romania	Marat Nyýazow Soviet Union
50 m standard rifle	Eduard Jarosh Soviet Union	Klaus Zähringer West Germany	Vladimir Demidov Soviet Union
50 m free rifle standing	Bernd Klingner West Germany	Klaus Zähringer West Germany	Moisei Itkis Soviet Union
50 yd and 100 yd rifle prone	János Holup Hungary	Peter Kohnke West Germany	Jorma Taitto Finland
50 m free rifle prone	Ole Hviid Jensen Denmark	Otakar Hořínek Czechoslovakia	János Holup Hungary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m rifle prone	Zinaida Zelenkova Soviet Union	Elena Zaharchenko Soviet Union	Yelena Donskaya Soviet Union
50 m free rifle 3 positions	Elena Zaharchenko Soviet Union	Zinaida Zelenkova Soviet Union	Yelena Donskaya Soviet Union

v t e European Shooting Championships
All events	1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
Shotgun	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2014 2016 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2022 2023
10 m events	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022
25/50 m events	2022
Running target	1963 1969 1973 1975 1978 1981 1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 2013 2014 2019
300 m rifle	1959 1977 1981 1983 1985 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2022
Junior	1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 ~~2020~~
Deaf	1967 1972 1976 1980 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
List of medalists (shooting) List of medalists (shotgun)