| 1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships | |
|---|---|
| The Finnish Vilho Ylönen, who won the silver medal in 300 m rifle prone. | |
| Dates | 25 - 26 August |
| Host city | Winterthur, Switzerland |
| Level | Senior |
| Events | 6 men (5 individual + 1 team) |
← - 1977 → | |
The 1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships was the 1st edition of the European 300 m Rifle Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletes | Pts | Athletes | Pts | Athletes | Pts | |
| 300 m rifle 3 positions | | 1145 | | 1141 | | 1129 |
| 300 m rifle 3 positions, team | Anatoly Bogdanov Vasily Borisov Mosey Itkish Nikolay Sasulin | Pauli Janhonen Esa Kervinen Jorma Taitto Vilho Ylönen | August Hollenstein Kurt Müller Ernst Schmid Erwin Vogt | |||
| 300 m rifle standard | | 542 | | 538 | | 537 |
| 300 m rifle kneeling | | 384 | | 383 | | 379 |
| 300 m rifle standing | | 367 | | 365 | | 365 |
| 300 m rifle prone | | 394 | | 394 | | 393 |
| # | Country | Tot. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |