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

Men

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

Women

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

See also

• European Shooting Confederation
• International Shooting Sport Federation
• List of medalists at the European Shooting Championship

References

1. "Historical Results - European Championships". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
2. "Schießen - Europameisterschaften 1929-1959". sport-komplett.de. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

External links

• Official website
• European Champion Archive Results at Sport-komplett-de