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The 38th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Cairo, Egypt in 1962.
* Host nation (Egypt)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 22 | 11 | 4 | 37 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 7 | 13 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Africa (SAF) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Egypt (EGY)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 | |
| Individual | ||
|---|---|---|
| 50 metre rifle three positions (3×30) | ||
 | Kira Dolgoborodova (URS) | 864 |
 | Yelena Donskaya (URS) | 853 |
 | Renate Wischnewski (GDR) | 824 |
| 50 metre rifle prone | ||
| Yelena Donskaya (URS) | 586 |
| Marjorie Dunt (RSA) | 583 |
| Anneliese Goth (FRG) | 582 |
| Individual | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 metre pistol | |||||
| Vladimir Stolypin (URS) | 559 | | Soviet Union | 2187 |
| Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (JPN) | 557 | |  United States | 2169 |
| Ludwig Hemauer (SUI) | 550 | | Switzerland | 2151 |
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol | |||||
| Alexander Zabelin (URS) | 589 | | Soviet Union | 2333 |
| Igor Bakalov (URS) | 588 | | United States | 2327 |
| James Henderson McNally (USA) | 588 | | Italy | 2312 |
| 25 metre center-fire pistol | |||||
| Igor Bakalov (URS) | 590 | | Soviet Union | 2349 |
| Yevgeny Haydurov (URS) | 589 | | United States | 2341 |
| William Blankenship (USA) | 588 | | East Germany | 2314 |
| Individual | ||
|---|---|---|
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol | ||
| Sofia Tyagny (URS) | 583 |
| Naghezda Yulina (URS) | 579 |
| Gertrude Schernitzauer (USA) | 550 |
| Army pistol | ||
| Naghezda Yulina (URS) | 570 |
| Gail Liberty (USA) | 570 |
| Sofia Tyagny (URS) | 569 |
| Individual | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trap | |||||
| Vladimir Zimenko (URS) | 295 | | Soviet Union | 777 |
| Karni Singh (IND) | 295 | | East Germany | 768 |
| Joachim Marscheider (GDR) | 294 | | Egypt | 767 |
| Skeet | |||||
| Nikolay Durnev (URS) | 200 | | United States | 394 |
| Yury Tsuranov (URS) | 198 | | Soviet Union | 392 |
| Thomas Heffron (USA) | 197 | | Sweden | 386 |
| Individual | ||
|---|---|---|
| Trap | ||
| Valentina Gerasina (URS) | 87 |
| Charlotte Berkenkamp (USA) | 86 |
| Sheila Breckon (GBR) | 81 |
| Skeet | ||
| Mercedes Mata (VEN) | 99 |
| Marjorie Annan (USA) | 85 |
| Yelena Sebasova (URS) | 84 |
| Individual | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metre running deer, single shot | |||||
| Oleg Zakurenov (URS) | 229 | | Soviet Union | 879 |
| John Foster (USA) | 228 | | United States | 867 |
| Rune Flodmann (SWE) | 227 | | Sweden | 842 |
| 100 metre running deer, double shot | |||||
| Oleg Zakurenov (URS) | 223 | | Soviet Union | 880 |
| Iogan (Jogan) Nikitin (URS) | 223 | | United States | 859 |
| Willis Powell (USA) | 220 | | Finland | 811 |