The 2015 World Shotgun Championships were held from 9 to 18 September 2015 in Lonato, Italy. As in all odd-numbered years, separate ISSF World Shooting Championships were carried out in the trap, Double Trap and skeet events.
Date | Men, Junior Men | Women, Junior Women |
---|---|---|
11 September | Trap, day 1 | Trap |
12 September | Trap, day 2 | |
13 September | Skeet | |
14 September | Double Trap | |
15 September | ||
16 September | Skeet day 1 | |
17 September | Skeet, day 2 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
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