The 35th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the
ISSF World Shooting Championships
The ISSF World Shooting Championships are governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. World Shooting Championships began in 1897, after the successful 1896 Summer Olympics, and although the ISSF was not founded until 1907, these early ...
in all
ISSF shooting events held in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
, in 1952, only weeks before the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
.
Farewell "Joe" Benner
, Military Marksmanship Association It was the only World Shooting Championship between 1912 and 2008 to be conducted in an Olympic year.
Medal count
Rifle events
Pistol events
Shotgun events
Running target events
References
External links
All WCH medallists
(ISSF website), which incorrectly gives 1950 as the year of this competition
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1952 in Norwegian sport
1950s in Oslo
International sports competitions in Oslo
Shooting competitions in Norway