title: 1978 World Shooting Championships
text: # 1978 World Shooting Championships
  
  The 1978 World Shooting Championships was the 42nd edition of the global shooting competition World Shooting Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men individual
  
  | Year | Gold | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Athlete | Country | Pts | Athlete | Country | Pts | Athlete | Country | Pts |
  | 300 m rifle 3 positions | Lones Wigger | United States | 1160 | Juhani Laakso | Finland | 1155 | Kuno Bertschy | Switzerland | 1151 |
  | 300 m free rifle prone | Walter Inderbitzin | Switzerland | 399 | Lones Wigger | United States | 398 | Tore Hartz | Norway | 398 |
  | 300 m free rifle kneeling | Kuno Bertschy | Switzerland | 391 | Tore Hartz | Norway | 390 | Juhani Laakso | Finland | 389 |
  | 300 m free rifle standing | Malcolm Cooper | United Kingdom | 379 | Robert Cheyne | Canada | 376 | Lones Wigger | United States | 375 |
  | 300 m standard rifle | David Kimes | United States | 577 | Yves Prouzet | France | 574 | Malcolm Cooper | United Kingdom | 573 |
  | 50 m rifle 3 positions | Lanny Bassham | United States | 1165 | Malcolm Cooper | United Kingdom | 1159 | Ulrich Lind | West Germany | 1158 |
  | 50 m rifle prone | Alister Allan | United Kingdom | 599 | Lones Wigger | United States | 598 | Lanny Bassham | United States | 598 |
  | 50 m free rifle kneeling | John Churchill | United Kingdom | 390 | Charles Jermann | Switzerland | 390 | Barry Dagger | United Kingdom | 390 |
  | 50 m free rifle standing | Esbjörn Svensson | Sweden | 379 | Seo Jang-Woon | South Korea | 376 | Lanny Bassham | United States | 376 |
  | 10 m air rifle | Oswald Schlipf | West Germany | 390 | Barry Dagger | United Kingdom | 386 | Giuseppe Zuccoli | Italy | 385 |
  | 50 m pistol | Moritz Minder | Switzerland | 577 | Ragnar Skanåker | Sweden | 569 | Karl Westphalen | West Germany | 565 |
  | 25 m rapid fire pistol | Ove Gunnarsson | Sweden | 595 | Werner Beier | West Germany | 595 | Gerhard Petritsch | Austria | 594 |
  | 25 m center fire pistol | Seppo Mäkinen | Finland | 592 | Park Jong-Jil | South Korea | 588 | Seppo Saarenpää | Finland | 588 |
  | 25 m standard pistol | Ragnar Skanåker | Sweden | 583 | Seppo Saarenpää | Finland | 580 | Hannu Paavola | Finland | 577 |
  | 10 m air pistol | Paavo Palokangas | Finland | 391 | Seppo Saarenpää | Finland | 390 | Paulo Lamego | Brazil | 388 |
  | 50 m running target | Juha Rannikko | Finland | 572 | John Gough | United Kingdom | 570 | Carlos Silva Monterroso | Guatemala | 566 |
  | 50 m running target mixed | Giovanni Mezzani | Italy | 387 | Günther Danne | West Germany | 384 | Ezio Cini | Italy | 383 |
  | Trap | Eladio Vallduví | Spain | 198 | Silvano Basagni | Italy | 197 | Eli Ellis | Australia | 195 |
  | Skeet | Luciano Benetti | Italy | 197 | Firmo Emilio Roberti | Argentina | 193 | Romano Garagnani | Italy | 193 |
  
  ### Men team
  
  | Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Country | Pts | Country | Pts | Country | Pts |
  | 300 m rifle 3 positions | United States | 4577 | Switzerland | 4573 | Finland | 4573 |
  | 300 m free rifle prone | United States | 1575 | Finland | 1575 | Switzerland | 1574 |
  | 300 m free rifle kneeling | Switzerland | 1537 | United States | 1531 | Finland | 1526 |
  | 300 m free rifle standing | United States | 1473 | Switzerland | 1462 | Finland | 1452 |
  | 300 m standard rifle | United States | 2281 | Switzerland | 2258 | Finland | 2251 |
  | 50 m rifle 3 positions | United States | 4604 | West Germany | 4598 | Sweden | 4587 |
  | 50 m rifle prone | United States | 2379 | West Germany | 2378 | Switzerland | 2364 |
  | 50 m free rifle kneeling | United Kingdom | 1542 | West Germany | 1538 | Austria | 1536 |
  | 50 m free rifle standing | United States | 1486 | West Germany | 1481 | Sweden | 1476 |
  | 10 m air rifle | West Germany | 1531 | United States | 1511 | South Korea | 1510 |
  | 50 m pistol | Switzerland | 2203 | Japan | 2202 | West Germany | 2200 |
  | 25 m rapid fire pistol | West Germany | 2366 | Italy | 2353 | Sweden | 2353 |
  | 25 m center fire pistol | Finland | 2347 | Switzerland | 2343 | Sweden | 2334 |
  | 25 m standard pistol | Finland | 2297 | Italy | 2280 | Switzerland | 2276 |
  | 10 m air pistol | Finland | 1531 | Brazil | 1530 | Sweden | 1529 |
  | 50 m running target | West Germany | 1493 | United States | 1484 | Colombia | 1484 |
  | 50 m running target mixed | Italy | 1517 | West Germany | 1504 | Finland | 1498 |
  | Trap | United States | 580 | Japan | 576 | Spain | 576 |
  | Skeet | Italy | 578 | France | 571 | Sweden | 571 |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | # | Country | | | | Tot. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States | 18 | 9 | 6 | 33 |
  | 2 | Finland | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
  | 3 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
  | 4 | West Germany | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
  | 5 | Switzerland | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
  | 6 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
  | 7 | United Kingdom | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
  | 8 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 9 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 10 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | France | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
  | 12 | South Korea | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
  | 13 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 14 | Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 15 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 15 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 17 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 18 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 19 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 19 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | | TOTAL | 52 | 52 | 52 | 156 |
  