The 37th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Moscow, Russia, the Soviet Union in 1958. For the first time ever, specific women's and junior events (50 metre rifle three positions and 50+100 metre rifle prone) were included.
Medal count edit
* Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS)* | 24 | 12 | 4 | 40 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 |  Finland (FIN) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 |  Romania (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 |  Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | |
Rifle events edit
Men edit
| Individual | Teams | Juniors | Junior teams
| ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 metre rifle three positions | |||||||||||
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Vilho Ylönen (FIN) |
1136 | |
Soviet Union |
5575 | No championship | No championship | ||||
 |
Daniel Puckel (USA) |
1132 | |
Finland |
5554 | ||||||
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Esa Kervinen (FIN) |
1129 | |
Hungary |
5533
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| 300 metre rifle prone | |||||||||||
| |
Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA) |
389 | No championship | No championship | No championship | ||||||
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Vilho Ylönen (FIN) |
389 | |||||||||
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Daniel Puckel (USA) |
389
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| 300 metre rifle kneeling | |||||||||||
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Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA) |
385 | No championship | No championship | No championship | ||||||
| |
Daniel Puckel (USA) |
384 | |||||||||
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Esa Kervinen (FIN) |
382
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| 300 metre rifle standing | |||||||||||
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Constantin Antonescu (ROU) |
367 | No championship | No championship | No championship | ||||||
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Vilho Ylönen (FIN) |
365 | |||||||||
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Hans Werner Harbeck (GER) |
363
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| 300 metre standard rifle | |||||||||||
| |
Anatoly Tilik (URS) |
555 | |
Soviet Union |
2737 | No championship | No championship | ||||
| |
Moysey Itkis (URS) |
552 | |
Yugoslavia |
2641 | ||||||
| |
Boris Pereberin (URS) |
547 | |
Finland |
2626
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| 300 metre army rifle (Soviet rifle) | |||||||||||
| |
Ivan Novozhilov (URS) |
189 | |
Soviet Union |
723 | No championship | No championship | ||||
| |
Ladislav Cerveny (TCH) |
186 | |
Czechoslovakia |
675 | ||||||
| |
Anatoly Pehtyerev (URS) |
181 | |
North Korea |
633
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| 50+100 metre rifle prone | |||||||||||
| |
Jussi Nordquist (FIN) |
593 | |
Soviet Union |
2333 | |
Marin Ferecatu (ROU) |
588 | No championship | ||
| |
Velitchko Hristov (BUL) |
590 | |
Finland |
2326 | |
Imre Aron (ROU) |
586 | |||
| |
David Parish (GBR) |
588 | |
Great Britain |
2326 | |
Moroslav Stojanovic (YUG) |
584
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| 50 metre rifle three positions | |||||||||||
| |
Viktor Shamburkin (URS) |
1148 | |
Soviet Union |
5715 | No championship | |
Soviet Union |
2527 | ||
| |
Marat Niyazov (URS) |
1147 | |
Germany |
5632 | |
Germany |
2513 | |||
| |
Moysey Itkis (URS) |
1147 | |
United States |
5624 | |
Yugoslavia |
2511
| |||
| 50 metre rifle prone | |||||||||||
| |
Nigel Oakley (GBR) |
396 | |
Great Britain |
1959 | No championship | No championship | ||||
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Vladimir Lukyanchuk (URS) |
395 | |
Romania |
1959 | ||||||
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Gordon Taras (USA) |
394 | |
Soviet Union |
1953
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| 50 metre rifle kneeling | |||||||||||
| |
Vilho Ylönen (FIN) |
391 | |
Soviet Union |
1922 | No championship | No championship | ||||
| |
Marat Niyazov (URS) |
390 | |
United States |
1908 | ||||||
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F. J. F. Lafortune (BEL) |
389 | |
Czechoslovakia |
1900
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| 50 metre rifle standing | |||||||||||
| |
Moysey Itkis (URS) |
374 | |
Soviet Union |
1835 | No championship | No championship | ||||
| |
Viktor Shamburkin (URS) |
373 | |
Hungary |
1798 | ||||||
| |
Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA) |
370 | |
Finland |
1792
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Women edit
| Individual
| ||
|---|---|---|
| 50+100 metre rifle prone | ||
| |
Yelena Donskaya (URS) |
588 |
| |
Rimma Zelenko (URS) |
586 |
| |
Iudit Moscu (ROU) |
583
|
| 50 metre rifle three positions | ||
| |
Tamara Lomova (URS) |
851 |
| |
Yelena Donskaya (URS) |
841 |
| |
Magda Fedor (HUN) |
841
|
Pistol events edit
| Individual | Teams
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 metre pistol | |||||
| |
Makhmud Umarov (URS) |
565 | |
Soviet Union |
2776 |
| |
Aleksey Gushchin (URS) |
563 | |
United States |
2727 |
| |
Nelson Lincoln (USA) |
556 | |
Czechoslovakia |
2721
|
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol | |||||
| |
Aleksandr Kropotin (URS) |
592 | |
Soviet Union |
2361 |
| |
Alexander Zabelin (URS) |
592 | |
United States |
2319 |
| |
Ştefan Petrescu (ROU) |
589 | |
Hungary |
2317
|
| 25 metre center-fire pistol | |||||
| |
William McMillan (USA) |
586 | |
Czechoslovakia |
2326 |
| |
Vladimír Kudrna (TCH) |
586 | |
Soviet Union |
2320 |
| |
Károly Takács (HUN) |
585 | |
United States |
2317
|
Shotgun events edit
| Individual | Teams
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trap | |||||
| |
Francis Eisenlauer (USA) |
289 | |
Soviet Union |
763 |
| |
Galliano Rossini (ITA) |
288 | |
Italy |
763 |
| |
Edoardo Casciano (ITA) |
288 | |
United States |
741
|
| Skeet | |||||
| |
Arkagiy Kaplun (URS) |
196 | |
Soviet Union |
382 |
| |
Nikolai Durnev (URS) |
194 | |
Venezuela |
377 |
| |
Juan Garcia (VEN) |
194 | |
Romania |
377
|
Running target events edit
| Individual | Teams
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metre running deer, double shot | |||||
| |
Joseph Deckert (USA) |
223 | |
Soviet Union |
856 |
| |
Rune Flodmann (SWE) |
221 | |
United States |
855 |
| |
Harry Lucker (USA) |
219 | |
Sweden |
849
|
| 100 metre running deer, single shot | |||||
| |
Iogan (Jogan) Nikitin (URS) |
234 | |
Soviet Union |
900 |
| |
Vitali Romanenko (URS) |
226 | |
United States |
882 |
| |
James Davis (USA) |
225 | |
Sweden |
854
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