1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships

1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships
1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships
	The Finnish Vilho Ylönen, who won the silver medal in 300 m rifle prone.
Dates	25 - 26 August
Host city	Winterthur, Switzerland
Level	Senior
Events	6 men (5 individual + 1 team)
	← - 1977 →

The 1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships was the 1st edition of the European 300 m Rifle Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.^[1]^[2]

Results edit

Event	Athletes	Pts	Athletes	Pts	Athletes	Pts
Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
300 m rifle 3 positions	Anatoly Bogdanov	1145	Mosey Itkish	1141	Esa Kervinen	1129
300 m rifle 3 positions, team	Soviet Union Anatoly Bogdanov Vasily Borisov Mosey Itkish Nikolay Sasulin		Finland Pauli Janhonen Esa Kervinen Jorma Taitto Vilho Ylönen		SUI August Hollenstein Kurt Müller Ernst Schmid Erwin Vogt
300 m rifle standard	Boris Pereberin	542	Mosey Itkish	538	Anatoly Tilik	537
300 m rifle kneeling	Anatoly Bogdanov	384	Mosey Itkish	383	Ole Hviid Jensen	379
300 m rifle standing	Anatoly Bogdanov	367	Mosey Itkish	365	Pauli Janhonen	365
300 m rifle prone	Anatoly Bogdanov	394	Vilho Ylönen	394	Mosey Itkish	393