# 300 m standard rifle

300 m standard rifle is one of the ISSF shooting events. It is similar to 300 metre rifle but there are more restrictions on the rifle (quite similar to those in 10 metre air rifle). The course of fire is a three positions program of 3x20 shots. This event is based in competitions with army-style rifles, and in this form dates back at least to the 19th century, although the early championships had a true army rifle event, using the model of the host country's choice. The standard rifle event as such was introduced in 1947.
300 metre standard rifle is also on the program of the CISM military world championships.

## Equipment

The rifle must satisfy dimensional, weight, and other requirements stipulated in the rulebook. Iron sights, rather than telescopic or other sights must be used, and muzzle brakes are not permitted. Trigger pull weight must be at least 1,500 grams, rifle weight may not exceed 5.5 kg, and barrel may not be longer than 762 mm. The calibre may not exceed 8 mm, although 6 mm BR is the most common. The same rifle must be used in all positions without any changes except adjustment of the butt plate, handstop or rear sight.

## World Championships, Men

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1947 | Stockholm | Kurt Johansson (SWE) | Walther Sigfrid Fröstell (SWE) | Otto Horber (SUI) |
| 1949 | Buenos Aires | Isac Holger Erben (SWE) | Walther Sigfrid Fröstell (SWE) | Harvey Dias Villela (BRA) |
| 1952 | Oslo | August Hollenstein (SUI) | Walther Sigfrid Fröstell (SWE) | Arthur Charles Jackson (USA) |
| 1954 | Caracas | Walther Sigfrid Fröstell (SWE) | Anders Helge Kvissberg (SWE) | Matallana J. (COL) |
| 1958 | Moscow | Anatoly Tilik (URS) | Moysey Itkis (URS) | Boris Pereberin (URS) |
| 1962 | Cairo | Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN) | Verle Franklin Jun. Wright (USA) | Andrey Jakonyuk (URS) |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | Ludwig Lustberg (URS) | Vladimir Konyakhin (URS) | Gary Anderson (USA) |
| 1970 | Phoenix | John Robert Foster (USA) | Vladimir Agishev (URS) | Valentin Kornev (URS) |
| 1974 | Thun | David Kimes (USA) | Lones Wigger (USA) | John Robert Foster (USA) |
| 1978 | Seoul | David Kimes (USA) | Yves Prouzet (FRA) | Malcolm Cooper (GBR) |
| 1982 | Caracas | Harald Stenvaag (NOR) | Lones Wigger (USA) | Vladimir Lvov (URS) |
| 1986 | Skövde | Malcolm Cooper (GBR) | Harald Stenvaag (NOR) | Mauri Roeppaenen (FIN) |
| 1990 | Moscow | Glenn Dubis (USA) | Norbert Sturny (SUI) | Malcolm Cooper (GBR) |
| 1994 | Tolmezzo | Jukka Salonen (FIN) | Milan Bakeš (CZE) | Harri Marjala (FIN) |
| 1998 | Zaragoza | Espen Berg-Knutsen (NOR) | Rudolf Krenn (GER) | Stephen Goff (USA) |
| 2002 | Lahti | Marcel Bürge (SUI) | Milan Mach (CZE) | Arild Roeyseth (NOR) |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Thomas Farnik (AUT) | Per Sandberg (SWE) | Vebjørn Berg (NOR) |
| 2010 | Munich | Josselin Henry (FRA) | Robert Markoja (SLO) | Vebjørn Berg (NOR) |
| 2014 | Granada | Cyril Graff (FRA) | Ole-Kristian Bryhn (NOR) | Marcel Bürge (SUI) |
| 2018 | Changwon | Aleksi Leppä (FIN) | Karl Olsson (SWE) | Odd Arne Brekne (NOR) |

## World Championships, Men's Team

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1947 | Stockholm | Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Fröstell Kurt Johansson Wickstroem T. | Switzerland Otto Horber Ernst Tellenbach Karl Zimmermann Emil Gruenig Robert Bürchler | Argentina Antonio Ando Juan Pablo de Marchi Pablo Cagnasso Casaza J. Antonio Ortiz |
| 1949 | Buenos Aires | Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Sven Dessle Walther Sigfrid Fröstell Kurt Johansson | Yugoslavia Pero Cestnik Jovan Kratohvil Milovan Mihorko Momir Markovic Stevo Prauhardt | Switzerland Robert Bürchler Emil Gruenig Otto Horber Werner Jakober Ernst Kramer |
| 1952 | Oslo | Switzerland Clavadetscher G. Robert Bürchler Emil Gruenig Otto Horber August Hollenstein | Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Fröstell Kurt Johansson Anders Helge Kvissberg | Norway Mauritz Amundsen Lars L. Ese [no] Halvor Kongsjorden Odd Sannes Thurmann-Nielsen O. |
| 1954 | Caracas | Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Fröstell Anders Helge Kvissberg Ohlsson O. | Yugoslavia Gradimir Boncic Josip Ćuk Bogdan Jez Zlatko Mašek Stevo Prauhardt | Finland Esa Einari Kervinen Jari Paelve Mikko Johannes Nordquist Jorma Tuomas Taitto Vilho Ilmari Ylönen |
| 1958 | Moscow | Soviet Union Moysey Itkis Iosif Meytin Anatoly Tilik Boris Pereberin Viktor Shamburkin | Yugoslavia Vladimir Grozdanović Kresimir Anic Dragoljub Milenkovic Miroslav Stojanović Miodrag Zivanovic | Finland Pauli Aapeli Janhonen Esa Einari Kervinen Parkkari K. Jorma Tuomas Taitto Vilho Ilmari Ylönen |
| 1962 | Cairo | Soviet Union Vasily Borisov Moysey Itkis Andrey Jakonyuk Eduard Jarosh | Norway Jon Istad Thormod Næs Olay Medaas Axel Marthinsen | Finland Pauli Aapeli Janhonen Esa Einari Kervinen Antti Rissanen Vilho Ilmari Ylönen |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | Soviet Union Eduard Jarosh Vladimir Konyakhin Yuri Kudryashov Ludwig Lustberg | Switzerland August Hollenstein Kurt Mueller Hans Simonet Erwin Vogt | United States of America Donald Adams Gary Anderson Martin Gunnarsson Bill Krilling |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Soviet Union Vladimir Agishev Viktor Avilov Valentin Kornev Yuri Kudryashov | United States of America Lanny Bassham John Robert Foster Bruce Meredith Lones Wigger | Poland Barnaba Fandier Eugeniusz Pędzisz Andrzej Sieledcow Andrzej Trajda |
| 1974 | Thun | United States of America David Boyd John Robert Foster David Kimes Lones Wigger | Soviet Union Vladimir Agishev Valentin Kornev Gennadi Lushikov Boris Melnik | Czechoslovakia Karel Bulan Petr Kovářík František Prokop Antonín Schwarz |
| 1978 | Seoul | United States of America Boyd Goldsby David Kimes Lones Wigger Webster Wright | Switzerland Kuno Bertschy Pierre-Alain Dufaux Walter Inderbitzin Robert Weilenmann | Finland Osmo Ala-Honkola Juhani Laakso Jaakko Minkkinen Mauri Roeppaenen |
| 1982 | Caracas | Switzerland Hans Braem Martin Billeter Kuno Bertschy Beat Carabin | Norway Tore Hartz Trond Kjøll Geir Skirbekk Harald Stenvaag | Soviet Union Victor Daniltchenko Vladimir Lvov Gennadi Lushikov Viktor Vlasov |
| 1986 | Skövde | Finland Kalle Leskinen Mauri Roeppaenen Ralf Westerlund | United States of America Glenn Dubis David Kimes Lones Wigger | Soviet Union Alexander Bulkin Alexander Mitrofanov Viktor Vlasov |
| 1990 | Moscow | United States of America Bradley Carnes Glenn Dubis Stephen Goff | Switzerland Heinz Braem Pierre-Alain Dufaux Norbert Sturny | Finland Kalle Leskinen Tapio Säynevirta Ralf Westerlund |
| 1994 | Tolmezzo | United States of America Glenn Dubis Robert Foth Webster Wright III | Finland Harri Marjala Tapio Säynevirta Jukka Salonen | Germany Christian Bauer Rudolf Krenn Bernd Ruecker |
| 1998 | Zaragoza | United States of America Robert Foth Stephen Goff Glenn Dubis | Switzerland Olivier Cottagnoud Norbert Sturny Beat Stadler | Finland Erkki Matilainen Jukka Salonen Tapio Säynevirta |
| 2002 | Lahti | Switzerland Marcel Bürge Daniel Burger Norbert Sturny | Czech Republic Milan Bakeš Milan Mach Lubos Opelka | United States of America Glenn Dubis Jason Parker Thomas Tamas |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Belarus Anatoli Klimenko Vitali Bubnovich Sergei Martynov | Norway Vebjørn Berg Hans Bakken Espen Berg-Knutsen | United States of America Stephen Goff Jason Parker Robert Harbison |
| 2010 | Munich | Switzerland Beat Müller Marcel Bürge Olivier Schaffter | Norway Vebjørn Berg Ole-Kristian Bryhn Stian Bogar | Slovenia Robert Markoja Rajmond Debevec Dusan Zisko |
| 2014 | Granada | Norway Odd Arne Brekne Kim Andre Lund Ole-Kristian Bryhn | Switzerland Marcel Bürge Claude-Alain Delley Olivier Schaffter | France Valérian Sauveplane Josselin Henry Cyril Graff |
| 2018 | Changwon | Norway Odd Arne Brekne Kim Andre Lund Ole-Kristian Bryhn | Republic of Korea Choi Young Jeon Lee Won-Gyu Cheon Min Ho | Switzerland Jan Lochbihler Gilles Vincent Dufaux Andrea Rossi |

## World Championships, total medals

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Sweden | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Norway | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Finland | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Czech Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Current world records

Current world records in 300 metre standard rifle :
| Men (ISSF) | Individual | 591 | Bernhard Pickl (AUT) | 25 September 2019 | Tolmezzo (ITA) |
| Men (ISSF) | Teams | 1765 | Norway (Wear, Lund, Claussen) | 24 September 2019 | Tolmezzo (ITA) |
| Men (CISM) | Individual | 590 | Steffen Olsen (DEN) Kim Andre Lund (NOR) | 31 May 2018 1 June 2018 | Thun (SUI) |
| Men (CISM) | Teams | 1752 | Norway (Lund, Brekne, Bryhn) | 31 May 2018 | Thun (SUI) |