# 1966 ISSF World Shooting Championships

The 39th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Wiesbaden, West Germany in 1966.

## Medal count

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 17 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 10 | 14 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG)* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | South Africa (SAF) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 |

## Rifle events
### Men

| Individual | Individual | Individual | Teams | Teams | Teams |
| 300 metre rifle three positions ||||||
| | Gary Anderson (USA) | 1156 | | United States | 4602 |
| | Alexander Gerasimenok (URS) | 1154 | | Soviet Union | 4573 |
| | John Foster (USA) | 1153 | | Switzerland | 4535 |
| 300 metre rifle prone ||||||
| | Kurt Johansson (SWE) | 398 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Magne Landroe (NOR) | 398 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Marat Niyazov (URS) | 397 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| 300 metre rifle kneeling ||||||
| | John Foster (USA) | 391 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Alexander Gerasimenok (URS) | 389 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Kurt Johansson (SWE) | 388 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| 300 metre rifle standing ||||||
| | Kurt Müller (SUI) | 375 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Gary Anderson (USA) | 375 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Alexander Gerasimenok (URS) | 370 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| 300 metre standard rifle ||||||
| | Ludwig Lustberg (URS) | 558 | | Soviet Union | 2185 |
| | Vladimir Konyakhin (URS) | 552 | | Switzerland | 2168 |
| | Gary Anderson (USA) | 550 | | United States | 2161 |
| 50 metre rifle three positions ||||||
| | Gary Anderson (USA) | 1155 | | United States | 4589 |
| | Marat Niyazov (URS) | 1150 | | Soviet Union | 4572 |
| | Henryk Górski (POL) | 1148 | | East Germany | 4555 |
| 50 metre rifle prone ||||||
| | David Boyd (USA) | 598 | | United States | 2376 |
| | Jerzy Nowicki (POL) | 596 | | Poland | 2371 |
| | Bill Krilling (USA) | 596 | | Soviet Union | 2364 |
| 50 metre rifle kneeling ||||||
| | Vladimir Konyakhin (URS) | 390 | | United States | 1542 |
| | Marat Niyazov (URS) | 389 | | Soviet Union | 1542 |
| | Michael Victor (RSA) | 389 | | Poland | 1537 |
| 50 metre rifle standing ||||||
| | Gary Anderson (USA) | 372 | | East Germany | 1467 |
| | Werner Lippoldt (GDR) | 371 | | Soviet Union | 1464 |
| | Hartmut Sommer (GDR) | 370 | | United States | 1460 |
| 50 metre standard rifle ||||||
| | Donald Adams (USA) | 567 | | United States | 2243 |
| | Gary Anderson (USA) | 565 | | Soviet Union | 2215 |
| | Hartmut Sommer (GDR) | 562 | | East Germany | 2215 |

### Women

| Individual | Individual | Individual | Teams | Teams | Teams |
| 50 metre rifle three positions ||||||
| | Margaret Thompson (USA) | 558 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Anneliese Goth (FRG) | 545 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Tatiana Ryabinskaya (URS) | 544 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| 50 metre rifle prone ||||||
| | Eulalia Zakrzewska (POL) | 591 | | Poland | 1747 |
| | Margaret Thompson (USA) | 589 | | United States | 1743 |
| | Ferenene Kun (HUN) | 585 | | Hungary | 1732 |

## Pistol events
### Men

| Individual | Individual | Individual | Teams | Teams |
| 50 metre pistol ||||||
| | Vladimir Stolypin (URS) | 556 | Soviet Union | 2203 |
| | Dentcho Todorov Denev (BUL) | 555 | Switzerland | 2186 |
| | Hynek Hromada (TCH) | 553 | Poland | 2183 |
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol ||||||
| | Virgil Atanasiu (ROU) | 596 | Soviet Union | 2354 |
| | Józef Zapędzki (POL) | 594 | Romania | 2354 |
| | Renart Suleimanov (URS) | 593 | East Germany | 2346 |
| 25 metre center-fire pistol ||||||
| | William Blankenship (USA) | 595 | United States | 2341 |
| | Lubomír Nácovský (TCH) | 589 | Soviet Union | 2340 |
| | Renart Suleimanov (URS) | 587 | Czechoslovakia | 2313 |

### Women

Individual :
| Nina Raskazova (URS) | 582 |
| Alexandra Sarina (URS) | 581 |
| Susan Swallow (GBR) | 575 |

## Shotgun events
### Men

| Individual | Individual | Individual | Teams | Teams |
| Trap ||||||
| | Ken Jones (USA) | 297 | United States | 768 |
| | Gheorghe Enache (ROU) | 292 | Romania | 764 |
| | Pavel Senichev (URS) | 292 | Soviet Union | 757 |
| Skeet ||||||
| | Jorge Jottar (CHI) | 197 | United States | 383 |
| | Hans Suppli (FRG) | 196 | Soviet Union | 381 |
| | Artur Rogowski (POL) | 195 | West Germany | 380 |

### Women

Individual :
| Trap |||
| | Elisabeth von Soden (FRG) | 95 |
| | Charlotte Berkenkamp (USA) | 90 |
| | Valentina Gerasina (URS) | 89 |
| Skeet |||
| | Claudia Smirnova (URS) | 91 |
| | Mercedes Garcia (VEN) | 88 |
| | Michele Valery (FRA) | 83 |

## Running target events

| Individual | Individual | Individual | Teams | Teams |
| 50 metre running target ||||||
| | Vladimir Veselov (URS) | 164 | Soviet Union | 637 |
| | Iogan Nikitin (URS) | 164 | United States | 604 |
| | John Kingeter (USA) | 161 | Sweden | 586 |