# 1962 ISSF World Shooting Championships

The 38th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Cairo, Egypt in 1962.

## Medal count

* Host nation (Egypt)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 22 | 11 | 4 | 37 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 7 | 13 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | South Africa (SAF) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Egypt (EGY)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |

## Rifle events
### Men

| Individual | Individual | Individual | Teams | Teams | Teams |
| 300 metre rifle three positions ||||||
| | Gary Anderson (USA) | 1138 | | Soviet Union | 4533 |
| | Vladimir Yevdokimov (URS) | 1138 | | United States | 4516 |
| | Tommy Pool (USA) | 1136 | | Switzerland | 4502 |
| 300 metre rifle prone ||||||
| | Gary Anderson (USA) | 395 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Hans Spillmann (SUI) | 394 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Kurt Johansson (SWE) | 393 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| 300 metre rifle kneeling ||||||
| | Erwin Vogt (SUI) | 385 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Kurt Müller (SUI) | 385 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Vladimir Yevdokimov (URS) | 384 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| 300 metre rifle standing ||||||
| | Tommy Pool (USA) | 368 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Jozsef Lacsny (HUN) | 364 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Daniel Puckel (USA) | 363 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| 300 metre standard rifle ||||||
| | Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN) | 537 | | Soviet Union | 2125 |
| | Verle Franklin Wright, Jr. (USA) | 537 | | Norway | 2086 |
| | Andrey Jakonyuk (URS) | 536 | | Finland | 2077 |
| 300 metre army rifle (30 fast shots) ||||||
| | Hans Schönenberger (SUI) | 6 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | August Hollenstein (SUI) | 5 | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| | Hans Simonet (SUI) | | No championship | No championship | No championship |
| 50 metre rifle three positions ||||||
| | Gary Anderson (USA) | 1157 | | Soviet Union | 4533 |
| | Marat Niyazov (URS) | 1147 | | United States | 4522 |
| | Erwin Vogt (SUI) | 1142 | | Switzerland | 4508 |
| 50 metre rifle prone ||||||
| | Karl Wenk (FRG) | 594 | | Sweden | 2355 |
| | Vladimir Chuian (URS) | 592 | | United States | 2354 |
| | James Hill (USA) | 592 | | West Germany | 2351 |
| 50 metre rifle kneeling ||||||
| | Karl Wenk (FRG) | 388 | | Soviet Union | 1533 |
| | Marat Niyazov (URS) | 387 | | West Germany | 1531 |
| | Ole Christian Hviid Jensen (DEN) | 387 | | United States | 1522 |
| 50 metre rifle standing ||||||
| | Gary Anderson (USA) | 376 | | United States | 1464 |
| | Erwin Vogt (SUI) | 367 | | Switzerland | 1442 |
| | Tommy Pool (USA) | 366 | | East Germany | 1428 |

### Women

Individual :
| 50 metre rifle three positions (3×30) |||
| | Kira Dolgoborodova (URS) | 864 |
| | Yelena Donskaya (URS) | 853 |
| | Renate Wischnewski (GDR) | 824 |
| 50 metre rifle prone |||
| | Yelena Donskaya (URS) | 586 |
| | Marjorie Dunt (RSA) | 583 |
| | Anneliese Goth (FRG) | 582 |

## Pistol events
### Men

| Individual | Individual | Individual | Teams | Teams |
| 50 metre pistol ||||||
| | Vladimir Stolypin (URS) | 559 | Soviet Union | 2187 |
| | Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (JPN) | 557 | United States | 2169 |
| | Ludwig Hemauer (SUI) | 550 | Switzerland | 2151 |
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol ||||||
| | Alexander Zabelin (URS) | 589 | Soviet Union | 2333 |
| | Igor Bakalov (URS) | 588 | United States | 2327 |
| | James Henderson McNally (USA) | 588 | Italy | 2312 |
| 25 metre center-fire pistol ||||||
| | Igor Bakalov (URS) | 590 | Soviet Union | 2349 |
| | Yevgeny Haydurov (URS) | 589 | United States | 2341 |
| | William Blankenship (USA) | 588 | East Germany | 2314 |

### Women

Individual :
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol |||
| | Sofia Tyagny (URS) | 583 |
| | Naghezda Yulina (URS) | 579 |
| | Gertrude Schernitzauer (USA) | 550 |
| Army pistol |||
| | Naghezda Yulina (URS) | 570 |
| | Gail Liberty (USA) | 570 |
| | Sofia Tyagny (URS) | 569 |

## Shotgun events
### Men

| Individual | Individual | Individual | Teams | Teams |
| Trap ||||||
| | Vladimir Zimenko (URS) | 295 | Soviet Union | 777 |
| | Karni Singh (IND) | 295 | East Germany | 768 |
| | Joachim Marscheider (GDR) | 294 | Egypt | 767 |
| Skeet ||||||
| | Nikolay Durnev (URS) | 200 | United States | 394 |
| | Yury Tsuranov (URS) | 198 | Soviet Union | 392 |
| | Thomas Heffron (USA) | 197 | Sweden | 386 |

### Women

Individual :
| Trap |||
| | Valentina Gerasina (URS) | 87 |
| | Charlotte Berkenkamp (USA) | 86 |
| | Sheila Breckon (GBR) | 81 |
| Skeet |||
| | Mercedes Mata (VEN) | 99 |
| | Marjorie Annan (USA) | 85 |
| | Yelena Sebasova (URS) | 84 |

## Running target events

| Individual | Individual | Individual | Teams | Teams |
| 100 metre running deer, single shot ||||||
| | Oleg Zakurenov (URS) | 229 | Soviet Union | 879 |
| | John Foster (USA) | 228 | United States | 867 |
| | Rune Flodmann (SWE) | 227 | Sweden | 842 |
| 100 metre running deer, double shot ||||||
| | Oleg Zakurenov (URS) | 223 | Soviet Union | 880 |
| | Iogan (Jogan) Nikitin (URS) | 223 | United States | 859 |
| | Willis Powell (USA) | 220 | Finland | 811 |