50 metre rifle prone 

Statements about this table:
1974 be the last year the world championship be hold in thun
manfred fiess (rsa) play in the world championships in phoenix and win a gold
matthew emmons ( usa ) , win gold when the world championship be hold in phoenix
year
place
gold
silver
bronze
1962
cairo
karl wenk ( frg )
vladimir chuian ( urs )
james enoch hill ( usa )
1966
wiesbaden
david boyd ( usa )
jerzy nowicki ( pol )
bill krilling ( usa )
1970
phoenix
manfred fiess ( rsa )
esa einari kervinen ( fin )
klaus zaehringer ( frg )
1974
thun
karel bulan ( tch )
helge edvin anshushaug ( nor )
wolfram waibel sr ( aut )
year
place
gold
silver
bronze
1978
seoul
alister allan ( gbr )
lones wigger ( usa )
lanny bassham ( usa )
1982
caracas
victor daniltchenko ( urs )
william beard ( usa )
viktor vlasov ( urs )
1986
suhl
sandor bereczky ( hun )
gale stewart ( can )
michael heine ( frg )
1990
moscow
viatcheslav botchkarev ( urs )
harald stenvaag ( nor )
tadeusz czerwinski ( pol )
year
place
gold
silver
bronze
1994
milan
wenjie li ( chn )
stevan pletikosic ( iop )
michel bury ( fra )
1998
barcelona
thomas tamas ( usa )
juha hirvi ( fin )
sergei kovalenko ( rus )
2002
lahti
matthew emmons ( usa )
rajmond debevec ( slo )
espen berg - knutsen ( nor )
2006
zagreb
sergei martynov ( blr )
jury sukhorukov ( ukr )
marco de nicolo ( ita )