1959 European Shooting Championships

The 1959 European Shooting Championships was the 3rd edition of the global shooting competition, European Shooting Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.^[1][2]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m rifle 3 positions	Klaus Zähringer  West Germany	Moisei Itkis  Soviet Union	Marat Nyýazow  Soviet Union
25 m rapid fire pistol	Jiří Hrneček  Czechoslovakia	Jan Wallén  Sweden	Victor Nasonov  Soviet Union
25 m center fire pistol	Vladimír Kudrna  Czechoslovakia	Efim Haydurov  Soviet Union	Josef Šváb  Czechoslovakia
50 m pistol	Makhmud Umarov  Soviet Union	Alexei Gustchin  Soviet Union	Karel Mucha  Czechoslovakia
50 m running target	Rune Flodman  Sweden	Vladimir Linnikov  Soviet Union	Vitali Romanenko  Soviet Union
50 m free rifle kneeling	Ole Hviid Jensen  Denmark	Marin Ferecatu  Romania	Marat Nyýazow  Soviet Union
50 m standard rifle	Eduard Jarosh  Soviet Union	Klaus Zähringer  West Germany	Vladimir Demidov  Soviet Union
50 m free rifle standing	Bernd Klingner  West Germany	Klaus Zähringer  West Germany	Moisei Itkis  Soviet Union
50 yd and 100 yd rifle prone	János Holup  Hungary	Peter Kohnke  West Germany	Jorma Taitto  Finland
50 m free rifle prone	Ole Hviid Jensen  Denmark	Otakar Hořínek  Czechoslovakia	János Holup  Hungary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m rifle prone	Zinaida Zelenkova  Soviet Union	Elena Zaharchenko  Soviet Union	Yelena Donskaya  Soviet Union
50 m free rifle 3 positions	Elena Zaharchenko  Soviet Union	Zinaida Zelenkova  Soviet Union	Yelena Donskaya  Soviet Union

• European Shooting Confederation
• International Shooting Sport Federation
• List of medalists at the European Shooting Championship

• Official website
• European Champion Archive Results at Sport-komplett-de