1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships
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| 1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships | |
|---|---|
 The Finnish Vilho Ylönen, who won the silver medal in 300 m rifle prone. | |
| Dates | 25 - 26 August |
| Host city | Winterthur, Switzerland |
| Level | Senior |
| Events | 6 men (5 individual + 1 team) |
← - 1977 → | |
The 1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships was the 1st edition of the European 300 m Rifle Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.[1][2]
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletes | Pts | Athletes | Pts | Athletes | Pts | |
| 300 m rifle 3 positions |  Anatoly Bogdanov | 1145 | Mosey Itkish | 1141 |  Esa Kervinen | 1129 |
| 300 m rifle 3 positions, team | Soviet Union Anatoly Bogdanov Vasily Borisov Mosey Itkish Nikolay Sasulin | Finland Pauli Janhonen Esa Kervinen Jorma Taitto Vilho Ylönen |  SUIAugust Hollenstein Kurt Müller Ernst Schmid Erwin Vogt | |||
| 300 m rifle standard | Boris Pereberin | 542 | Mosey Itkish | 538 | Anatoly Tilik | 537 |
| 300 m rifle kneeling | Anatoly Bogdanov | 384 | Mosey Itkish | 383 |  Ole Hviid Jensen | 379 |
| 300 m rifle standing | Anatoly Bogdanov | 367 | Mosey Itkish | 365 | Pauli Janhonen | 365 |
| 300 m rifle prone | Anatoly Bogdanov | 394 | Vilho Ylönen | 394 | Mosey Itkish | 393 |
Medal table
Host country
| # | Country |  |  |  | Tot. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |