In the men's event, athletes must complete the course of fire within a single time block of 2 hours, 45 minutes. The Women's 3x20 event had a time limit of 1 hour, 45 minutes. These time limits are applicable to matches conducted using electronic targets; longer times are used if the slower manual scoring system is used. Until 2018, women's rifles were limited to {{convert|6.5|kg|lb}}, as opposed to {{convert|8.0|kg|lb}} for men. This was the only remaining difference between men's and women's equipment after the switch from standard rifles to sport rifles. In January 2018 with the women's event extended to a 3x40 match, the {{convert|6.5|kg|lb}} limit was abolished, with Women permitted to use rifles up to {{convert|8.0|kg|lb}}.[2] This rendered the men's and women's events identical in both number of shots and equipment permitted.
In major competitions, including World Cups and World Championships, the top eight competitors reach a finals match, where the medal positions are decided. Beginning in 2013, a new finals format was instituted, in which the qualification score is discarded, and the standings among the top eight shooters are determined by their finals scores alone. The course of fire was also changed significantly with the new rules, from the previous 10-shot program in only the standing position, into a 45-shot elimination format in all three positions. Starting with the 10th shot of the final, standing stage, the lowest ranking shooter is eliminated every shot, until the gold and silver medalists are determined among the final two survivors.
Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 1949 | ARG}} Buenos Aires | FIN}} Finland Olavi Elo Pauli Aapeli Janhonen Kullervo Leskinen Toivo Maenttaeri Vilho Ilmari Yloenen | SWE}} Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Frostell Kurt Johansson Jonas Jonsson | NOR}} Norway Mauritz Amundsen Johan Hunaes Erling Asbjoern Kongshaug Willy Roegeberg Tore Skredegaard |
1952 | NOR}} Oslo | SUI}} Switzerland Robert Buerchler Ernst Huber Otto Horber Auguste Hollenstein Schmid E. | SWE}} Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Frostell Kurt Johansson Lindquist T. | NOR}} Norway Mauritz Amundsen Johan Hunaes Erling Asbjoern Kongshaug Halvar Kongsjorden Tore Skredegaard |
1954 | VEN}} Caracas | URS}} Soviet Union Anatoli Bogdanov Vassily Borisov Moysey Itkis Grigori Kupko Boris Pereberin | SWE}} Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Frostell Anders Helge Kvissberg Sundberg O. | NOR}} Norway Mauritz Amundsen Iver Aas Anker Hagen Erling Asbjoern Kongshaug Tore Skredegaard |
1958 | URS}} Moscow | URS}} Soviet Union Vassily Borisov Moysey Itkis Yuri Kudryashov Marat Niyazov Victor Shamburkin | FRG}} West Germany Hans Werner Harbeck Peter Kohnke Bernd Klingner Helmut Schlenker Rudolf Sigl | USA}} United States James Carter Herr J. Daniel Bruce Puckel Gordon Taras Verle Franklin Jun. Wright |
1962 | Egypt}} Cairo | URS}} Soviet Union Vladimir Chuian Vassily Borisov Moysey Itkis Marat Niyazov | USA}} United States Gary Anderson Tommy Pool Daniel Bruce Puckel Verle Franklin Jun. Wright | SUI}} Switzerland Auguste Hollenstein Kurt Mueller Hans Rudolf Spillmann Erwin Vogt |
1966 | FRG}} Wiesbaden | USA}} United States Gary Anderson Tommy Pool Margaret Thompson Lones Wigger | URS}} Soviet Union Alexander Gerasimenok Valentin Kornev Vladimir Konyakhin Marat Niyazov | GDR}} East Germany Werner Lippoldt Guenter Lange Dieter Munzert Hartmut Sommer |
1970 | USA}} Phoenix | URS}} Soviet Union Vladimir Agishev Oleg Lapkin Vitali Parkhimovitch Sergei Yermilov | USA}} United States David Boyd John Robert Foster John Writer Lones Wigger | FRG}} West Germany Peter Kohnke Bernd Klingner Gottfried Kustermann Klaus Zaehringer |
1974 | SUI}} Thun | USA}} United States Lanny Bassham Margaret Murdock Lones Wigger John Writer | URS}} Soviet Union Anatoli Bulgakov Gennadi Lushikov Alexander Mitrofanov Vitali Parkhimovitch | FRG}} West Germany Bernd Klingner Gottfried Kustermann Wolfgang Ruehle Klaus Zaehringer |
1978 | KOR}} Seoul | USA}} United States Lanny Bassham Edward Etzel Rod Fitz-Randolph Lones Wigger | FRG}} West Germany Gottfried Kustermann Ulrich Lind Werner Seibold Karlheinz Smieszek | SWE}} Sweden Sven Johansson Carl-Erik Oeberg Esbjoern Svensson Stefan Thynell |
1982 | VEN}} Caracas | URS}} Soviet Union Kirill Ivanov Vladimir Lvov Alexander Mitrofanov Viktor Vlasov | GBR}} Great Britain Alister Allan Malcolm Cooper Barry Dagger John Davis | NOR}} Norway Arnt-Olav Haugland Terje Melbye-Hansen Harald Stenvaag Geir Skirbekk |
1986 | GDR}} Suhl | TCH}} Czechoslovakia Milan Bakes Petr Kurka Pavel Soukenik | URS}} Soviet Union Kirill Ivanov Hrachya Petikyan Viktor Vlasov | FRA}} France Jean-Pierre Amat Pascal Bessy Michel Bury |
1990 | URS}} Moscow | URS}} Soviet Union Viatcheslav Botchkarev Kirill Ivanov Hrachya Petikyan | TCH}} Czechoslovakia Milan Bakes Petr Kurka Miroslav Varga | YUG}} Yugoslavia Rajmond Debevec Nemanja Mirosavljev Goran Maksimovic |
1994 | ITA}} Milan | FRA}} France Jean-Pierre Amat Michel Bury Roger Chassat | UKR}} Ukraine Artur Ayvazyan Oleg Dementyev Oleg Mikhailov | CZE}} Czech Republic Milan Bakes Vaclav Becvar Petr Kurka |
1998 | ESP}} Barcelona | UKR}} Ukraine Artur Ayvazyan Oleg Mikhailov Jury Sukhorukov | FRA}} France Pascal Bessy Jean-Pierre Amat Roger Chassat | RUS}} Russia Alexander Koudelin Artem Khadjibekov Sergei Kovalenko |
2002 | FIN}} Lahti | RUS}} Russia Artem Khadjibekov Viatcheslav Botchkarev Konstantin Prikhodtchenko | USA}} United States Michael Anti Matthew Emmons Glenn Dubis | UKR}} Ukraine Jury Sukhorukov Oleg Mikhailov Artur Ayvazyan |
2006 | CRO}} Zagreb | RUS}} Russia Artem Khadjibekov Sergei Kovalenko Viatcheslav Botchkarev | AUT}} Austria Thomas Farnik Mario Knoegler Christian Planer | USA}} United States Matthew Emmons Jason Parker Michael Mcphail |
2018 | KOR}} Changwon | RUS}} Russia Nazar Louginets Vladimir Maslennikov Sergey Kamenskiy | CHN}} China Haoran Yang Zicheng Hui Yuncong Yao | BLR}} Belarus Yury Shcherbatsevich Vitali Bubnovich Illia Charheika |
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Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 1970 | USA}} Phoenix | USA}} United States Tammie Foster Margaret Murdock Diana Timberlake | URS}} Soviet Union Lucia Fagereva Tatiana Ratnikova Elena Zaharchenko | GDR}} East Germany Gudrun Mehlan Marga Nabel Gabriele Riedel |
1974 | SUI}} Thun | URS}} Soviet Union Kira Boiko Tatiana Ratnikova Baiba Zarina | BUL}} Bulgaria Poliksena Kancheva Anka Pelova Nonka Shatarova | FRG}} West Germany Elke Becker Elisabeth Bals Elisabeth Boehmer |
1978 | KOR}} Seoul | USA}} United States Becky Braun Karen Monez Wanda Oliver | SWE}} Sweden Anita Enqvist Christina Gustafsson Margareta Gustafsson | FRA}} France Yvette Courault Dominique Esnault Elisabeth Lesou |
1982 | VEN}} Caracas | URS}} Soviet Union Svetlana Komaristova Lessia Leskiv Anna Malakhova | GDR}} East Germany Gilda Gorzkulla Marlies Helbig Marlies Moch | USA}} United States Mary Godlove Karen Monez Gloria Parmentier |
1986 | GDR}} Suhl | BUL}} Bulgaria Valentina Lazarova Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova | GDR}} East Germany Angela Berger Sabine Toth Kathrin Starkloff | USA}} United States Wanda Jewell Pat Spurgin Deena Wigger |
1990 | URS}} Moscow | BUL}} Bulgaria Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova Anitza Valkova | USA}} United States Launi Meili Kristen Peterson Deena Wigger | URS}} Soviet Union Valentina Cherkasova Lessia Leskiv Iryna Shylava |
1994 | ITA}} Milan | GER}} Germany Petra Horneber Kirsten Obel Wera Stamm | RUS}} Russia Valentina Cherkasova Irina Gerasimenok Anna Maloukhina | CHN}} China Muhua Chen Qiuping Zhang Danhong Zhou |
1998 | ESP}} Barcelona | CHN}} China Hong Shan Xian Wang Yimin Xu | USA}} United States Elizabeth Bourland Jayme Dickman Wanda Jewell | BUL}} Bulgaria Ani Ivanova Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova |
2002 | FIN}} Lahti | UKR}} Ukraine Olena Davydova Natallia Kalnysh Lessia Leskiv | GER}} Germany Petra Horneber Sonja Pfeilschifter Martina Prekel | RUS}} Russia Tatiana Goldobina Lioubov Galkina Marina Bobkova |
2006 | CRO}} Zagreb | RUS}} Russia Lioubov Galkina Tatiana Goldobina Alena Nizkoshapskaia | GER}} Germany Barbara Lechner Claudia Keck Sonja Pfeilschifter | CHN}} China Bo Liu Liuxi Wu Jieyi Tang |
2018 | KOR}} Changwon | GER}} Germany Isabella Straub Jolyn Beer Jaqueline Orth | DEN}} Denmark Rikke Maeng Ibsen Stine Nielsen Stephanie Laura Scurrah Grundsoee | RUS}} Russia Yulia Karimova Polina Khorosheva Yulia Zykova |
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1. ^{{cite web |title=ISSF Rules Changes for 2018-2020 approved |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=2955 |website=ISSF Sport |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |accessdate=11 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044454/https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=2955 |archivedate=8 September 2018 |date=18 December 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=Corrections for ISSF Rules Edition 2017, Second Print V1.1 01/2018 |url=http://www.issf-sports.info/Changes_2017_ISSF_Rulebook_2ndPrint_V1.1_20180209.pdf |website=ISSF Sports |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |accessdate=11 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911090652/http://www.issf-sports.info/Changes_2017_ISSF_Rulebook_2ndPrint_V1.1_20180209.pdf |archivedate=11 September 2018 |date=30 January 2018}}
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