300 m rifle three positions
300 m rifle three positions is an ISSF shooting event, involving shooting 40 shots each from the prone, the standing and the kneeling positions. Lately a similar event has been designed for women, where only half the course is shot.
Originally there had been champions declared in each position based on the results of the 40 shots in the three position match. A special 300 metre rifle prone match was added in 1982 however, after a pattern from the so-called English Match. After 1990, no World Championship medals have been awarded in the standing or kneeling position.
History
300 m rifle has been a declining event for many decades because of the considerable cost for competing in the event and the difficulty of creating ranges for it. The Olympic status was dropped in the 1970s, making 50 metre rifle the only rifle event on the program, it was in the Olympic program from 1896 to 1964.300 m Rifle is still on the World and regional championships program, though.
The rifle used by women in this program is actually the same as the men, except having a lower weight limit. This rifle is not the same as the one used in the standard rifle 300m event.
In 2019 in Tolmezzo, Italy after 20 years the 300m Rifle European Championships were back in a stand alone championship and does not cover part of the European Shooting Championships.
World Championships, Men
World Championships, Men Team
| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1897 |  Lyon |  SwitzerlandKarl Ehrensperger Alcide Hirschy Friedrich Luethi Frank Jullien Louis Richardet |  NorwayOlaf Emil Frydenlund Jens Jensen Larsen F. Ole Oestmo Skoftestad H. | France Auguste Cavadini Maxime Lardin Maurice Marie Lecoq Leon Moreaux Violet A. |
| 1898 |  Torino | France Allair Dufier Auguste Cavadini Leon Moreaux Achille Paroche | Italy Carassale L. Cerutti C. Magagnini A. Stefano Tirotti Cesare Valerio | Switzerland Alcide Hirschy Friedrich Luethi Frank Jullien Louis Richardet Konrad Staeheli |
| 1899 |  Loosduinen | Switzerland Franz Boeckli Alfred Gruetter Emil Kellenberger Konrad Staeheli Caspar Widmer | France Maurice Marie Lecoq Maxime Lardin Leon Moreaux Achille Paroche Violet A. |  DenmarkAlexander Viggo Jensen Rowing Johansen J. Lars Jørgen Madsen Anders Peter Nielsen Laurids Peter Worslund Jernsen-Kjaer Dr. |
| 1900 | Paris | Switzerland Franz Boeckli Alfred Gruetter Emil Kellenberger Louis Richardet Konrad Staeheli | Norway Olaf Emil Frydenlund Helmer Hermandsen Ole Andreas Saether Ole Oestmo Tom Seeberg | France Auguste Cavadini Maurice Marie Lecoq Leon Moreaux Achille Paroche René Thomas |
| 1901 | Luzern | Switzerland Alfred Gruetter Emil Kellenberger Heinrich Schellenberg Roch A. Konrad Staeheli | Netherlands Koster G. de Block R. Antonius Hubertus Maria Bouwens Uylke Vuurman Henrik Sillem | France Auguste Cavadini Maxime Lardin Maurice Marie Lecoq Achille Paroche Raphael Py |
| 1902 | Rome | Switzerland Alfred Gruetter Emil Kellenberger Heinrich Schellenberg Roch A. Konrad Staeheli | Italy Gian Galeazzo Cantoni Daniele Bonicelli Attilio Conti Mollica R. Vittonatti P. | France Auguste Cavadini Maxime Lardin Maurice Marie Lecoq Leon Moreaux Achille Paroche |
| 1903 |  Buenos Aires | Switzerland Alfred Gruetter Emil Kellenberger Louis Richardet Adolf Tobler Wueger K. | Italy Attilio Conti Pederzoli A. Tiberi A. Cesare Valerio Vercellone C. | Argentina Cabrera A. Chiappe Ducca J. Canale J. Martinez C. Jose Masso |
| 1904 | Lyon | Switzerland Roch A. Louis Richardet Heinrich Schellenberg Jean Reich Konrad Staeheli | Italy Daniele Bonicelli Attilio Conti Raffaele Frasca Riccardo Ticchi Cesare Valerio | France Duret Maurice Marie Lecoq Achille Paroche Leon Moreaux Raphael Py |
| 1905 |  Bruxelles | Switzerland Alfred Gruetter Jaques F. Jean Reich Louis Richardet Konrad Staeheli | Belgium Paul van Asbroeck Charles Paumier du Verger Edouard Myin Francois Rysheuvels van Den Branden | France Eugene Balme Albert Courquin Jean Fouconnier Maurice Marie Lecoq Achille Paroche |
| 1906 | Milan | Switzerland Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen Jean Reich Louis Richardet Konrad Staeheli Ernst Stumpf | France Eugene Balme Albert Courquin Husson Maurice Marie Lecoq Achille Paroche | Belgium Paul van Asbroeck de Ribaucourt Edouard Myin Charles Paumier du Verger Edouard Poty |
| 1907 | Zurich | Switzerland Mathias Brunner Jean Reich Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen Konrad Staeheli Ernst Stumpf | Belgium Paul van Asbroeck de Ribaucorut Charles Paumier du Verger Edouard Myin van Den Branden | France Eugene Balme Albert Courquin Husson Maurice Marie Lecoq Achille Paroche |
| 1908 |  Vienna | Switzerland Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen Louis Richardet Jean Reich Konrad Staeheli Caspar Widmer | Italy Daniele Bonicelli Attilio Conti Raffaele Frasca Carlo Ernesto Panza Riccardo Ticchi | France Andre Angelini Albert Courquin Léon Johnson André Parmentier Achille Paroche |
| 1909 |  Hamburg | Switzerland Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen Louis Richardet Jean Reich Konrad Staeheli Caspar Widmer | France Albert Courquin Léon Johnson Husson Achille Paroche André Parmentier | Belgium Paul van Asbroeck Joseph Geens de Ribaucourt Charles Scheirlinckx Henri Sauveur Fils |
| 1910 | Loosduinen | Switzerland Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen Jean Reich Konrad Staeheli Ernst Stumpf Caspar Widmer | France Albert Courquin Léon Johnson Husson Achille Paroche André Parmentier | Belgium Paul van Asbroeck Jules Bury Charles Paumier du Verger Charles Scheirlinckx Henri Sauveur Fils |
| 1911 | Rome | Switzerland Jakob Bryner Mathias Brunner Jean Reich Konrad Staeheli Caspar Widmer | France Paul Rene Colas Albert Courquin Husson Achille Paroche André Parmentier | Belgium Paul van Asbroeck Joseph Geens Charles Paumier du Verger Henri Sauveur Fils Charles Scheirlinckx |
| 1912 | Bayonne Biarritz | Switzerland Caspar Widmer Fritz Kuchen Mathias Brunner Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen Konrad Staeheli | France Paul Rene Colas Albert Courquin Husson Léon Johnson André Parmentier | Netherlands Antonius Hubertus Maria Bouwens Brussard B. Antonie Willem Jan de Gee Uylke Vuurman Gerard Anne van Den Bergh |
| 1913 |  Camp Perry | Switzerland Mathias Brunner Jean Reich Konrad Staeheli Caspar Widmer Uhler E. | France Eugene Balme Paul Rene Colas Albert Courquin Léon Johnson Achille Paroche | United States of America Ernest Eddy Heidenreich F. John Kneubel Long C. Sweeting E. |
| 1914 | Viborg | Switzerland Mathias Brunner Fritz Kuchen Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen Konrad Staeheli Caspar Widmer | France Albert Courquin Rene Georges Husson André Parmentier Achille Paroche | Denmark Niels Andersen Madsen K. Lars Jørgen Madsen Anders Martinus Petersen Anders Peter Nielsen |
| 1921 | Lyon | United States of America James Christian Morris Fisher Carl Townsend Osburn Arthur Rothrock D. Walter Raymond Stokes | Switzerland Gustave Amoudruz Josias Hartmann Hans Haenni Zaech E. Karl Zimmermann | France Paul Rene Colas Léon Johnson André Parmentier Louis Percy Georges Roes |
| 1922 | Milan | United States of America John Keith Boles Morris Fisher Calvin Lloyd Carl Townsend Osburn Walter Raymond Stokes | Switzerland Josias Hartmann Walter Lienhard Hans Pfeiderer Arnold Roesli Karl Zimmermann | Denmark Hansen S. Niels Hansen Ditlev Larsen Niels Laursen Lars Jørgen Madsen Erik Sætter-Lassen |
| 1923 | Camp Perry | United States of America John Keith Boles Morris Fisher Carl Townsend Osburn Walter Raymond Stokes Laurence Adam Nuesslein | ||
| 1924 | Reims | United States of America John Keith Boles Raymond Orville Coulter Morris Fisher Carl Townsend Osburn Walter Raymond Stokes | Switzerland Josias Hartmann Walter Lienhard Jakob Reich Hans Pfeiderer Karl Zimmermann | France Raymond Durand Louis Gouery Léon Johnson Georges Roes Emile Rumeau |
| 1925 | St. Gallen | Switzerland Josias Hartmann Walter Lienhard Pelli G. Jakob Reich Karl Zimmermann | United States of America John Keith Boles Raymond Orville Coulter Manning Dodson Morris Fisher Morgan A. | Denmark Jensen C. Niels Laursen Niels Hansen Ditlev Larsen Pedersen P. J. Erik Sætter-Lassen |
| 1927 | Rome | Switzerland Josias Hartmann Walter Lienhard Fritz Kuchen Pelli G. Karl Zimmermann |  SwedenOlle Ericsson Ericsson M. Knut Viktor Knutsson Ohlsson E. Ivar Wester K. | United States of America William Bruce Raymond Orville Coulter Manning Dodson Pedro Martin Laurence Adam Nuesslein |
| 1928 | Loosduinen | Switzerland Josias Hartmann Walter Lienhard Pelli G. Jakob Reich Karl Zimmermann | Sweden Gustaf Emil Andersson Olle Ericsson Mauritz Eriksson Ohlsson E. Ivar Wester K. | United States of America William Bruce Marcus William Dinwiddie Sidney Ray Hinds Russell Seitzinger Woods P. |
| 1929 | Stockholm | Switzerland Josias Hartmann Walter Lienhard Jakob Reich Ernst Tellenbach Karl Zimmermann | United States of America Blakley J. Harry Renshaw Thomas Sharpe J. Russell Seitzinger Woods P. | Sweden Gustaf Emil Andersson Mauritz Eriksson Olle Ericsson Emrik Karlsson Ohlsson E. |
| 1930 | Antwerp | United States of America Morris Fisher Harry Renshaw Russell Seitzinger Thomas Sharpe J. Emmet Oscar Swanson | Switzerland Fernand Demierre Josias Hartmann Jakob Reich Ernst Tellenbach Karl Zimmermann |  FinlandKullervo Leskinen Sven Oscar Lindgren Einari Oksa Niilo Talvenheimo Toivonen E. |
| 1931 |  Lvov | Switzerland Fernand Demierre Walter Lienhard Jakob Reich Albert Salzmann Karl Zimmermann | Finland Kullervo Leskinen Sven Oscar Lindgren Einari Oksa Johan Albert Ravila Niilo Talvenheimo | Norway Mauritz Amundsen Johannes Groenli Glomnes S. Reidar Muslie Willy Roegeberg |
| 1933 |  Granada | Switzerland Fernand Demierre Josias Hartmann Jakob Reich Ernst Tellenbach Karl Zimmermann | Finland Kullervo Leskinen Sven Oscar Lindgren Viktor Miinalainen Einari Oksa Osmo Rantala | Sweden Gustaf Emil Andersson Olle Ericsson Eriksson T. Bertil Vilhelm Roennmark Nils Persson |
| 1935 | Rome | Finland Kullervo Leskinen Sven Oscar Lindgren Viktor Miinalainen Einari Oksa Nisse Vasenius |  EstoniaElmar Kivistik Jaak Kaerner Endel Rikand August Liivik Ernst Rull | Switzerland Otto Horber Jakob Reich Albert Salzmann Ernst Tellenbach Karl Zimmermann |
| 1937 | Helsinki | Estonia Elmar Kivistik Harald Kivioja Gustav Lokotar August Liivik Alfred Kukk | Finland Olavi Elo Kullervo Leskinen Einari Oksa Viktor Miinalainen Nisse Vasenius | Switzerland Mario Ciocco Emil Gruenig Otto Horber Albert Salzmann Karl Zimmermann |
| 1939 | Luzern | Estonia Kaarel Kübar Elmar Kivistik Harald Kivioja August Liivik Gustav Lokotar | Finland Bruno Engelbrecht Frietsch Olavi Elo Olavi Onni Albin Hynninen Pauli Aapeli Janhonen Toivo Maenttaeri | Switzerland Josias Hartmann Emil Gruenig Otto Horber Jakob Reich Karl Zimmermann |
| 1947 | Stockholm | Switzerland Robert Buerchler Emil Gruenig Otto Horber Werner Jakober Schlapbach L. | Finland Olavi Elo Bruno Engelbrecht Frietsch Pauli Aapeli Janhonen Kynninen O. Toivo Maenttaeri | Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Frostell Kurt Johansson Naumburg N. |
| 1949 | Buenos Aires | Finland Olavi Elo Pauli Aapeli Janhonen Kullervo Leskinen Toivo Maenttaeri Mikko Johannes Nordquist | Switzerland Robert Buerchler Emil Gruenig Werner Jakober Otto Horber Ernst Kramer | Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Frostell Kurt Johansson Jonas Jonsson |
| 1952 | Oslo | Switzerland Robert Buerchler Emil Gruenig Otto Horber Ernst Huber Auguste Hollenstein | Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Frostell Kurt Johansson Lindquist T. | Finland Pauli Aapeli Janhonen Kullervo Leskinen Mikko Johannes Nordquist Jorma Tuomas Taitto Vilho Ilmari Yloenen |
| 1954 |  Caracas |  Soviet UnionPyotr Avilov Vassily Borisov Anatoli Bogdanov Moysey Itkis Vladislav Krishnevsky | Switzerland Clavadetscher G. Robert Buerchler Auguste Hollenstein Ernst Huber Schmid E. | Sweden Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Frostell Kurt Johansson Nils Johan Sundberg Wiberg A. |
| 1958 | Moscow | Soviet Union Pyotr Avilov Vassily Borisov Moysey Itkis Vladislav Krishnevsky Marat Niyazov | Finland Pauli Aapeli Janhonen Esa Einari Kervinen Mikko Johannes Nordquist Jorma Tuomas Taitto Vilho Ilmari Yloenen |  HungaryImre Agoston Ambrus Balogh Janos Dosztaly Janos Holup Sandor Krebs |
| 1962 |  Cairo | Soviet Union Moysey Itkis Eduard Jarosh Andrey Jakonyuk Vladimir Yevdokimov | United States of America Gary Anderson Daniel Bruce Puckel Tommy Pool Verle Franklin Jun. Wright | Switzerland Auguste Hollenstein Kurt Mueller Hans Rudolf Spillmann Erwin Vogt |
| 1966 |  Wiesbaden | United States of America Gary Anderson John Robert Foster Margaret Thompson Lones Wigger | Soviet Union Vassily Borisov Alexander Gerasimenok Ludwig Lustberg Marat Niyazov | Switzerland Karl Fitzi Kurt Mueller Hans Simonet Erwin Vogt |
| 1970 | Phoenix | United States of America John Robert Foster Margaret Murdock John Writer Lones Wigger | Soviet Union Valentin Kornev Boris Melnik Vitali Parkhimovitch Sergei Yermilov |  CzechoslovakiaKarel Bulan Petr Kovarik Rudolf Pojer Antonin Schwarz |
| 1974 | Thun | United States of America Lanny Bassham John Robert Foster Lones Wigger John Writer | Soviet Union Vladimir Agishev Valentin Kornev Gennadi Lushikov Boris Melnik | Switzerland Max Huerzeler Charles Jermann Martin Truttmann Erwin Vogt |
| 1978 |  Seoul | United States of America Ray Carter David Kimes Lones Wigger Webster Wright | Switzerland Kuno Bertschy Charles Jermann Walter Inderbitzin Ueli Sarbach | Finland Osmo Ala-Honkola Juhani Laakso Jaakko Minkkinen Mauri Roeppaenen |
| 1982 | Caracas | Soviet Union Victor Daniltchenko Gennadi Larin Gennadi Lushikov Vladimir Lvov | United States of America Ray Carter Glenn Dubis David Kimes Lones Wigger | Norway Trond Kjoell Geir Skirbekk Harald Stenvaag Kare Inge Viken |
| 1986 | Skoevde | Soviet Union Victor Daniltchenko Gennadi Lushikov Alexander Mitrofanov | United States of America Robert Aylward Glenn Dubis Lones Wigger | Norway Geir Skirbekk Harald Stenvaag Kare Inge Viken |
| 1990 | Moscow | Soviet Union Anatoli Klimenko Igor Maksakov Hrachya Petikyan | France Pascal Bessy Roger Chassat Dominique Maquin | Sweden Goran Jansson Roger Jansson Michael Larsson |
| 1994 | Tolmezzo |  BelarusAnatoli Klimenko Sergei Martynov Georgi Nekhaev | Finland Harri Marjala Tapio Saynevirta Jukka Salonen |  Czech RepublicMilan Bakes Petr Kurka Milan Mach |
| 1998 | Zaragoza | United States of America Glenn Dubis Thomas Tamas Stephen Goff | Norway Arild Roeyseth Espen Berg-Knutsen Thore Larsen | France Pascal Bessy Jean-Pierre Amat Roger Chassat |
| 2002 | Lahti | Czech Republic Thomas Jerabek Milan Mach Lubos Opelka | United States of America Michael Anti Glenn Dubis Eric Uptagrafft | Norway Thore Larsen Arild Roeyseth Magnus Wohlen |
| 2006 |  Zagreb | Norway Espen Berg-Knutsen Vebjoern Berg Magnus Wohlen | Austria Mario Knoegler Thomas Farnik Christian Planer | Sweden Per Sandberg Johan Gustafsson Anders Brolund |
| 2010 | Munich | Switzerland Marcel Buerge Beat Mueller Simon Beyeler | France Josselin Henry Valerian Sauveplane Cyril Graff | Norway Vebjoern Berg Ole Kristian Bryhn Stian Bogar |
| 2014 | Granada | Switzerland Marcel Bürge Olivier Schaffter Claude-Alain Delley | France Josselin Henry Valerian Sauveplane Cyril Graff | Norway Odd Arne Brekne Ole Kristian Bryhn Simon Claussen |
| 2018 | Changwon | Austria Gernot Rumpler Bernhard Pickl Stefan Rumpler | Switzerland Gilles Vincent Dufaux Jan Lochbihler Andrea Rossi | France Alexis Raynaud Michael d'Halluin Valerian Sauveplane |