300 m rifle three positions

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 (10 metre air rifle was later added), it was in the Olympic program from 1896 to 1964.[2]

300 m Rifle is still on the World and regional championships program, though.[3]

The rifle used by women in this program is actually the same as the men, except having a lower weight limit (6.5 kg only). 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.[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland (SUI)	44	29	29	102
2	United States (USA)	20	15	8	43
3	Soviet Union (URS)	9	7	1	17
4	Finland (FIN)	8	15	7	30
5	France (FRA)	6	14	15	35
6	Denmark (DEN)	4	1	8	13
7	Estonia (EST)	4	1	3	8
8	Norway (NOR)	2	5	6	13
9	Belgium (BEL)	2	3	9	14
10	Germany (GER)	2	1	0	3
11	Sweden (SWE)	1	4	11	16
12	Austria (AUT)	1	2	1	4
13	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	1	3
14	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	0	2
15	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	2	3
16	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
18	Italy (ITA)	0	6	1	7
19	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	2	3
20	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
21	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 nations)		108	107	107	322

Note that at the 1923 World Championship, only the gold medal was awarded in the team event.

The European Championships of this disciple was disputed eleven times from 1995 up to 1999.[5][6]

• European 300 m Rifle Championships
• European Shooting Confederation
• International Shooting Sport Federation
• ISSF shooting events
• 1959 European 300 m Rifle Championships

• Official website