The 34th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1949.

Medal count

Rank	Country				Total
1	Finland	7	7	3	17
2	Norway	5	4	5	14
3	Argentina	5	0	2	7
4	Switzerland	4	4	5	13
5	United States	4	4	3	11
6	Sweden	3	8	7	18
7	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
8	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1

Rifle events

Individual			Team
300 m Rifle Three positions
	Olavi Elo ( FIN)	1118		Finland	5512
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen ( FIN)	1118		Switzerland	5508
	Jonas Jonsson ( SWE)	1112		Sweden	5488
300 m Rifle Prone position
	Otto Horber ( SUI)	388	No team competition
	Kurt Johansson ( SWE)	387
	Robert Bürchler ( SUI)	386
300 m Rifle Kneeling position
	Kullervo Leskinen ( FIN)	375	No team competition
	Otto Horber ( SUI)	374
	Ernst Kramer ( SUI)	374
300 m Rifle Standing position
	Olavi Elo ( FIN)	364	No team competition
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen ( FIN)	364
	Willy Røgeberg ( NOR)	361
300 m Standard Rifle
	Holger Erben ( SWE)	529		Sweden	2534
	Walther Fröstell ( SWE)	520		Yugoslavia	2491
	Dias Villela Harvey ( BRA)	518		Switzerland	2486
300 m Army Rifle
	Pablo Cagnasso ( ARG)	419		Sweden	1616
	Olavi Elo ( FIN)	415		Finland	1605
	Emil Gruenig ( SUI)	410		Argentina	1597
50+100 m Rifle Prone position
	Arthur Jackson ( USA)	594		Norway	2960
	Thore Skredegaard ( NOR)	594		United States	2950
	Halvor Kongsjorden ( NOR)	594		Switzerland	2933
50 m Rifle Three positions
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen ( FIN)	1165		Finland	5770
	Arthur Edwin Cook ( USA)	1163		Sweden	5763
	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug ( NOR)	1162		Norway	5755
50 m Rifle Prone position
	Arthur Edwin Cook ( USA)	398	No team competition
	Toivo Mjänttäri ( FIN)	398
	Uno Berg ( SWE)	398
50 m Rifle Kneeling position
	Robert Bürchler ( SUI)	393	No team competition
	Werner Jakober ( SUI)	390
	Olavi Elo ( FIN)	390
50 m Rifle Standing position
	Pauli Aapeli Janhonen ( FIN)	380	No team competition
	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug ( NOR)	379
	Holger Erben ( SWE)	377

Pistol events

Individual			Team
50 m Pistol
	Beat Rhyner ( SUI)	548		Argentina	2627
	Harry Reeves ( USA)	547		Sweden	2621
	Angel Leon Gonzalo ( ESP)	541		United States	2616
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
	Huelet Benner ( USA)	565		Argentina	2219
	Harry Reeves ( USA)	564		Finland	2219
	Leonard Ravilo ( FIN)	563		United States	2219
25 m Center-Fire Pistol
	Heinrich Keller ( SUI)	559		United States	2161
	Eino Saarnikko ( FIN)	548		Switzerland	2160
	Huelet Benner ( USA)	546		Finland	2156

Shotgun events

Individual			Team
Trap
	Fulvio Rocchi ( ARG)	284		Argentina	736
	Klas Kleberg ( SWE)	283		Sweden	736
	Ivar Borg ( SWE)	281		Uruguay	716

Running target events

Individual			Team
100 m Running Deer Double Shot
	Hans Aasnes ( NOR)	194	No team competition
	Per Olof Sköldberg ( SWE)	191
	Birger Bühring-Andersen ( NOR)	188
100 m Running Deer Single Shot
	John Larsen ( NOR)	210	No team competition
	Rolf Bergersen ( NOR)	204
	Birger Kockgard ( SWE)	203
100 m Running Deer Combined
	John Larsen ( NOR)	398		Norway	1914
	Rolf Bergersen ( NOR)	398		Sweden	1873
	Per Olof Sköldberg ( SWE)	389		Argentina	1536

References

• All WCH medallists (ISSF website)