| Practical Rifle | |
| Sport: | Practical shooting |
| Founded: | In the 1970's |
| Motto: | "Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas" (DVC), Latin for "precision, power, speed" |
| Teams: | National teams |
| Country: | Over 100 |
| Venue: | Shooting ranges |
| Confed: | African, Australasian, European and Pan-American Zones |
| Champion: |  Jarkko Laukia |
| Champ Season: | 2019 |
| Classification: | ICS (IPSC Classification System) |
| Qualification: | Region dependent number of slots. Regional selection procedures. |
| Related Comps: | IPSC Handgun, Shotgun and Action Air World Shoots |
| Levels: | 5 |
| Domestic Cup: | National championships |
| Current: | 2019 IPSC Rifle World Shoot |
The IPSC Rifle World Shoot is the highest level rifle match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) which consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire.[1] The Rifle World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Handgun and Shotgun.
The first Rifle World Shoot was originally scheduled to be held in 2006 in Denmark,[2] but was postponed and later cancelled due to difficulty in arranging enough long range stages.[3] South Africa later expressed interest in hosting the event, but did not put forward a bid. In 2009 Norway hosted the first European Rifle Championship with most of the top competitors from America, Europe and the rest of the world present. Norway afterwards intended to bid for hosting the first Rifle World Shoot in 2013, but had to withdraw the bid[4] due to financial reasons and lack of facilities. Russia then successfully bid in 2013 to host the first IPSC Rifle World Shoot in 2016,[5] and planned to hold the competition at the newly constructed shooting range in Patriot Park near Moscow,[6] an ideal range for such a large competition.[7] In order to finish the construction of the new shooting range IPSC approved to reschedule the inaugural championship to 2017. The first IPSC Rifle Championship was therefore held in June 2017. The second IPSC Rifle World Shoot has been awarded to Sweden, and was hosted in Karlskoga during August 2019.[8]
The following is a list of previous and future World Shoots:
| Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | World Shoot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Open | Teemu Rintala | Raine Peltokoski | Jarkko Laukia | World Shoot I |
| 2017 | Standard |  Håvard Østgaard | Sami Hautamäki | Timo Vehvilainen | World Shoot I |
| 2017 | Manual Open | Roman Khalitov | Egor Khramov |  Erik Bjaelkvall | World Shoot I |
| 2017 | Manual Standard | Vladimir Chamyan | Andrei Kirisenko | Vladimir Novikov | World Shoot I |
| 2019 | Open | Jarkko Laukia | Raine Peltokoski | Vadim Mikhailov | World Shoot II |
| 2019 | Standard | Sami Hautamäki |  Joseph Easter | Håvard Østgaard | World Shoot II |
| 2019 | Manual Open | Jiro Nihei | Stilianos Simeonidis | Erik Bjälkvall | World Shoot II |
| 2019 | Manual Standard | Vladimir Chamyan | Vladimir Yakovlev | Andrei Kirisenko | World Shoot II |
| Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | World Shoot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Open | Lena Miculek | Ashley Rheuark | Maria Gushchina | World Shoot I |
| 2017 | Standard | Anastasiya Tereshina | Anna Puzyreva | Elena Merkulova | World Shoot I |
| 2017 | Manual Open | Alena Karelina | Irina Perfileva | Tatiana Korobeinik | World Shoot I |
| 2017 | Manual Standard | Tatiana Isupova |  Olga Axyonkina | Svetlana Kostromina | World Shoot I |
| 2019 | Open | Ashley Rheuark | Lena Miculek | Lanny Barnes | World Shoot II |
| Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | World Shoot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Open | Andrei Kalinin | Albert Gladkovskiy | Dmitry Novikov | World Shoot I |
| 2019 | Open | Riley Kropff | Dmitry Novikov | Georgy Shkoda | World Shoot II |
| Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | World Shoot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Open | Jose Vidanes |  Armin Meesit | Jeffrey Cramblit | World Shoot I |
| 2017 | Standard | Mikael Kaislaranta |  Jan Palka | Vitaly Konev | World Shoot I |
| 2017 | Manual Open | Ramazan Mubarakov | Evgeny Efimov |  Fabio Egidio Fossati | World Shoot I |
| 2019 | Open | Ernest Nagy | Jose Vidanes | Dario Forlani | World Shoot II |
| 2019 | Standard | Kelly Neal | Ilkka Siitonen | Vitaly Konev | World Shoot II |
| 2019 | Manual Open | Paolo Zambai | Aleksandr Ivashko | Dan Liljeström | World Shoot II |
| Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | World Shoot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Open | Jerry Miculek | Pertti Karhunen |  Peter Kressibucher | World Shoot I |
| 2019 | Open | Jerry Miculek | Pertti Karhunen | Ilkka Kervinen | World Shoot II |
| Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | World Shoot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Open | Finland | Norway | World Shoot I | |
| 2017 | Standard | Finland | Norway | World Shoot I | |
| 2019 | Open | Finland | United States | World Shoot II | |
See main article: world championships.