The 38th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Cairo, Egypt in 1962.
Medal count
edit* Host nation (Egypt)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 22 | 11 | 4 | 37 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 7 | 13 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Africa (SAF) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Egypt (EGY)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 | |
Rifle events
editMen
editWomen
edit| Individual
| ||
|---|---|---|
| 50 metre rifle three positions (3×30) | ||
 |
Kira Dolgoborodova (URS) |
864 |
 |
Yelena Donskaya (URS) |
853 |
 |
Renate Wischnewski (GDR) |
824
|
| 50 metre rifle prone | ||
| |
Yelena Donskaya (URS) |
586 |
| |
Marjorie Dunt (RSA) |
583 |
| |
Anneliese Goth (FRG) |
582
|
Pistol events
editMen
edit| Individual | Teams
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 metre pistol | |||||
| |
Vladimir Stolypin (URS) |
559 | |
Soviet Union |
2187 |
| |
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (JPN) |
557 | |
 United States |
2169 |
| |
 Ludwig Hemauer (SUI) |
550 | |
Switzerland |
2151
|
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol | |||||
| |
Alexander Zabelin (URS) |
589 | |
Soviet Union |
2333 |
| |
Igor Bakalov (URS) |
588 | |
United States |
2327 |
| |
James Henderson McNally (USA) |
588 | |
Italy |
2312
|
| 25 metre center-fire pistol | |||||
| |
Igor Bakalov (URS) |
590 | |
Soviet Union |
2349 |
| |
Yevgeny Haydurov (URS) |
589 | |
United States |
2341 |
| |
William Blankenship (USA) |
588 | |
East Germany |
2314
|
Women
edit| Individual
| ||
|---|---|---|
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol | ||
| |
Sofia Tyagny (URS) |
583 |
| |
Naghezda Yulina (URS) |
579 |
| |
Gertrude Schernitzauer (USA) |
550
|
| Army pistol | ||
| |
Naghezda Yulina (URS) |
570 |
| |
Gail Liberty (USA) |
570 |
| |
Sofia Tyagny (URS) |
569
|
Shotgun events
editMen
edit| Individual | Teams
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trap | |||||
| |
Vladimir Zimenko (URS) |
295 | |
Soviet Union |
777 |
| |
Karni Singh (IND) |
295 | |
East Germany |
768 |
| |
Joachim Marscheider (GDR) |
294 | |
Egypt |
767
|
| Skeet | |||||
| |
Nikolay Durnev (URS) |
200 | |
United States |
394 |
| |
Yury Tsuranov (URS) |
198 | |
Soviet Union |
392 |
| |
Thomas Heffron (USA) |
197 | |
Sweden |
386
|
Women
edit| Individual
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Trap | ||
| |
Valentina Gerasina (URS) |
87 |
| |
Charlotte Berkenkamp (USA) |
86 |
| |
Sheila Breckon (GBR) |
81
|
| Skeet | ||
| |
Mercedes Mata (VEN) |
99 |
| |
Marjorie Annan (USA) |
85 |
| |
Yelena Sebasova (URS) |
84
|
Running target events
edit| Individual | Teams
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metre running deer, single shot | |||||
| |
Oleg Zakurenov (URS) |
229 | |
Soviet Union |
879 |
| |
John Foster (USA) |
228 | |
United States |
867 |
| |
Rune Flodmann (SWE) |
227 | |
Sweden |
842
|
| 100 metre running deer, double shot | |||||
| |
Oleg Zakurenov (URS) |
223 | |
Soviet Union |
880 |
| |
Iogan (Jogan) Nikitin (URS) |
223 | |
United States |
859 |
| |
Willis Powell (USA) |
220 | |
Finland |
811
|