2024 IPSC Rifle World Shoot

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2024 IPSC Rifle World Shoot
Venue	Ruutikangas Shooting Center
Location	Oulu, Finland
Dates	Opening Ceremony: 3 Aug Main Match: 4-9 Aug Shoot-Off: 10 Aug Closing Ceremony: 10 Aug
Competitors	756 from 35 nations
Medalists
Open (Largest Division) Kyle Litzie   Eirik Larsen   Raine Peltokoski
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The 2024 IPSC Rifle World Shoot III was the third IPSC Rifle World Shoot and was held in Ruutikangas Shooting Center, Liminka, near Oulu, Finland between 4 and 9 August.^{[1][shallow reference]} The match consisted of 30 stages over six days, and over 600 competitors.^[2] Kyle Litzie (USA) won the largest division (Open). Eirik Larsen (NOR) won silver and Raine Peltokoski (FIN) bronze.^[3]

The match was the first large match for the Ruutikangas Shooting Center, a newly established, expansive shooting facility covering approximately 93 hectares, designed to accommodate various shooting disciplines.^{[4][failed verification]}

Results

Semi Auto Open

The Semi Auto Open division had the largest match participation with 594 registered competitors.^[3]

Individual

Overall	Competitor	Points	Overall Match Percent
Gold	Kyle Litzie	2297.3733	100.00%
Silver	Eirik Larsen	2272.7611	98.93%
Bronze	Raine Peltokoski	2249.4110	97.91%

Lady

Lady	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Lena Miculek	1823.3128	100.00%		79.37%
Silver	Justine Williams	1651.2703	90.56%		71.88%
Bronze	Reetta Paavola	1634.9724	89.67%		71.17%

Lady Senior

Lady Senior	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Pia Clerté	1312.4072	100.00%		57.13%
Silver	Irene Canetta	1271.9909	96.92%		55.37%
Bronze	Elina Karhunen	1222.0717	93.12%		53.19%

Junior

Junior	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Hugo Rinaldo	1,472.1521	100.00%		64.08%
Silver	Samuel Ščepko	1324.4437	89.97%		57.65%
Bronze	Ukko Nikki	1184.9064	80.49%		51.58%

Senior

Senior	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Raine Peltokoski	2249.4110	100.00%		97.91%
Silver	Jarkko Laukia	2070.6663	92.05%		90.13%
Bronze	Kjetil Edvardsen	1827.5031	81.24%		79.55%

Super Senior

S. Senior	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Linwood Jarrett	1707.7201	100.00%		74.33%
Silver	Jerry Miculek	1643.9871	96.27%		71.56%
Bronze	Johan Hansen	1552.5542	90.91%		67.58%

Grand Senior

G. Senior	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Massimo Corazzini	1224.8805	100.00%		53.32%
Silver	Irving Stevenson	1,157.1807	96.27%		50.37%
Bronze	Peter Kressibucher	1130.2742	90.91%		49.20%

Semi Auto Standard

The iron sighted Standard division had the second largest match participation with 130 registered competitors. Sami Hautamäki won Standard with a margin of almost 7 percent to Heikki Tikkanen, both from Finland. Kenneth Handberg from Norway took bronze with a score of 84.98%. Lady Senior and Grand Senior categories did not meet the minimum number of participants for recognition.^[3]

Individual

Overall	Competitor	Points	Overall Match Percent
Gold	Sami Hautamäki	2359.8125	100.00%
Silver	Heikki Tikkanen	2199.3362	93.20%
Bronze	Kenneth Handberg	2005.3613	84.98%

Lady

Lady	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Lilian Telanne	1679.8633	100.00%		71.19%
Silver	Reanna Kadic	1508.5903	89.80%		63.93%
Bronze	Candice Horner	1403.7588	83.56%		59.49%

Junior

Junior	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Arig Naranbaatar	1202.3768	100.00%		50.95%
Silver	Amir Naranbaatar	1184.8148	98.54%		50.21%
Bronze	Tsovoo Altangerel	1118.9706	93.06%		47.42%

Senior

Senior	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Sami Hautamäki	2359.8125	100.00%		100.00%
Silver	Ilkka Siitonen	1816.6255	76.98%		76.98%
Bronze	Margus Riso	1801.8980	76.36%		76.36%

Super Senior

S. Senior	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Sverre Idland	1292.6506	100.00%		54.78%
Silver	Nils Lindbo	1269.3994	98.20%		53.79%
Bronze	Toomas Kutsar	1115.8263	86.32%		47.28%

Manual Action Bolt

Manual Action Bolt was the smallest division with only 21 competitors that was recognized under the current IPSC Rules As this division only had to fire half of the rounds of the semi auto divisions the maximum number of points available is only half of the semi auto divisions. All categories except Senior did not meet the minimum number of participants.^[5]

Individual

Overall	Competitor	Points	Overall Match Percent
Gold	Dashdemberel Sodnomjamts	1183.3329	100.00%
Silver	Håvar Hommelsgård	1097.7895	92.77%
Bronze	Esa Laine	1069.5838	90.39%

Senior

Senior	Competitor	Points	Category Match Percent		Overall Match Percent
Gold	Esa Laine	1069.5838	100.00%		90.39%
Silver	Dan Liljeström	978.5624	91.49%		82.70%
Bronze	Ioannis Kouletsis	811.6701	75.89%		68.59%

Manual Action Contemporary

Manual Action Contemporary division missed IPSC recognition as it had only 11 competitors instead of the required minimum of 20. Therefore, no official world champion titles were issued this time.^[3]

Individual

Overall	Competitor	Points	Overall Match Percent
1st	James Taylor	2174.6520	100.00%
2nd	Paolo Zambai	2161.2885	99.39%
3rd	Robert Josipovic	1988.0443	91.42%

See also

• IPSC Rifle World Shoots
• IPSC Shotgun World Shoot
• IPSC Handgun World Shoots
• IPSC Action Air World Shoot

References

1. "2024 IPSC Rifle World Shoot | Finland". Retrieved 2025-05-09.
2. IPSCWorld. "IPSC invites to the 2024 IPSC Rifle World Shoot III in Finland | International Practical Shooting Confederation - IPSC". Retrieved 2025-05-09.
3. "ECM". portal.ipscess.org. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
4. "Ruutikangas venue and facilities". Ruutikangas. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
5. "ECM". portal.ipscess.org. Retrieved 2025-09-02.