An Australian competitor firing his handgun from a seated position during the 2013 IPSC Australasia Handgun Championship.

Practical handgun

Formerly	Practical pistol[1]
Classification	ICS (IPSC Classification System)
Sport	Practical shooting
Founded	In the 1970s
Motto	"Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas" (DVC), Latin for "precision, power, speed"
No. of teams	National teams
Country	Over 100
Venue(s)	Shooting ranges
Confederation	African, Australasian, European and Pan-American Zones
Most recent champion(s)	Ben Stoeger (2017)
Most titles	Eric Grauffel (9 times)
Qualification	Region dependent number of slots. Regional selection procedures.
Level on pyramid	5
Domestic cup(s)	National championships
Related competitions	IPSC Rifle, Shotgun and Action Air World Shoots
Official website	ipsc.org
2022 IPSC Handgun World Shoot

The IPSC Handgun World Shoot is the highest level handgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) which consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire.^[2] The Handgun World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Rifle and Shotgun.

World Shoot main matches are held over six days with five days of shooting and one rest day, making the competition a shooting marathon where strategy and mental focus is of critical importance.^[3][4]

History

The first IPSC World Shoot was held in 1975 in Zurich, and the two following were held with one year intervals. After 1977 the World Shoots were held at two year intervals until 1983 when the schedule was changed to the three year intervals used today.

Until and including 1991 there were no equipment divisions, but equipment had gradually become more and more specialized with extended front sights, compensators and even optical sights. At the 1991 Handgun World Shoot in Adelaide, Australia, Doug Koenig of USA became the first competitor to win the World Shoot using a red dot sight. In the following 1993 Handgun World Shoot competitors would be divided into divisions based on the equipment, thereof whether the firearm had an optical sight and compensator (Open or Modified division) or iron sights (Standard division). In 1999 the Revolver and Production divisions were introduced, and became recognized divisions from January 2000, making their first appearance in World Level competition at the 2002 Handgun World Shoot. In 2011 the Modified division was retired to make room for the Classic division, in commemoration of the 1911 single stack which historically had been so important for IPSC Handgun and handgun shooting sports in general for many years.

Individual Champions

Eric Grauffel from France, nine time IPSC Handgun World Champion.

The following is a list of previous and current Handgun World Champions:^[5]

Overall category

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
1975		Ray Chapman	Paul Bakocs	Lionel Smith	World Shoot I
1976		Jan Foss	Ray Chapman	Lionel Smith	World Shoot II
1977		Dave Westerhout	Peter Maunder	Raul Walters	World Shoot III
1979		Jimmy Von Sorgenfrei	Raul Walters	Ross Seyfried	World Shoot IV
1981		Ross Seyfried	John Shaw	Mike Plaxco	World Shoot V
1983		Rob Leatham	John Shaw	Mike Plaxco	World Shoot VI
1986		Rob Leatham	Jerry Barnhart	John Shaw	World Shoot VII
1988		Rob Leatham	Chip McCormick	John Dixon	World Shoot VIII
1990		Doug Koenig	Jerry Barnhart	Rob Leatham	World Shoot IX
1991		John Dixon	Johnny Ioannou	Jimmy von Sorgenfrei	Individual World Championship
1993	Open	Matthew Mclearn	Doug Koenig	Michael Voigt	World Shoot X
1993	Modified	Robert Buntschu	R Bhella	K Smith	World Shoot X
1993	Standard	Ted Bonnet	Brian Enos	Max Wiegand	World Shoot X
1996	Open	Todd Jarrett	Jerry Barnhart	Rob Leatham	World Shoot XI
1996	Modified	Fred Craig	Richard Daniel Kahler	Richard Kahler	World Shoot XI
1996	Standard	Ted Bonnet	Frank Garcia	Jay Christy	World Shoot XI
1999	Open	Eric Grauffel	Todd Jarrett	Jethro Dionisio	World Shoot XII
1999	Modified	Pavel Jasansky	Enrico Papa	Luis Lee	World Shoot XII
1999	Standard	Michael Voigt	Frank William Garcia	Adriano Santarcangelo	World Shoot XII
2002	Open	Eric Grauffel	Todd Jarrett	Brodie McIntosh	World Shoot XIII
2002	Modified	Austen Stockbridge	Jeufro Lejano	Edoardo Buticchi	World Shoot XIII
2002	Standard	Rob Leatham	Michael Voigt	Ron Avery	World Shoot XIII
2002	Production	David Sevigny	Paul Brocanelli	Guillermo Jude	World Shoot XIII
2002	Revolver	Jerry Miculek	Daniel Roch	Alain Marco Della Savia	World Shoot XIII
2005	Open	Eric Grauffel	Todd Jarrett	Jorge Ballesteros	World Shoot XIV
2005	Modified	Jeufro Jag Lejano	Augusto Ribas	Nelson Uygongco	World Shoot XIV
2005	Standard	Rob Leatham	Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz	Travis Tomasie	World Shoot XIV
2005	Production	Adam Tyc	Dave Sevigny	Angus Hobdell	World Shoot XIV
2005	Revolver	Jerry Miculek	Ricardo López Tugendhat	Bjorn Dietrich	World Shoot XIV
2008	Open	Eric Grauffel	KC Eusebio	Max Michel	World Shoot XV
2008	Modified	Jojo Vidanes	Zdenek Henes	Michael Voigt	World Shoot XV
2008	Standard	Travis Tomasie	Blake J. Miguez	Shannon Smith	World Shoot XV
2008	Production	Adam Tyc	Matthew Mink	Bob Vogel	World Shoot XV
2008	Revolver	Andrea Todeschini	Ricardo López Tugendhat	Phillipp A. Chua	World Shoot XV
2011	Open	Eric Grauffel	Simon Racaza	KC Eusebio	World Shoot XVI
2011	Modified	Zdenek Henes	Jerome Jovanne Morales	Rob Leatham	World Shoot XVI
2011	Standard	Blake Miguez	Juan Carlos Jaime	Ted Puente	World Shoot XVI
2011	Production	Bob Vogel	Ben Stoeger	Matthew Mink	World Shoot XVI
2011	Revolver	Ricardo López Tugendhat	Jerry Miculek	Matthew Griffin	World Shoot XVI
2014	Open	Max Michel	Shane Coley	Brodie McIntosh	World Shoot XVII
2014	Standard	Nils Jonasson	Bob Vogel	Dave Sevigny	World Shoot XVII
2014	Production	Eric Grauffel	Simon Racaza	Ben Stoeger	World Shoot XVII
2014	Classic	Rob Leatham	Edward Rivera	Todd Jarrett	World Shoot XVII
2014	Revolver	Ricardo López Tugendhat	Josh Lentz	Phillipp Chua	World Shoot XVII
2017	Open	Jorge Ballesteros	Simon Racaza	Emile Obriot	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Standard	Eric Grauffel	Bob Vogel	Nils Jonasson	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Production	Ben Stoeger	Pavel Torgashov	Eduardo de Cobos	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Classic	Elias Frangoulis	Jeufro Emil Lejano	Jethro Dionisio	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Revolver	Michael William Poggie	Gerald Reiter	Joshua Lentz	World Shoot XVIII
2022	Open	Christian Sailer	Edcel John Gino	Chris Tilley	World Shoot XIX
2022	Standard	Kahlil Adrian Viray	Rolly Nathaniel Tecson	Nils Jonasson	World Shoot XIX
2022	Production	Eric Grauffel	German Romitelli	Aeron Jhon Lanuza	World Shoot XIX
2022	Classic	Jeufro Emil Lejano	Bartosz Szczesny	Alfredo Catalan Jr	World Shoot XIX
2022	Revolver	Gerald Reiter	Sonny Prabowo	Kabin Susiwa	World Shoot XIX
2022	Production Optics	Simon Racaza	Hassana Wijitpatima	Martin Kamenicek	World Shoot XIX
2022	Production Optics Light	Xuefeng Cao	Phiranat Tanpairoh	Max Michel Jr	World Shoot XIX

Lady category

From left to right: Ashley Rheuark, Lena Miculek and Maria Gushchina.

Ashley Rheuark at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot.

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
1986		Kerry Lathwell			World Shoot VII
1988		Debbie James	Judy Smith	Inez Behrendt	World Shoot VIII
1991		Collette Barnes	Chanatel Accone	Ursula Lund	1991 World Shoot
1993	Open	Kay Clark Miculek	Collette Barnes	Kippi Boykin	World Shoot X
1996	Open	Kay Clark Miculek	Mary Tan	Chantal Accone	World Shoot XI
1999	Open	Athena Lee	Mary Grace Tan	Chantal Tam	World Shoot XII
1999	Standard	Debbie Keehart			World Shoot XII
2002	Open	Kaye Cabalatungan	Athena Lee	Gabriele Kraushofer	World Shoot XIII
2002	Standard	Sharon Zaffiro	Joey Fischer	Michaela Horejsi	World Shoot XIII
2002	Production	Debbie Keehart			World Shoot XIII
2005	Open	Gabriele Kraushofer	Kay Clark Miculek	Linda Blowers	World Shoot XIV
2005	Standard	Petra Tutschke	Julie Golob	Michaela Horejsi	World Shoot XIV
2008	Open	Athena Lee	Gabriele Kraushofer	Katerina Sustrova	World Shoot XV
2008	Standard	Claire Giles	Jannette Gonzaga	Birgit Gruber	World Shoot XV
2008	Production	Ma. Inez F. Jorge	Oryza Shelley De Leon	Andrea Gasic	World Shoot XV
2011	Open	Karla Blowers	Megan Francisco	Jessie Duff	World Shoot XVI
2011	Standard	Randi Rogers	Tori Nonaka	Lisa Munson	World Shoot XVI
2011	Production	Maria Gushchina	Julie Golob	Sara Dunivin	World Shoot XVI
2014	Open	Karla Blowers	Martina Sera	Kaci Cochran	World Shoot XVII
2014	Standard	Hilde Nakling	Tori Nonaka	Randi Rogers	World Shoot XVII
2014	Production	Maria Gushchina	Christine Burkhalter	Julie Golob	World Shoot XVII
2014	Classic	Anne Fonder	Leonora Darte	Bruna Mirandola	World Shoot XVII
2017	Open	Karla Blowers	Jessie Duff	Kaci Lynn Cochran	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Standard	Christine Burkhalter	Ashley Rheuark	Hilde Nakling	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Production	Maria Gushchina	Violetta Boehm	Randi Rogers	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Classic	Julie Golob	Jelena Savkovic	Grace Tamayo	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Revolver	Vera Treskova	Olga Kuznetsova	Daria Zharkova	World Shoot XVIII

Junior category

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
1990		Suzy Ballantyne			World Shoot IX
1992		J.D. Sprague			Individual World Championship
1996	Open	Jeufro Lejano	Eric Grauffel	Roger Dy	World Shoot XI
1999	Open	Eric Grauffel	Max Michel	Stephen Hinojales	World Shoot XII
2002	Open	Chris Tilley	Martin Kamenicek Jr	Jorge Ballesteros	World Shoot XIII
2002	Standard	Paul Clark Jnr	David Richtr	Giocondo Granai	World Shoot XIII
2005	Open	Chris Tilley	BJ Norris	KC Eusebio	World Shoot XIV
2005	Standard	Zdenek Liehne	Carlos Palma	Zdenek Svelha Jr	World Shoot XIV
2005	Production	Adam Tyc	Galo Moreira	Luis Gonzalez	World Shoot XIV
2008	Open	KC Eusebio	Brad Balsley	Shane Coley	World Shoot XV
2008	Standard	Carlos Palma	Paolo Montera	Risto Hirvikallio	World Shoot XV
2008	Production	Galo Moreira Icaza	Gustavo Liwko	Andrej Hrnciarik	World Shoot XV
2011	Open	Shane Coley	Rhys Arthur	Ben Thompson	World Shoot XVI
2011	Standard	Matthew Sweeney	Davide Bergami	Victor Dalmeida Arruda	World Shoot XVI
2011	Production	Andrej Hrnciarik	Pavel Torgashov	Diomari Ivan Tayag	World Shoot XVI
2014	Open	Simo Partanen	Kincaid Ross	Edcel John Gino	World Shoot XVII
2014	Standard	Michael Ron Ligon	Vincentius Djajadiningrat	Gabriel Barbosa	World Shoot XVII
2014	Production	Pavel Torgashov	Jacob Hetherington	Jason Katz	World Shoot XVII
2017	Open	Mauro Kenji Murakami	Clement Caesar Ho	Dangdee Hongdalud	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Standard	Kahlil Adrian Viray	Rolly Nathaniel Tecson	Mario Batista Neto	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Production	Nikita Nemykin	Baptiste Felt	Danila Pakhomov	World Shoot XVIII

Senior category

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
1996	Open	Allan Zitta	Paul Bromfield	Martyn Speirs	World Shoot XI
2002	Open	Miroslav Kamenicek	Alain Tarrade	Philippe Gibert	World Shoot XIII
2002	Standard	Colin Amm	Ricardo Gentile	Peter Kressibucher	World Shoot XIII
2002	Modified	Roger Stockbridge	Carlo Belletti	Dok Dokter	World Shoot XIII
2005	Open	Miroslav Kamenicek	Frank Koch	Anthony Johnson	World Shoot XIV
2005	Modified	Mario Riillo	Vaclav Martinek	Roberto Gilbert	World Shoot XIV
2005	Standard	Esterino Magli	Ricardo Gentile	Peter Kressibucher	World Shoot XIV
2005	Production	Daniel Torrevillas	John Michael France	Štefan Ács	World Shoot XIV
2005	Revolver	Jerry Miculek	Lumir Safranek	Patrick Sweeney	World Shoot XIV
2008	Open	Mario Riillo	Miroslav Kamenicek	Thierry Obriot	World Shoot XV
2008	Modified	Gavino Mura	Kwok Kwong Tong	Antonio Gracia Infante	World Shoot XV
2008	Standard	Esterino Magli	Lucimar Oliveira	Marlon G. Valencia	World Shoot XV
2008	Production	Wilfredo Div Anglo	Daniel Torrevillas	Robert Hopper	World Shoot XV
2008	Revolver	Zdenek Nemecek	Lumir Safranek	Tavesak Singsomboon	World Shoot XV
2011	Open	Patrik Schneider	Hubert Thomas Montgomery	Guenther Weber	World Shoot XVI
2011	Modified	Rob Leatham	Michael Voigt	Juergen Flass	World Shoot XVI
2011	Standard	Lucimar Domingues Oliveira	Gottfried Post	Salvatore Simula	World Shoot XVI
2011	Production	Peter Heller	Wilfredo Anglo	Francesco Servodio	World Shoot XVI
2011	Revolver	Jerry Miculek	Zdeněk Němeček	Hermann Kirchweger	World Shoot XVI
2014	Open	Michael Voigt	Paolo Andrea Ravizzini	Nelson Uygongco	World Shoot XVII
2014	Standard	Emmanuel Bragg	Adriano Santarcangelo	Ron Avery	World Shoot XVII
2014	Production	Frank Garcia	Guga Ribas	Gilbert Perez	World Shoot XVII
2014	Classic	Rob Leatham	Todd Jarrett	Michel Nestolat	World Shoot XVII
2014	Revolver	Hermann Kirchweger	Zdenek Nemecek	Jess Christensen	World Shoot XVII
2017	Open	Frank Witters	Jose Zanon Blasco	Daniele Barbizzi	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Standard	Emanuel Bragg	Reinhard Handl	Adriano Ciro Santarcangelo	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Production	Jan Palka	Frank William Garcia	Angus Hobdell	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Classic	Edoardo Buticchi	Narongsak Kaewmuangpet	Guido Ciccarelli	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Revolver	Moacir de Azevedo	Markus Schneider	Olof Lindskog	World Shoot XVIII

Super Senior category

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
2008	Open	Philippe Gibert	Alain Tarrade	Carlo Belletti	World Shoot XV
2008	Standard	Max Sen. Wiegand	Antonio Vaghi	Paul Clark	World Shoot XV
2008	Production	Teodoro Rios Marrero	Colin Smith	Bob Sully	World Shoot XV
2011	Open	Michael Auger	Jose Josias Lucena Ferreira	Miroslav Kamenicek	World Shoot XVI
2011	Standard	Peter Kressibucher	Robbin Hudson	Hubert Muhlbacher	World Shoot XVI
2011	Production	Max Wiegand	Bob Dunkley	Gerrit Dokter	World Shoot XVI
2014	Open	Thierry Obriot	Giovanni Furio Liberti	Anthony Johnson	World Shoot XVII
2014	Standard	Esterino Magli	Johnny Brister	Ricardo Gentile	World Shoot XVII
2014	Production	Miroslav Kamenicek	Mauro Thompson	Edwin Gotamco	World Shoot XVII
2014	Classic	Daniel Torrevillas	Robert Edward Dunkley	Randy Fisher	World Shoot XVII
2014	Revolver	Aysen Elliot	Lumir Safranek	Tony Hyatt	World Shoot XVII
2017	Open	Thierry Obriot	Wat Srijinta-Angkul	Philippe Gibert	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Standard	Esterino Magli	Lucimar Domingues Oliveira	Israelito Pible	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Production	Heribert Bettermann	Rob Hopper	Max Wiegand	World Shoot XVIII
2017	Classic	Joel Gerard	Randy Fisher	Gert Erling Hansen	World Shoot XVIII

Teams

Teams can consist of up to four athletes, with the three highest individual scores counting for the team results.

Overall teams

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
1975					World Shoot I
1976					World Shoot II
1977		Rhodesia 100.00 % 8776.064 points	United States 99.53 % 8735.054 points	South Africa 88.98 % 7808.542 points	World Shoot III
1979					World Shoot IV
1981					World Shoot V
1983		United States 100.00 %			World Shoot VI
1986					World Shoot VII
1988		United States 100.00 %	Austria	United Kingdom	World Shoot VIII
1990		United States			World Shoot IX
1993	Open	United States 100.00 % 10574.2874 points	South Africa 89.09 % 9420.5502 points	United Kingdom 87.59 % 9261.8333 points	World Shoot X
1996	Open				World Shoot XI
1999	Open				World Shoot XII
2002	Open				World Shoot XIII
2002	Standard	100.00 % 8471.4458 points - Rob Leatham, - Michael Voigt, - Ron Avery, - Phil Strader	South Africa 91.17 % 7723.0008 points - Fabian Scott, - Nick du Plessis, - Gary Haltmann, - Paul van Wyk	Italy 87.88 % 7444.9984 points - Adriano Ciro Santarcangel, - Guido Ciccarelli, - Valter Tranquilli, - Esterino Magli (DQ)	World Shoot XIII
2005	Open				World Shoot XIV
2008	Revolver	Italy 100.00 % 6887.00 points - Andrea Todeschini, - Igor Rosa Brusin, - Luca Ricciardi, - Claudio Zambonin			World Shoot XV
2011	Open				World Shoot XVI
2014	Open	United States 100.00 % 6544.1614 points - Max Michel, - Shane Coley, - KC Eusebio, - Chris Tilley	Czech Republic 93.79 % 6137.5093 points - Martin Kamenicek, - Miroslav Havlicek, - Zdenek Henes	Australia 93.60 % 6125.3867 points - Brodie McIntosh, - Nick Kapor, - Gareth Graham, - David McConachie	World Shoot XVII
2014	Standard	United States 100.00 % 6685.2494 points - Nils Jonasson, - Bob Vogel, - Dave Sevigny, - Emanuel Bragg	Italy 91.74 % 6132.9641 points - Cosimo Panetta, - Gregorio Tassone, - Max Bragagnolo, - Giulio Del Rosario	Spain 87.51 % 5850.5001 points - Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz, - Gorka Ibanez, - Jesus Ferreiro, - David Davite	World Shoot XVII
2014	Production	United States 100.00 % 6679.5259 points - Simon Racaza, - Ben Stoeger, - Matthew Mink	Czechia 94.53 % 6313.8761 points - Robin Sebo, - Zdenek Liehne, - Miroslav Zapletal, - Michal Stepan	France 90.49 % 6044.1766 points - Eric Grauffel, - Louis Adrien Guichard, - Mathieu Lavergne, - Baptiste Felt	World Shoot XVII
2014	Classic	United States 100.00 % 6346.8120 points - Rob Leatham, - Todd Jarrett, - Gary Byerly, - Keith Dilworth	Philippines 99.95 % 6343.9388 points - Edward Rivera, - Wilfredo Jr Martin, - Jerome Morales, - William Magalong	Italy 96.47 % 6122.8449 points - Edoardo Buticchi, - Roberto Vezzoli, - Mauro Di Prospero, - Mario Piccioni	World Shoot XVII
2014	Revolver	United States 100.00 % 6184.8829 points - Josh Lentz, - David Olhasso, - Cliff Walsh, - Elliot Aysen	Austria 96.13 % 5945.4234 points - Gerald Reiter, - Hermann Kirchweger, - Reinhard Handl, - Robert Kroiss	Brazil 91.93 % 5685.5642 points - Moacyr Azevedo, - Wagner Almeida, - Daniel Polverini, - Rogerio Rosas	World Shoot XVII

Lady teams

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
1975					World Shoot I
1976					World Shoot II
1977					World Shoot III
1979					World Shoot IV
1981					World Shoot V
1983					World Shoot VI
1986					World Shoot VII
1988					World Shoot VIII
1990					World Shoot IX
1993	Open	United States 100.00 % 4738.5045 points	United Kingdom 94.30 % 4468.4663 points	South Africa 92.06 % 4362.2500 points	World Shoot X
1996	Open				World Shoot XI
1999	Open				World Shoot XII
2002	Open				World Shoot XIII
2002	Standard	United States 100.00 %			World Shoot XIII
2005	Open				World Shoot XIV
2008	Open				World Shoot XV
2011	Open				World Shoot XVI
2014	Open				World Shoot XVII

See also

• IPSC Rifle World Shoots
• IPSC Shotgun World Shoots
• IPSC Action Air World Shoots
• List of world sports championships

References

• Match Report - 1977 Handgun World Shoot, Rhodesia
• Match Results - 1983 Handgun World Shoot, USA - American Handgunnger March/ April 1984, page 34
• Match Results - 1988 Handgun World Shoot - USPSA Front Sight November/ December 1988, page 9 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Match Results - 1990 Handgun World Shoot, Australia
• Match Results - 1991 Individual World Championship, South Africa Archived 2013-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Match Results - 1993 Handgun World Shoot, England - Diligentia: The Official Newsletter of IPSC Canada, February 1994, page 26
• Match Results - 1996 Handgun World Shoot, Brazil - USPSA Frontsight 3. 1997, page 14 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Match Results - 1999 Handgun World Shoot, Philippines
• Match Results - 2002 Handgun World Shoot, South Africa Archived 2020-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
• IPSC :: Match Results - 2005 Handgun World Shoot, Ecuador
• IPSC :: Match Results - 2008 Handgun World Shoot, Indonesia
• IPSC :: Match Results - 2011 Handgun World Shoot, Greece
• IPSC :: Match Results - 2014 Handgun World Shoot, United States

External links

• Promo: 2014 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Florida, United States