European Running Target Championships

The '''European Running Target Championships''' are special shooting sport championships of running target organized discontinuously by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) since 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results.ashx|title=Historical Results - European Championships|publisher=issf-sports.org|accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/s/schiessen/hst/47.html|title=Schießen - Europameisterschaften - Laufende Scheibe mit KK|language=de|publisher=sport-komplett.de|accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref>

Until 1983 competitions were held by shooting to moving targets made up of animals, such as deer, roebucks or wild boars; since 1983, the animals have been replaced with artificial targets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/s/schiessen/hst/47.html|title=Schießen - Europameisterschaften - Laufende Scheibe mit KK|quote=(ab 1983 normaler Lauf)|language=de|publisher=sport-komplett.de|accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref>

==Editions== * 6 Edition (1978, 1995, 1997, 2013, 2014, 2018) of shotgun and running target was held simultaneously.

{| class="wikitable" width=70% style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" !style="background-color:plum;"| # !style="background-color:plum;"| Year !style="background-color:plum;"| City !style="background-color:plum;"| Date !style="background-color:plum;"| Events |- |- |1 || 1963 || align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Sandviken, Sweden | |Running target (3 men) |- |2 || 1969 || align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Sandviken, Sweden | |Running target (1 men) |- |3 || 1973 || align=left| {{flagicon|FRG}} Munich, West Germany | |Running target (1 men) |- |4 || 1978 || align=left| {{flagicon|GDR}} Suhl, East Germany | |Running target (1 men) |- |5 || 1981 || align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} Miskolc, Hungary | |Running target (1 men) |- |6 || 1995 || align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Lahti, Finland | |Running target (2 men) |- |7 || 1997 || align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Sipoo, Finland | |Running target (2 men) |- |8 || 2013 || align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Suhl, Germany | |Running target (2 men) |- |9 || 2019 || align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gyenesdiás, Hungary |10–14 July | |- |10 || 2020 || align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Poland |25 Feb.–1 Mar. | |- |11 || 2024 || align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Plzeň, Czech Republic |28 Aug.–3 Sep. | |}

===Special Running Target Championships=== * 6 Edition (1978, 1995, 1997, 2013, 2014, 2018) of shotgun and running target was held simultaneously. {| class="wikitable" align="center" ! width=30|Number ! width=30|Year ! width=100|City ! width=150|Country ! width=30|Events ! width=200|Notes |- | align=center|1 || 1963 || align=left| Sandviken|| {{SWE}} ||{{center|3}} || |- | align=center|2 || 1969 || align=left| Sandviken|| {{SWE}} ||{{center|1}} || |- | align=center|3 || 1973 || align=left| Munich|| {{FRG}} || {{center|1}} || |- | align=center|4 || 1975 || align=left| Munich|| {{FRG}} || {{center|1}} || |- | align=center|5 || 1978 || align=left| Suhl|| {{GDR}} || {{center|1}} || |- | align=center|6 || 1981 || align=left| Miskolc|| {{HUN}} || {{center|1}} || |- | align=center|7 || 1992 || align=left| Keszthely|| {{HUN}} || {{center|2}} || |- | align=center|8 || 1995 || align=left| Lahti|| {{FIN}} || {{center|2}} || |- | align=center|9 || 1996 || align=left| Brno|| {{CZE}} || {{center|2}} || |- | align=center|10 || 1997 || align=left| Sipoo|| {{FIN}} || {{center|2}} || |- | align=center|11 || 1998 || align=left| Keszthely|| {{HUN}} || {{center|2}} || |- | align=center|12 || 2013 || align=left| Suhl|| {{GER}} || {{center|2}} || |- | align=center|13 || 2014 || align=left| Sarlóspuszta|| {{HUN}} || align=center|2 || |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.issf-sports.org/}} * [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/s/schiessen/hst/3_1.html European Champion Archive Results] at Sport-komplett-de

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