Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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The 1968 Winter Olympic Games Biathlon results

[edit] Men's events

[edit] 20 km

Medal Athlete Time Missed Targets Adjusted Time
Gold Magnar Solberg (NOR) 1:13:45.9 0 1:13:45.9
Silver Aleksandr Tikhonov (URS) 1:12:40.4 2 1:14:40.4
Bronze Vladimir Gundartsev (URS) 1:16:27.4 2 1:18:27.4

This was the first Olympics in which any missed target equaled a one minute penalty

[edit] 4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal Team Time Missed Targets
Gold Soviet Union (Aleksandr Tikhonov, Nikolay Pusanov, Viktor Mamatov, Vladimir Gundartsev) 2:13:02.4 2
Silver Norway (Ola Wærhaug, Olav Jordet, Magnar Solberg, Jon Istad) 2:14:50.2 5
Bronze Sweden (Lars-Göran Arwidson, Tore Eriksson, Olle Petrusson, Holmfrid Nilsson) 2:17:26.3 0


Biathlon at the Winter Olympics
1924* • 1928* (demonstration) • 1932 • 1936* (demonstration) • 1948* (demonstration) • 1952 • 1956
*Military patrol
1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
See also: List of Olympic medalists in biathlon
Events at the 1968 Winter Olympics (Grenoble)
Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Ski jumping • Speed skating
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