Biathlon World Championships 1959

The 2nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1959 in Courmayeur, Italy[1]. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

Contents

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result Behind
Vladimir Melanin  URS 5 1:41:05
Dimitri Sokolov  URS 4 1:41:15 10
Sven Agge  SWE 3 1:43:23 2:18

Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.

20 km team

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result Behind
Soviet Union  URS 5:10:27
Sweden  SWE 5:26:11 15:44
Norway  NOR 5:33:47 23:20

The times of the top 3 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.

Medal table

Place Nation Total
1  Soviet Union 2 1 0 3
2  Sweden 0 1 1 2
3  Norway 0 0 1 1

References

  1. ^ Sports 123 biathlon results

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