Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Individual

Men's biathlon individual
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue McKinney Creek Stadium
Dates February 21
Competitors 30 from 9 nations
Winning time 1:33:21.6
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Klas Lestander  Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) Antti Tyrväinen  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Privalov  Soviet Union
Biathlon at the
1960 Winter Olympics
Individual   men

The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1960 Winter Olympics was held on 21 February, at McKinney Creek Stadium. Each miss of the target cost two minutes.[1]

Results

Klas Lestander became the first Olympic biathlon champion on the back of a perfect shooting performance, the only one of the event. The victory came despite Lestander's ski time, which was only 15th, right in the middle of the 30-man field. The defending world champion, Vladimir Melanin, had the third fastest ski time, but eight minutes in penalites left him fourth. the other medals went to racers with some of the better shooting performances; Antti Tyrväinen took just four minutes in penalties for silver, and Aleksandr Privalov only six minutes to win bronze. The two fastest skiers were Frenchmen Victor Arbez and René Mercier, both more than two minutes ahead of Privalov, and more than seven ahead of Lestander. However, both struggled on the range, Mercier missing 15 of 20 shots to incure a half-hour in penalties, and Abrez 18 of 20 to add 36 minutes to his time.[1]

Rank Name Country Ski Time Penalties Result Deficit
1st, gold medalist(s) Klas Lestander  Sweden 1:33:21.6 0 1:33:21.6 -
2nd, silver medalist(s) Antti Tyrväinen  Finland 1:29:57.7 2 1:33:57.7 +0:36.1
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Privalov  Soviet Union 1:28:54.2 3 1:34:54.2 +1:32.6
4 Vladimir Melanin  Soviet Union 1:27:42.4 4 1:35:42.4 +2:20.8
5 Valentin Pshenitsyn  Soviet Union 1:30:45.8 3 1:36:45.8 +3:24.2
6 Dmitry Sokolov  Soviet Union 1:28:16.7 5 1:38:16.7 +4:55.1
7 Ola Wærhaug  Norway 1:36:35.8 1 1:38:35.8 +5:14.2
8 Martti Meinilä  Finland 1:29:17.0 5 1:39:17.0 +5:55.4
9 Kuno Werner  United Team of Germany 1:29:33.8 6 1:41:33.8 +8:12.2
10 Henry Hermansen  Norway 1:34:20.1 4 1:42:20.1 +8:58.5
11 Jon Istad  Norway 1:36:53.5 4 1:44:53.5 +11:31.9
12 Tage Lundin  Sweden 1:33:56.3 6 1:45:56.3 +12:34.7
13 Herbert Kirchner  United Team of Germany 1:38:35.6 4 1:46:35.6 +13:14.0
14 John Burritt  United States 1:36:36.8 5 1:46:36.8 +13:15.2
15 Eero Laine  Finland 1:33:28.3 7 1:47:28.3 +14:06.7
16 Sven Agge  Sweden 1:30:21.7 9 1:48:21.7 +15:00.1
17 Horst Nickel  United Team of Germany 1:32:28.9 8 1:48:28.9 +15:07.3
18 Pentti Taskinen  Finland 1:36:29.7 7 1:50:29.7 +17:08.1
19 Adolf Wiklund  Sweden 1:30:07.8 12 1:54:07.8 +20:46.2
20 Kurt Hinze  United Team of Germany 1:36:36.5 9 1:54:36.5 +21:14.9
21 Dick Mize  United States 1:33:56.2 11 1:55:56.2 +22:34.6
22 René Mercier  France 1:26:13.2 15 1:56:13.2 +22:51.6
23 Gustav Hanson  United States 1:40:06.2 9 1:58:06.2 +24:44.6
24 Larry Damon  United States 1:33:38.2 13 1:59:38.2 +26:16.6
25 Victor Arbez  France 1:25:58.4 18 2:01:58.4 +28:36.8
26 Pál Sajgó  Hungary 1:34:27.3 14 2:02:27.3 +29:05.7
27 Gilbert Mercier  France 1:29:16.6 17 2:03:16.6 +29:55.0
28 Paul Romand  France 1:28:48.4 18 2:04:48.4 +31:26.8
29 John Moore  Great Britain 1:40:50.8 14 2:08:50.8 +35:29.2
30 Norman Shutt  Great Britain 1:45:36.5 13 2:11:36.5 +38:14.9

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
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