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.

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
01 !	Vladimir Melanin	URS	5	1:41:05
02 !	Dmitri Sokolov	URS	4	1:41:15	10
03 !	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	Result	Behind
01 !	Soviet Union	URS	5:10:27
02 !	Sweden	SWE	5:26:11	15:44
03 !	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	01 !	02 !	03 !	Total
1	Soviet Union	2	1	0	3
2	Sweden	0	1	1	2
3	Norway	0	0	1	1

References

↑ Sports 123 biathlon results

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