Biathlon World Championships 1962

The 4th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1962 in Hämeenlinna, Finland.^[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	2	1:23:30
02 !	Antti Tyrväinen	FIN	1	1:24:08	38
03 !	Valentin Pzhenitsyn	URS	1	1:24:17	47

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

20 km team

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
01 !	Soviet Union	URS	7	4:12:38
02 !	Finland	FIN	4	4:20:45	8:07
03 !	Norway	NOR	14	4:36:55	24:17

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	0	1	3
2	Finland	0	2	0	2
3	Norway	0	0	1	1

References

↑ Sports 123 biathlon results

Biathlon World Championships

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