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.

Biathlon World Championships 1959
Host cityCourmayeur
CountryItaly
Events2

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result Behind
Vladimir Melanin URS51:41:05
Dmitri Sokolov URS41:41:1510
Sven Agge SWE31:43:232:18

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

20 km team

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result Behind
Soviet Union URS5:10:27
Sweden SWE5:26:1115:44
Norway NOR5:33:4723:20

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

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