Biathlon World Championships 1961

The 3rd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1961 in Umeå, Sweden.[1] The men's 20km individual and team were the only competitions.

Men's results

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
Kalevi Huuskonen	FIN	1	1:32:11
Aleksandr Privalov	URS	3	1:35:07	2:56
Paavo Repo	FIN	4	1:35:20	3:09

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

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
Finland	FIN	11	4:45:38
Soviet Union	URS	11	4:51:35	5:57
Sweden	SWE	12	5:06:11	20:33

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

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