| Biathlon World Championships 1961 | |
| Host City: | Umeå |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Events: | 2 |
| Previous: | Courmayeur 1959 |
The 3rd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1961 in Umeå, Sweden.[1] The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalevi Huuskonen | 1 | 1:32:11 | ||||
| Aleksandr Privalov | 3 | 1:35:07 | 2:56 | |||
| 4 | 1:35:20 | 3:09 |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 11 | 4:45:38 | ||||
| 11 | 4:51:35 | 5:57 | ||||
| 12 | 5:06:11 | 20:33 |
The times of the top 3 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.
| width=50 | Place | width=120 | Nation | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Finland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 3 |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |