Biathlon World Championships 1962 Explained

Biathlon World Championships 1962
Host City:Hämeenlinna
Country:Finland
Events:2
Previous:Umeå 1961

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

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind
Vladimir Melanin 2 1:23:30
1 1:24:08 38
1 1:24:17 47
Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.

20 km team

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind
Soviet Union 7 4:12:38
4 4:20:45 8:07
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

width=50 Placewidth=120 Nationwidth=50 width=50 width=50 width=50 Total
12013
2 Finland0202
3 Norway0011

Notes and References

  1. http://sports123.com/bia/index.html Sports 123 biathlon results