Biathlon World Championships 1962 Explained
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 |
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| 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
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
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| 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 | Place | width=120 | Nation | width=50 | | width=50 | | width=50 | | width=50 | Total |
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1 | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Notes and References
- http://sports123.com/bia/index.html Sports 123 biathlon results