Biathlon World Championships 1966 Explained

Biathlon World Championships 1966
Host City:	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria
Country:	West Germany
Events:	2
Previous:	Elverum 1965

The 7th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1966 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the then West Germany.^[1] The men's relay event was given official recognition.

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Jon Istad		4	1:38:21.8
			4	1:39:53.6
			1	1:39:53.6

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Norway Jon Istad Ragnar Tveiten Ivar Nordkild Olav Jordet
	Poland Józef Gąsienica Sobczak Stanisław Szczepaniak Stanisław Łukaszczyk Józef Rubiś
	Sweden Olle Petrusson Tore Eriksson Holmfrid Olsson Sture Ohlin

Medal table

width=50	Place	width=120	Nation	width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50	Total
1	Norway	2	0	0	2
2	Poland	0	2	0	2
3		0	0	1	1
3	Sweden	0	0	1	1

Notes and References

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