Biathlon World Championships 1959 Explained
The 2nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1959 in Courmayeur, Italy.[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 | | 5 | 1:41:05 | |
| | | 4 | 1:41:15 | 10 |
| | | 3 | 1:43:23 | 2:18 | |
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 | | | 5:10:27 | |
| | | | 5:26:11 | 15:44 |
| | | | 5:33:47 | 23:20 | |
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 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Notes and References
- http://sports123.com/bia/index.html Sports 123 biathlon results