The 1st Biathlon World Championships were held in 1958 in Saalfelden, Austria.* Sports 123 biathlon results The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.
Men's results
20 km individual
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Adolf Wiklund 3 1:33:44 Olle Gunneriusson 3 1:34:13 29 Viktor Butakov 6 1:34:46 1:02 Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.
20 km team
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Sweden 6:23:58 Soviet Union 6:35:33 11:35 Norway 7:23:58 1:00:00
The times of the top 4 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.
Medal table Place Nation Total 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 1
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