Biathlon World Championships 1959

The 2nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1959 in Courmayeur, Italy. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Vladimir Melanin 5 1:41:05 Dmitri Sokolov 4 1:41:15 10 Sven Agge 3 1:43:23 2:18 Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.

20 km team

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Soviet Union 5:10:27 Sweden 5:26:11 15:44 Norway 5:33:47 23:20

The times of the top 3 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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