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 Melanin51:41:05
Dmitri Sokolov41:41:1510
Sven Agge31:43:232:18

Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.

20 km team

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind
Soviet Union5:10:27
Sweden5:26:1115:44
Norway5:33:4723:20

The times of the top 3 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.

Medal table