Biathlon World Championships 1962


The 4th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1962 in Hämeenlinna, Finland. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind
Vladimir Melanin21:23:30
Antti Tyrväinen11:24:0838
Valentin Pshenitsyn11:24:1747

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

20 km team

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind
Soviet Union74:12:38
Finland44:20:458:07
Norway144:36:5524:17

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

Medal table