Biathlon World Championships 1961

The 3rd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1961 in Umeå, Sweden.^[1] The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Kalevi Huuskonen	FIN	1	1:32:11
	Aleksandr Privalov	URS	3	1:35:07	2:56
	Paavo Repo	FIN	4	1:35:20	3:09

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

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Finland	FIN	11	4:45:38
	Soviet Union	URS	11	4:51:35	5:57
	Sweden	SWE	12	5:06:11	20:33

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

Place	Nation				Total
1	Finland	2	0	1	3
2	Soviet Union	0	2	0	2
3	Sweden	0	0	1	1