Biathlon World Championships 1962

The 4th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1962 in Hämeenlinna, Finland.^[1] The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Vladimir Melanin	URS	2	1:23:30
	Antti Tyrväinen	FIN	1	1:24:08	38
	Valentin Pshenitsyn	URS	1	1:24:17	47

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

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Soviet Union	URS	7	4:12:38
	Finland	FIN	4	4:20:45	8:07
	Norway	NOR	14	4:36:55	24:17

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

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