Biathlon World Championships 1961

Biathlon World Championships 1961Host city| Umeå

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Country| Sweden
Events| 2
Opening| 25 February 1961 (1961-02-25)
Closing| 25 February 1961 (1961-02-25)

<- Courmayeur 1959

Hämeenlinna 1962 ->

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.

## Men's results

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### 20 km individual

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Medal  | Name  | Nation  | Penalties  | Result  | Behind

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| 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.

### 20 km team

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Medal  | Name  | Nation  | Penalties  | Result  | Behind

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| 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.

## Medal table

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Place  | Nation  |  |  |  | Total

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1 |  Finland | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3
2  |  Soviet Union | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2
3  |  Sweden | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1

## References

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1. ^ [*Sports 123 biathlon results

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Biathlon World Championships

* Saalfelden 1958
* Courmayeur 1959
* Umeå 1961
* Hämeenlinna 1962
* Seefeld 1963
* Elverum 1965
* Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1966
* Altenberg 1967
* Zakopane 1969
* Östersund 1970
* Hämeenlinna 1971
* Lake Placid 1973
* Minsk 1974
* Antholz-Anterselva 1975
* Antholz-Anterselva 1976
* Vingrom 1977
* Hochfilzen 1978
* Ruhpolding 1979
* Lahti 1981
* Minsk 1982
* Antholz-Anterselva 1983
* Chamonix 1984
* Ruhpolding / Egg am Etzel 1985
* Oslo / Falun 1986
* Lake Placid / Lahti 1987
* Chamonix 1988
* Feistritz an der Drau 1989
* Minsk / Oslo / Kontiolahti 1990
* Lahti 1991
* Novosibirsk 1992
* Borovets 1993
* Canmore 1994
* Antholz-Anterselva 1995
* Ruhpolding 1996
* Brezno-Osrblie 1997
* Pokljuka / Hochfilzen 1998
* Kontiolahti / Oslo 1999
* Oslo / Lahti 2000
* Pokljuka 2001
* Oslo 2002
* Khanty-Mansiysk 2003
* Oberhof 2004
* Hochfilzen / Khanty-Mansiysk 2005
* Pokljuka 2006
* Antholz-Anterselva 2007
* Östersund 2008
* Pyeongchang 2009
* Khanty-Mansiysk 2010
* Khanty-Mansiysk 2011
* Ruhpolding 2012
* Nové Město na Moravě 2013
* Kontiolahti 2015
* Oslo 2016
* Hochfilzen 2017
* Östersund 2019
* Antholz-Anterselva 2020
* Pokljuka 2021
* Oberhof 2023
* Nové Město na Moravě 2024
* Lenzerheide 2025
* Otepää 2027

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