Biathlon World Championships 1962

Biathlon World Championships 1962Host city| Hämeenlinna

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Country| Finland
Events| 2
Opening| 4 March 1962 (1962-03-04)
Closing| 4 March 1962 (1962-03-04)

<- Umeå 1961

Seefeld in Tirol 1963 ->

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.

## Men's results

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### 20 km individual

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Medal  | Name  | Nation  | Penalties  | Result  | Behind

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| 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.

### 20 km team

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Medal  | Name  | Nation  | Penalties  | Result  | Behind

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| 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.

## Medal table

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Place  | Nation  |  |  |  | Total

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