Biathlon World Championships 1959
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The 2nd Biathlon World Championships
Biathlon World Championships
The first Biathlon World Championships was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in...

were held in 1959 in Courmayeur
Courmayeur
Courmayeur is an Italian town and comune in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, in northern Italy. It is located at the foot of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in western Europe, in the Graian Alps range, and is crossed by the Dora Baltea...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result Behind
Vladimir Melanin
Vladimir Melanin
Vladimir Mikhailovich Melanin was a Soviet/Russian biathlete.He was born in Balyik.Melanin trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kirov. He won an Olympic gold medal for the USSR in the 20 km individual in the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck ahead of his fellow Soviet Aleksandr Privalov and...

 Soviet Union 5 1:41:05
Dimitri Sokolov   Soviet Union 4 1:41:15 10
Sven Agge   Sweden 3 1:43:23 2:18

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

20 km team

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result Behind
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 Soviet Union 5:10:27
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 
 Sweden 5:26:11 15:44
Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 Norway 5:33:47 23:20


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

Medal table

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