Biathlon World Championships 1975 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 14th 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 1975 in Antholz-Anterselva

Rasen-Antholz

Rasen-Antholz is a municipality in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 110 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 60 km northeast of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.-Geography:...

, Italy

Italy

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10 km sprint

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Nikolay Kruglov	Soviet Union	1	35:27.7
Alexander Yelizarov	Soviet Union	1	35:56.2
Klaus Siebert Klaus Siebert Klaus Siebert is a German former biathlete who raced for East Germany.At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Siebert won a silver medal on the relay with the East German relay team. In the Biathlon World Championships. Siebert has two gold medals with the East German relay team in 1978 and...	German Democratic Republic	2	36:27.4

20 km individual

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Heikki Ikola Heikki Ikola Heikki Ikola is a former Finnish biathlete. Together with his countryman Juhani Suutarinen he became dominant in the 1970s and the early 1980s. In 1975 he became double world champion in both the 20 km and the relay...	Finland	2	1:13:52.3
Nikolay Kruglov	Soviet Union	3	1:14:31.3
Esko Saira Esko Saira Esko Saira is a Finnish biathlete and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo with the Finnish team....	Finland	3	1:15:08.8

4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... Henrik Flöjt Henrik Flöjt Henrik Flöjt was a Finnish biathlete, world champion and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in 4 x 7.5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. He became world champion in 1975 with the Finnish relay team. His brother Heikki Flöjt was also a biathlete.-References:... Simo Halonen Simo Halonen Simo Halonen is a Finnish biathlete and world champion. He received a gold medal in 4 x 7.5 km relay at the 1975 Biathlon World Championships in Antholz. He received three times silver medals in the world championships with the Finnish relay team.... Juhani Suutarinen Juhani Suutarinen Juhani Suutarinen is a former Finnish biathlete. He was born in Uukuniemi.- Career :Winter Olympics1968 Grenoble - fifth in the relay*1972 Sapporo - silver medal in the relay, 30th in 20 km... Heikki Ikola Heikki Ikola Heikki Ikola is a former Finnish biathlete. Together with his countryman Juhani Suutarinen he became dominant in the 1970s and the early 1980s. In 1975 he became double world champion in both the 20 km and the relay...	Finland
	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.... Alexander Tikhonov Alexander Yelizarov Alexander Ushakov Alexander Ushakov (biathlete) Alexander Ushakov is a former Soviet Biathlete. In his career he won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships.-References:... Nikolay Kruglov	Soviet Union
	Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... Jan Szpunar Andrzej Rapacz Ludwig Zięba Wojciech Truchan	Poland

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Finland	2	0	1	3
2	Soviet Union	1	3	0	4
3	German Democratic Republic	0	0	1	1
3	Poland	0	0	1	1

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