Biathlon World Championships 1959

The 2nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1959 in Courmayeur, Italy.^[1] The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

Men's results[]

20 km individual[]

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Vladimir Melanin	URS	5	1:41:05
	Dmitri Sokolov	URS	4	1:41:15	10
	Sven Agge	SWE	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	URS		5:10:27
	Sweden	SWE		5:26:11	15:44
	Norway	NOR		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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