Biathlon World Championships 1959
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| host_city = Courmayeur
| country = Italy
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| previous = Saalfelden 1958
| next = Umeå 1961
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The 2nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1959 in Courmayeur, Italy.[http://sports123.com/bia/index.html Sports 123 biathlon results] The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.
Men's results
=20 km individual=
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!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=50|Medal !style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=160|Name !style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=80|Nation !style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=80|Penalties !style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=60|Result !style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=60|Behind | |||||
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| align="center"|{{gold1}} | Vladimir Melanin | align="center"| {{flag|URS}} | align="center"| 5 | align="right"| 1:41:05 | align="right"| |
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| align="center"|{{silver2}} | Dmitri Sokolov | align="center"| {{flag|URS}} | align="center"| 4 | align="right"| 1:41:15 | align="right"| 10 |
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| align="center"|{{bronze3}} | Sven Agge | align="center"| {{flag|SWE}} | align="center"| 3 | align="right"| 1:43:23 | align="right"| 2:18 |
Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.
=20 km team=
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| align="center"|{{gold1}} | Soviet Union | align="center"| {{flag|URS}} | align="center"| | align="right"| 5:10:27 | align="right"| |
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| align="center"|{{silver2}} | Sweden | align="center"| {{flag|SWE}} | align="center"| | align="right"| 5:26:11 | align="right"| 15:44 |
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| align="center"|{{bronze3}} | Norway | align="center"| {{flag|NOR}} | align="center"| | align="right"| 5:33:47 | align="right"| 23:20 |
The times of the top 3 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.
Medal table
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! width=50 | Place ! width=120 | Nation ! width=50 | {{gold1}} ! width=50 | {{silver2}} ! width=50 | {{bronze3}} ! width=50 | Total |
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| 1 | align="left" |{{flag|Soviet Union}} | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0 | 3 |
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| 2 | align="left" |{{flag|Sweden}} | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1 | 2 |
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| 3 | align="left" |{{flag|Norway}} | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1 | 1 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Biathlon World Championships}}
Category:International sports competitions hosted by Italy
Category:1959 in Italian sport