Biathlon World Championships 1974

The 13th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1974 in Minsk, Belarus, at that time part of the Soviet Union.[1]

Biathlon World Championships 1974
Host cityMinsk, Byelorussian SSR
CountryUSSR
Events3
Opening27 February 1974 (1974-02-27)
Closing1 March 1974 (1974-03-01)

Men's results

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20 km individual

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Juhani Suutarinen   FIN 1 1:12:04.7
  Gheorghe Gârniță   ROU 1 1:13:28.9
  Tor Svendsberget   NOR 3 1:13:37.1

10 km sprint

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Juhani Suutarinen   FIN 37:42.43
  Günther Bartnick   GDR 38:30.73
  Torsten Wadman   SWE 38:44.03

4 × 7.5 km relay

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Soviet Union

Alexander Tikhonov
Alexander Ushakov
Nikolay Kruglov
Juri Kolmakov

  URS 2:02:48.75
  Finland

Simo Halonen
Carl-Henrik Flöjt
Juhani Suutarinen
Heikki Ikola

  FIN 2:04:08.89
  Norway

Kjell Hovda
Kåre Hovda
Terje Hanssen
Tor Svendsberget

  NOR 2:05:15.35

Medal table

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Place Nation       Total
1   Finland 2 1 0 3
2   Soviet Union 1 0 0 1
3   East Germany 0 1 0 1
3   Romania 0 1 0 1
5   Norway 0 0 2 2
6   Sweden 0 0 1 1

References

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