Biathlon World Championships 1974

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

Biathlon World Championships 1974

Host city	Minsk, Byelorussian SSR
Country	USSR
Events	3
Opening	27 February 1974 (1974-02-27)
Closing	1 March 1974 (1974-03-01)

Men's results

20 km individual

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

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

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

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