Biathlon World Championships 1961

Biathlon World Championships 1961

Host city	Umeå
Country	Sweden
Events	2
Opening	25 February 1961 (1961-02-25)
Closing	25 February 1961 (1961-02-25)

The 3rd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1961 in Umeå, Sweden. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Kalevi Huuskonen	FIN	1	1:32:11
	Aleksandr Privalov	URS	3	1:35:07	2:56
	Paavo Repo	FIN	4	1:35:20	3:09

Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.

20 km team

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Finland	FIN	11	4:45:38
	Soviet Union	URS	11	4:51:35	5:57
	Sweden	SWE	12	5:06:11	20:33

The times of the top 3 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Finland	2	0	1	3
2	Soviet Union	0	2	0	2
3	Sweden	0	0	1	1