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
Opening ceremony27 February 1974 (1974-02-27)
Closing ceremony1 March 1974 (1974-03-01)

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Juhani Suutarinen FIN11:12:04.7
Gheorghe Gârniță ROU11:13:28.9
Tor Svendsberget NOR31:13:37.1

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Juhani Suutarinen FIN37:42.43
Günther Bartnick GDR38:30.73
Torsten Wadman SWE38:44.03

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Alexander Tikhonov
Alexander Ushakov
Nikolay Kruglov
Juri Kolmakov

 URS2:02:48.75
Finland

Simo Halonen
Carl-Henrik Flöjt
Juhani Suutarinen
Heikki Ikola

 FIN2:04:08.89
Norway

Kjell Hovda
Kåre Hovda
Terje Hanssen
Tor Svendsberget

 NOR2:05:15.35

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

References

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