Biathlon World Championships 1965

Biathlon World Championships 1965

Host city	Elverum
Country	Norway
Events	2
Opening	18 February 1965 (1965-02-18)
Closing	20 February 1965 (1965-02-20)

The 6th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1965 in Elverum, Norway. The men's 20 km individual and team events were the only official competitions. In these championships, an unofficial men's 4 × 7.5 km relay was also held. It was a success, and replaced the team competition as an official event in 1966.

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Olav Jordet	NOR	1	1:23:34.9
	Nikolay Puzanov	URS	1	1:23:57.0	22.1
	Antti Tyrväinen	FIN	0	1:23:57.6	22.7
4	Ola Wærhaug	NOR	2	1:24:59.0	1:24.1
5	Heinz Kluge	GDR	2	1:25:45.0	2:10.1
6	Józef Gąsienica Sobczak	POL	0	1:27:05.9	3:31.0

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

20 km team

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Norway	NOR	6	4:18:00.9
	Soviet Union	URS	8	4:20:49.6	2:48.7
	Poland	POL	5	4:25:12.9	7:12.0
4	East Germany	GDR	?	4:28:16.4	10:15.5
5	Finland	FIN	?	4:28:24.1	10:23.2
6	Sweden	SWE	5	4:28:31.0	10:30.1

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

4 × 7.5 km relay (unofficial)

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Norway	NOR	5	2:02:34
	Sweden	SWE	7	2:04:32	1:58
	Soviet Union	URS	4	2:05:46	3:12
4	East Germany	GDR	?	2:06:33	3:59
5	Finland	FIN	?	2:11:00	8:26
6	Romania	ROU	?	2:12:03	9:29

Medal table (official events)

Place	Nation				Total
1	Norway	2	0	0	2
2	Soviet Union	0	2	0	2
3	Finland	0	0	1	1
3	Poland	0	0	1	1