Biathlon World Championships 1969

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Biathlon World Championships 1969
Host city Zakopane
CountryPoland
Events2
Opening27 February 1967 (1967-02-27)
Closing2 February 1967 (1967-02-02)

The 9th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1969 in Zakopane, Poland. [1]

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Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Alexander Tikhonov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 51:22:46.2
Silver medal icon.svg Rinnat Safin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 31:22:49.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Magnar Solberg Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 51:24:00.7

4 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg

Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov
Viktor Mamatov
Rinnat Safin
Vladimir Gundartsev

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS
Silver medal icon.svg

Norway
Jon Istad
Ragnar Tveiten
Magnar Solberg
Esten Gjelten

Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Bronze medal icon.svg

Finland
Kalevi Vähäkylä
Mauri Röppänen
Mauno Peltonen
Esko Marttinen

Flag of Finland.svg  FIN

Medal table

PlaceNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2103
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0112
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0011

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