Biathlon World Championships 1973

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Biathlon World Championships 1973
Host city Lake Placid, New York
CountryUSA
Events2
Opening2 March 1973 (1973-03-02)
Closing4 March 1973 (1973-03-04)

The 12th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1973 in Lake Placid, United States. It is the first time the championships took place outside Europe. [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 21:24:30.2
Silver medal icon.svg Gennady Kovalev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 11:27:17.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Tor Svendsberget Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 51:28:08.2

4 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Alexander Tikhonov
Rinnat Safin
Yuriy Kolmakov
Gennady Kovalev

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

Tor Svendsberget
Esten Gjelten
Ragnar Tveiten
Kjell Hovda

Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Bronze medal icon.svg East Germany

Dieter Speer
Manfred Geyer
Herbert Wiegand
Günther Bartnick

Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR

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 East Germany.svg  East Germany 0011

References