Biathlon World Championships 1959

The 2nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1959 in Courmayeur, Italy. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

Men's results

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
Vladimir Melanin	URS	5	1:41:05
Dmitri Sokolov	URS	4	1:41:15	10
Sven Agge	SWE	3	1:43:23	2:18

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

Name	Nation	Result	Behind
Soviet Union	URS	5:10:27
Sweden	SWE	5:26:11	15:44
Norway	NOR	5:33:47	23:20

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

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Saalfelden 1958 Courmayeur 1959 Umeå 1961 Hämeenlinna 1962 Seefeld 1963 Elverum 1965 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1966 Altenberg 1967 Zakopane 1969 Östersund 1970 Hämeenlinna 1971 Lake Placid 1973 Minsk 1974 Antholz-Anterselva 1975 Antholz-Anterselva 1976 Vingrom 1977 Hochfilzen 1978 Ruhpolding 1979 Lahti 1981 Minsk 1982 Antholz-Anterselva 1983 Chamonix 1984 Ruhpolding / Egg am Etzel 1985 Oslo / Falun 1986 Lake Placid / Lahti 1987 Chamonix 1988 Feistritz an der Drau 1989 Minsk / Oslo / Kontiolahti 1990 Lahti 1991 Novosibirsk 1992 Borovets 1993 Canmore 1994 Antholz-Anterselva 1995 Ruhpolding 1996 Brezno-Osrblie 1997 Pokljuka / Hochfilzen 1998 Kontiolahti / Oslo 1999 Oslo / Lahti 2000 Pokljuka 2001 Oslo 2002 Khanty-Mansiysk 2003 Oberhof 2004 Hochfilzen / Khanty-Mansiysk 2005 Pokljuka 2006 Antholz-Anterselva 2007 Östersund 2008 Pyeongchang 2009 Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 Ruhpolding 2012 Nové Město na Moravě 2013 Kontiolahti 2015 Oslo 2016 Hochfilzen 2017 Östersund 2019 Antholz-Anterselva 2020 Pokljuka 2021 Oberhof 2023 Nové Město na Moravě 2024 Lenzerheide 2025 Otepää 2027 Hochfilzen 2028 Oslo-Holmenkollen 2029