Biathlon World Championships 1974

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Biathlon World Championships 1974
Host cityMinsk, Byelorussian SSR
CountryUSSR
Events3
Opening27 February 1974 (1974-02-27)
Closing1 March 1974 (1974-03-01)

The 13th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1974 in Minsk, Belarus, at that time part of the Soviet Union.[1]

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Juhani Suutarinen  FIN 1 1:12:04.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gheorghe Gârniță  ROU 1 1:13:28.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tor Svendsberget  NOR 3 1:13:37.1

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Juhani Suutarinen  FIN 37:42.43
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Günther Bartnick  GDR 38:30.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Torsten Wadman  SWE 38:44.03

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Soviet Union

Alexander Tikhonov
Alexander Ushakov
Nikolay Kruglov
Juri Kolmakov

 URS 2:02:48.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Finland

Simo Halonen
Carl-Henrik Flöjt
Juhani Suutarinen
Heikki Ikola

 FIN 2:04:08.89
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Norway

Kjell Hovda
Kåre Hovda
Terje Hanssen
Tor Svendsberget

 NOR 2:05:15.35

Medal table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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