Biathlon World Championships 1973

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]

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

Men's results

20 km individual
Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Alexander Tikhonov URS21:24:30.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Gennady Kovalyev URS11:27:17.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Tor Svendsberget NOR51:28:08.2

4 × 7.5 km relay
Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Soviet Union

Alexander Tikhonov
Rinnat Safin
Yuriy Kolmakov
Gennady Kovalyev

  URS
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Norway

Tor Svendsberget
Esten Gjelten
Ragnar Tveiten
Kjell Hovda

  NOR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)East Germany

Dieter Speer
Manfred Geyer
Herbert Wiegand
Günther Bartnick

  GDR

Medal table
Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Soviet Union 2 1 0 3
2  Norway 0 1 1 2
3  East Germany 0 0 1 1

References
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