Biathlon World Championships 1958
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The 1st Biathlon World Championships
were held in 1958 in Saalfelden
, Austria
. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.
Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.
The times of the top 4 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.
Biathlon World Championships
The first Biathlon World Championships was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in...
were held in 1958 in Saalfelden
Saalfelden
Saalfelden is a town in the Austrian state of Salzburg and is the administrative centre of the Pinzgauer Saalachtal...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.
20 km individual
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolf Wiklund |  Sweden |
3 | 1:33:44 | ||
| Olle Gunneriusson | Sweden |
3 | 1:34:13 | 29 | |
| Viktor Butakov |  Soviet Union |
6 | 1:34:46 | 1:02 |
Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.
20 km team
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
Sweden |
6:23:58 | |||
| Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... |
Soviet Union |
6:35:33 | 11:35 | ||
| Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
 Norway |
7:23:58 | 1:00:00 |
The times of the top 4 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.
Medal table
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Soviet Union |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Norway |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |