The 6th Biathlon World Championships

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 1965 in Elverum

Elverum

is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum...

, 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...

. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only official competitions. In these particular championships an unofficial men's 4 x 7.5 km relay was also held. It was a success, and replaced the team competition as an official event in 1966.

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Olav Jordet Olav Jordet Olav Jordet is a former Norwegian biathlete.He was born in Tolga.He became Norway's first individual biathlon world champion in 1965, has world championship relay gold medals in 1966 and 1967...	Norway	1	1:23:34.9
	Nikolai Pusanov	Soviet Union	1	1:23:57.0	22.1
	Antti Tyrväinen Antti Tyrväinen Antti Tyrväinen is a Finnish biathlete and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and silver medals in the World Championships in 1962 and 1963 together with a bronze medal in 1965.He was born in Ylöjärvi.-References:...	Finland	0	1:23:57.6	22.7

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

20 km team

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	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	6	4:18:00.9
	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	8	4:20:49.6	2:48.7
	Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...	Poland	5	4:25:12.9	7:12.0

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

4 x 7.5 km relay (unofficial)

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	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	5	2:02:34
	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	7	2:04:32	1:58
	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	4	2:05:46	3:12

Medal table (official events)

Place	Nation				Total
1	Norway	2	0	0	2
2	Soviet Union	0	2	0	2
3	Finland	0	0	1	1
3	Poland	0	0	1	1