The 4th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1962 in Hämeenlinna, Finland. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.
Men's results
20 km individual
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Vladimir Melanin 2 1:23:30 Antti Tyrväinen 1 1:24:08 38 Valentin Pshenitsyn 1 1:24:17 47 Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.
20 km team
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Soviet Union 7 4:12:38 Finland 4 4:20:45 8:07 Norway 14 4:36:55 24:17
The times of the top 3 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.
Medal table Place Nation Total 1 2 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 1
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