The 5th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1963 in Seefeld, Austria. The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.
Men's results 20 km individual MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Vladimir Melanin 2 1:32:06.8 Antti Tyrväinen 2 1:33:46.7 1:39.9 Hannu Posti 2 1:35:02.1 2:55.3 Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.
20 km team MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Soviet Union 7 4:45:56.7 Finland 10 4:46:02.5 5.8 Norway 11 5:03:55.5 17:58.8
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 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 1 1
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