The 6th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1965 in Elverum, Norway. The men's 20 km individual and team events were the only official competitions. In these championships, an unofficial men's 4 × 7.5 km relay was also held. It was a success, and replaced the team competition as an official event in 1966.Relay rules approved
Men's results
20 km individual
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Olav Jordet 1 1:23:34.9 Nikolay Puzanov 1 1:23:57.0 22.1 Antti Tyrväinen 0 1:23:57.6 22.7 4 Ola Wærhaug 2 1:24:59.0 1:24.1 5 Heinz Kluge 2 1:25:45.0 2:10.1 6 Józef Gąsienica-Sobczak 0 1:27:05.9 3:31.0 Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.
20 km team
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Norway 6 4:18:00.9 Soviet Union 8 4:20:49.6 2:48.7 Poland 5 4:25:12.9 7:12.0 4 East Germany ? 4:28:16.4 10:15.5 5 Finland ? 4:28:24.1 10:23.2 6 Sweden 5 4:28:31.0 10:30.1
The times of the top 3 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.
4 × 7.5 km relay (unofficial)
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResultBehind Norway 5 2:02:34 Sweden 7 2:04:32 1:58 Soviet Union 4 2:05:46 3:12 4 East Germany ? 2:06:33 3:59 5 Finland ? 2:11:00 8:26 6 Romania ? 2:12:03 9:29
Medal table (official events) Place Nation Total 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1
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