1973 Biathlon World Championships

1973 Biathlon World Championships
winner
sprint	Alexander Tikhonov
Season	Soviet Union
← Hämeenlinna 1971	Minsk 1974 →

The 12th Biathlon World Championships took place in Lake Placid , USA in 1973 . Because of the Olympic Winter Games in the previous year, there were no regular biathlon world championships in 1972.

Men

Single 20 km

space	athlete	Time [h]	Sch.
1	Alexander Tikhonov	1: 24: 30.2	2
2	Gennady Kovalyov	1: 27: 17.2	1
3	Svendsberget gate	1: 28: 08.2	5
4th	Mauri Röppänen	1: 29: 04.9	2
5	Estonians	1: 29: 09.1	3
6th	Juhani Suutarinen	1: 29: 35.6	3
7th	Willy Bertin	1: 29: 46.1	3
8th	Yuri Kolmakov	1: 29: 58.7	2

Date: March 2nd

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Tichonow Rinnat Safin Yuri Kolmakow Gennadi Kowaljow	...	...
2	Norway	Gate Svendsberget Esten Gjelten Ragnar Tveiten Kjell Hovda	...	...
3	GDR	Dieter Speer Manfred Geyer Herbert Wiegand Günter Bartnik	...	...

Date: March 4th

Medal table

Nations

space	nation
1	Soviet Union	2	1	0	3
2	Norway	0	1	1	2
3	German Democratic Republic	0	0	1	1

Medalist

space	athlete
1	Alexander Tikhonov	2	0	0	2
2	Gennady Kovalyov	1	1	0	2
3	Rinnat Safin	1	0	0	1
	Yuri Kolmakov	1	0	0	1
5	Svendsberget gate	0	1	1	2
6th	Estonians	0	1	0	1
	Ragnar Tveiten	0	1	0	1
	Kjell Hovda	0	1	0	1
9	Dieter Speer	0	0	1	1
	Manfred Geyer	0	0	1	1
	Herbert Wiegand	0	0	1	1
	Günter Bartnik	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results lists on sports123.com
• List of biathlon world champions on laola1.at
• 1973 Biathlon World Championships on biathlonworld.com
• Biathlon history 1958 to 1972 on biathlonworld.com