Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Dates 4 – 4 February 1964
Medal Events 1

The Olympic biathlon competition in 1964 was following almost the same rules as in 1960. The competition contested over 20 km with 20 shots fired over four different ranges: 200m, 250m, 150m and 100m. The first three series were fired from a prone position, the last standing. But the target was changed from 1960. A hit in the inner circle gave no penalty, a hit in the outer ring gave one minute penalty, and a hit outside the target gave two minutes penalty. The weapon was different from the small board rifle in use nowadays. The biathletes at that time used a high-power center fire rifle, normally caliber 7,62 mm. The start interval was two minutes.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
20 kilometres, Men Olympic 4 February 1964 51 14
51 (51/0) 14 (14/0)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
20 kilometres, Men Vladimir MelaninURS Aleksandr PrivalovURS Olav JordetNOR

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 1 1 0 2
Norway NOR 0 0 1 1