Date | 4 February 1964 — 13:35 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Langlaufstadion, Seefeld | |
Participants | 51 from 14 countries | |
Format | Two-minute penalty for each missed target. | |
Details | Course Length: ? Height Differential: ? Maximum Climb: ? Shooting 1: Prone at 6 km, 200 m range Shooting 2: Prone at 10.4 km, 250 m range Shooting 3: Prone at 11.8 km, 150 m range Shooting 4: Standing at 17.1 km, 100 m range Total Climbing: ? |
Vladimir Melanin was the heavy favorite in the 1964 biathlon event. The 30-year-old soldier from CSKA Kirov was World Champion in 1959, 1962 and 1963, and at the same championships he also was member of the Soviet Union team winning the team competition. His team-mate Aleksandr Privalov was also considered among the favorites, winning the bronze medal in the 1960 Games and coming second in the World Championships 1961. The greatest threats to the Soviets were considered to be the Finns. Antti Tyrväinen had a habit of coming second in international championships, with silver medals both from the 1960 games and from the World Championships 1962 and 1963. The Finnish team also consisted of two interesting veterans. Hannu Posti, aged 38 and placing fourth in 5000 m track at the 1952 Helsinki Games, had taken up biathlon with success, placing third at the 1963 World Championships. Another interesting start was triple Olympic Gold medalist in cross country skiing, Veikko Hakulinen. Now a veteran of 39, he was considered the fastest skier among the biathletes, and had a silver medal as a member of the Finnish team at the team competition in the World Biathlon Championships 1963.
After the first shooting Vilmoş Gheorghe, a 23-year old Romanian representing Dinamo Braşov, was in the lead, closely followed by Valentin Pshenitsyn, and with favorites Melanin and Tyrväinen close behind. At the second shooting Gheorghe had one missed target and received a 2 minutes penalty, and Melanin was in a clear lead, 1:10 ahead of Pshenitsyn. After the third shooting Melanin was still in the lead, now with Pshenitsyn only 36 seconds behind. The 24-year old Norwegian Olav Jordet had advanced to third, the Swede John Güttke was fourth and Privalov fifth, all with no missed targets. At the final standing shooting, only Melanin among the top medal contenders was reported to have a full house. It was the first time that Melanin achieved 20 hits in a major competition. Privalov and Jordet were reported with one missed target, and the preliminary list showed a clear gold medal for Melanin, silver for Jordet and bronze for Privalov.
In those days the hits was not automatically registered, and the targets had to be taken down after the competition for a manual control. In the final control of the targets Privalov’s miss was changed to a hit, and he was advanced to the silver medal position ahead of Jordet. The Norwegian Ragnar Tveiten with the second fastest cross country time of the competition and preliminary placed eight with eight penalty minutes, had one of his missed targets changed to a hit and advanced to fourth position in the official results. Hakulinen was the fastest skier of the day, but with twelve penalty minutes he ended up as fifteenth in the final standings.
Pos | Competitor | NOC | Adjusted Time | Misses | Skiing | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 1 | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 2 | Shooting 3 Misses | Shooting 3 | Shooting 4 Misses | Shooting 4 | |||
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1 | Vladimir Melanin | URS | 1-20:26.8 | 0 | 1-20:26.8 (3) | 0 | 24:03 (3) | 0 | 41:38 (1) | 0 | 46:43 (1) | 0 | 1-07:17 (1) | Gold | ||
2 | Aleksandr Privalov | URS | 1-23:42.5 | 0 | 1-23:42.5 (16) | 0 | 24:51 (7) | 0 | 43:20 (4) | 0 | 48:39 (5) | 0 | 1-10:26 (2) | Silver | ||
3 | Olav Jordet | NOR | 1-24:38.8 | 1 | 1-22:38.8 (10) | 0 | 24:56 (8) | 0 | 43:27 (5) | 0 | 48:16 (3) | 1 | 1-11:19 (3) | Bronze | ||
4 | Ragnar Tveiten | NOR | 1-25:52.5 | 3 | 1-19:52.5 (2) | 1 | 25:28 (11) | 1 | 45:23 (11) | 0 | 50:30 (8) | 1 | 1-13:36 (7) | |||
5 | Vilmoș Gheorghe | ROU | 1-26:18.0 | 2 | 1-22:18.0 (8) | 0 | 23:57 (1) | 1 | 44:00 (6) | 0 | 49:15 (6) | 1 | 1-12:22 (4) | |||
6 | Józef Rubiś | POL | 1-26:31.6 | 2 | 1-22:31.6 (9) | 1 | 26:30 (15) | 0 | 44:47 (10) | 0 | 49:59 (7) | 1 | 1-13:30 (6) | |||
7 | Valentin Pshenitsyn | URS | 1-26:59.0 | 2 | 1-22:59.0 (13) | 0 | 24:00 (2) | 0 | 42:48 (2) | 0 | 47:19 (2) | 2 | 1-13:00 (5) | |||
8 | Hannu Posti | FIN | 1-27:16.5 | 1 | 1-25:16.5 (21) | 1 | 26:56 (21) | 0 | 45:52 (14) | 0 | 51:45 (11) | 0 | 1-13:45 (8) | |||
9 | John Güttke | SWE | 1-28:02.4 | 2 | 1-24:02.4 (17) | 0 | 24:47 (6) | 0 | 43:14 (3) | 0 | 48:34 (4) | 2 | 1-13:56 (9) | |||
10 | Nikolay Puzanov | URS | 1-29:21.5 | 4 | 1-21:21.5 (5) | 3 | 30:18 (34) | 0 | 48:43 (=25) | 0 | 53:12 (16) | 1 | 1-16:28 (13) | |||
11 | Jon Istad | NOR | 1-29:24.8 | 3 | 1-23:24.8 (14) | 1 | 25:54 (13) | 0 | 44:10 (7) | 1 | 51:40 (10) | 1 | 1-15:26 (10) | |||
12 | Sture Ohlin | SWE | 1-29:46.0 | 2 | 1-25:46.0 (22) | 1 | 27:14 (24) | 1 | 47:56 (21) | 0 | 53:32 (18) | 0 | 1-16:12 (11) | |||
13 | Antti Tyrväinen | FIN | 1-30:09.0 | 4 | 1-22:09.0 (7) | 0 | 24:14 (4) | 2 | 45:49 (12) | 0 | 51:17 (9) | 2 | 1-17:41 (14) | |||
14 | Constantin Carabela | ROU | 1-30:59.0 | 0 | 1-30:59.0 (39) | 0 | 26:42 (18) | 0 | 47:08 (18) | 0 | 53:01 (15) | 0 | 1-16:27 (12) | |||
15 | Veikko Hakulinen | FIN | 1-31:37.9 | 6 | 1-19:37.9 (1) | 2 | 26:46 (19) | 1 | 46:06 (15) | 0 | 51:56 (12) | 3 | 1-18:07 (16) | |||
16 | Charlie Akers | USA | 1-32:24.9 | 2 | 1-28:24.9 (28) | 1 | 28:08 (26) | 0 | 47:45 (20) | 1 | 55:06 (22) | 0 | 1-17:58 (15) | |||
17 | Sven-Olov Axelsson | SWE | 1-33:13.6 | 6 | 1-21:13.6 (4) | 0 | 24:39 (5) | 1 | 44:41 (8) | 3 | 55:20 (23) | 2 | 1-20:10 (21) | |||
18 | Stanisław Szczepaniak | POL | 1-33:43.5 | 3 | 1-27:43.5 (24) | 0 | 25:25 (10) | 0 | 44:45 (9) | 1 | 52:26 (14) | 2 | 1-19:22 (18) | |||
19 | Yuji Yamanaka | JPN | 1-33:51.8 | 2 | 1-29:51.8 (34) | 1 | 29:19 (33) | 1 | 50:56 (33) | 0 | 56:03 (25) | 0 | 1-19:35 (19) | |||
20 | Józef Gąsienica Sobczak | POL | 1-34:00.6 | 6 | 1-22:00.6 (6) | 4 | 32:47 (39) | 0 | 50:59 (35) | 2 | 59:58 (33) | 0 | 1-21:19 (27) | |||
21 | Hans-Dieter Riechel | GER | 1-34:30.9 | 3 | 1-28:30.9 (29) | 1 | 28:09 (27) | 0 | 47:03 (17) | 0 | 52:21 (13) | 2 | 1-20:01 (20) | |||
22 | Ola Wærhaug | NOR | 1-34:38.0 | 5 | 1-24:38.0 (18) | 2 | 28:14 (29) | 1 | 48:50 (27) | 2 | 58:22 (31) | 0 | 1-21:06 (25) | |||
23 | Esko Marttinen | FIN | 1-34:50.2 | 5 | 1-24:50.2 (19) | 1 | 26:59 (=22) | 0 | 45:51 (13) | 2 | 54:24 (21) | 2 | 1-20:15 (22) | |||
24 | Egon Schnabel | GER | 1-34:53.0 | 2 | 1-30:53.0 (38) | 1 | 29:06 (32) | 0 | 48:43 (=25) | 0 | 53:30 (17) | 1 | 1-18:12 (17) | |||
25 | Sten Eriksson | SWE | 1-35:27.8 | 6 | 1-23:27.8 (15) | 2 | 28:10 (28) | 2 | 50:20 (30) | 1 | 57:12 (29) | 1 | 1-21:50 (28) | |||
26 | Yoshio Ninomine | JPN | 1-35:38.6 | 3 | 1-29:38.6 (32) | 0 | 26:54 (20) | 0 | 46:34 (16) | 1 | 53:49 (19) | 2 | 1-20:51 (23) | |||
27 | Gheorghe Cimpoia | ROU | 1-35:44.6 | 3 | 1-29:44.6 (33) | 0 | 26:07 (14) | 2 | 49:43 (29) | 0 | 56:01 (24) | 1 | 1-20:57 (24) | |||
28 | Hansjörg Farbmacher | AUT | 1-36:11.3 | 4 | 1-28:11.3 (27) | 3 | 31:12 (35) | 0 | 50:25 (31) | 0 | 56:32 (28) | 1 | 1-21:53 (29) | |||
29 | John Dent | GBR | 1-36:27.2 | 3 | 1-30:27.2 (36) | 0 | 26:33 (16) | 1 | 48:19 (24) | 1 | 56:08 (27) | 1 | 1-21:58 (30) | |||
30 | Bill Spencer | USA | 1-36:49.8 | 4 | 1-28:49.8 (30) | 3 | 31:21 (36) | 0 | 50:30 (32) | 0 | 56:04 (26) | 1 | 1-21:10 (26) | |||
31 | Helmut Klöpsch | GER | 1-38:08.5 | 3 | 1-32:08.5 (41) | 1 | 28:15 (30) | 0 | 47:58 (22) | 1 | 57:31 (30) | 1 | 1-23:22 (31) | |||
32 | Paul Romand | FRA | 1-38:51.2 | 8 | 1-22:51.2 (11) | 1 | 26:59 (=22) | 2 | 49:32 (28) | 2 | 58:30 (32) | 3 | 1-26:01 (35) | |||
33 | Dieter Ritter | GER | 1-38:51.4 | 8 | 1-22:51.4 (12) | 0 | 25:23 (9) | 2 | 47:23 (19) | 4 | 1-00:16 (34) | 2 | 1-25:45 (34) | |||
34 | Walter Müller | AUT | 1-39:12.3 | 7 | 1-25:12.3 (20) | 1 | 27:46 (25) | 3 | 52:07 (36) | 2 | 1-01:02 (35) | 1 | 1-25:12 (33) | |||
35 | Stanisław Styrczula | POL | 1-40:52.1 | 4 | 1-32:52.1 (43) | 0 | 26:38 (17) | 1 | 48:11 (23) | 0 | 54:12 (20) | 3 | 1-24:12 (32) | |||
36 | Peter Lahdenpera | USA | 1-43:04.7 | 8 | 1-27:04.7 (23) | 0 | 25:51 (12) | 3 | 50:58 (34) | 3 | 1-02:32 (38) | 2 | 1-29:12 (36) | |||
37 | Alan Notley | GBR | 1-46:10.3 | 5 | 1-36:10.3 (46) | 2 | 33:41 (44) | 2 | 58:50 (44) | 0 | 1-04:31 (39) | 1 | 1-31:02 (37) | |||
38 | Bayanjavyn Damdinjav | MGL | 1-46:19.7 | 7 | 1-32:19.7 (42) | 3 | 33:14 (42) | 1 | 54:57 (38) | 1 | 1-02:26 (37) | 2 | 1-31:48 (39) | |||
39 | Paul Renne | USA | 1-46:45.9 | 6 | 1-34:45.9 (45) | 3 | 35:16 (48) | 1 | 57:36 (=42) | 1 | 1-05:02 (40) | 1 | 1-31:26 (38) | |||
40 | John Moore | GBR | 1-47:49.4 | 10 | 1-27:49.4 (25) | 4 | 33:51 (45) | 1 | 55:19 (39) | 3 | 1-06:51 (43) | 2 | 1-33:44 (41) | |||
41 | Adolf Scherwitzl | AUT | 1-48:12.7 | 6 | 1-36:12.7 (47) | 1 | 28:44 (31) | 2 | 54:45 (37) | 0 | 1-02:04 (36) | 3 | 1-32:09 (40) | |||
42 | Bizyaagiin Dashgai | MGL | 1-51:26.0 | 10 | 1-31:26.0 (40) | 3 | 33:56 (46) | 2 | 57:36 (=42) | 2 | 1-06:30 (42) | 3 | 1-36:52 (42) | |||
43 | Roderick Tuck | GBR | 1-51:55.5 | 9 | 1-33:55.5 (44) | 3 | 32:13 (38) | 3 | 59:27 (45) | 1 | 1-08:19 (45) | 2 | 1-37:13 (43) | |||
44 | Tüdeviin Lkhamsüren | MGL | 1-53:10.1 | 8 | 1-37:10.1 (49) | 2 | 33:35 (43) | 4 | 1-03:04 (48) | 1 | 1-10:57 (46) | 1 | 1-38:23 (44) | |||
45 | Marcel Vogel | SUI | 1-53:14.1 | 12 | 1-29:14.1 (31) | 2 | 31:26 (37) | 3 | 57:09 (41) | 3 | 1-08:07 (44) | 4 | 1-39:08 (45) | |||
46 | Erich Schönbächler | SUI | 1-53:59.5 | 12 | 1-29:59.5 (35) | 3 | 33:08 (=40) | 2 | 56:49 (40) | 2 | 1-06:01 (41) | 5 | 1-39:21 (46) | |||
47 | Willy Junod | SUI | 1-54:00.7 | 13 | 1-28:00.7 (26) | 4 | 35:01 (47) | 4 | 1-01:58 (46) | 4 | 1-14:52 (47) | 1 | 1-39:40 (47) | |||
48 | Peter Gerig | SUI | 2-02:32.5 | 16 | 1-30:32.5 (37) | 3 | 33:08 (=40) | 5 | 1-02:56 (47) | 5 | 1-18:11 (49) | 3 | 1-47:11 (48) | |||
49 | Tsambyn Danzan | MGL | 2-06:45.6 | 15 | 1-36:45.6 (48) | 4 | 37:33 (49) | 5 | 1-08:23 (49) | 2 | 1-17:57 (48) | 4 | 1-51:30 (49) | 1 | ||
Paul Ernst | AUT | – | – | – (–) | – | – (–) | – | – (–) | – | – (–) | – | – (–) | 2 | |||
Nicolae Bărbășescu | ROU | – | – | – (–) | – | – (–) | – | – (–) | – | – (–) | – | – (–) |