Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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The 1960 Winter Olympic Games Biathlon results

[edit] Men's event

[edit] 20 km

Medal Athlete Time Missed Target Adjusted Time
Gold Klas Lestander (SWE) 1:33:21.6 0 1:33:21.6
Silver Antti Tyrväinen (FIN) 1:29:27.7 2 1:33:27.7
Bronze Aleksandr Privalov (URS) 1:28.54.2 3 1:34:54.2

In 1960 and 1964, there was a 2-minute penalty for each missed target in the Individual Biathlon Event. Since 1968, that penalty has been 1 minute for every missed target.

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