Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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Biathlon
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue McKinney Creek Stadium
Dates February 21
Competitors 30 from 9 nations
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1964 →

Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of one biathlon event, held at McKinney Creek Stadium, Tahoma, California. The event occurred on 21 February 1960. This was the first appearance of modern biathlon in the Olympic Games.[1] In 1924, a military patrol event was held. Some sources do not include this military patrol race as an Olympic event, but the IOC considers it an event within biathlon.[2]

Medal summary

Klas Lestander of Sweden won the first modern biathon Olympic gold medal.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Sweden (SWE) 1 0 0 1
2  Finland (FIN) 0 1 0 1
3  Soviet Union (URS) 0 0 1 1

[1]

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
details		 Klas Lestander
 Sweden		 1:33:21.6 Antti Tyrväinen
 Finland		 1:33:57.7 Aleksandr Privalov
 Soviet Union		 1:34:54.2

Participating nations

Nine nations sent biathletes to compete in Grenoble. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.[1]

References

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External links

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