Biathlon World Championships 1973

The 12th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1973 in Lake Placid, United States. It is the first time the championships took place outside Europe.

Biathlon World Championships 1973

Host city	Lake Placid, New York
Country	USA
Events	2
Opening	2 March 1973 (1973-03-02)
Closing	4 March 1973 (1973-03-04)

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Alexander Tikhonov	URS	2	1:24:30.2
	Gennady Kovalev	URS	1	1:27:17.2
	Tor Svendsberget	NOR	5	1:28:08.2

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov Rinnat Safin Yuriy Kolmakov Gennady Kovalev	URS
	Norway Tor Svendsberget Esten Gjelten Ragnar Tveiten Kjell Hovda	NOR
	East Germany Dieter Speer Manfred Geyer Herbert Wiegand Günther Bartnick	GDR

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Soviet Union	2	1	0	3
2	Norway	0	1	1	2
3	East Germany	0	0	1	1