The 2nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1959 in

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.Sports 123 biathlon results
/ref> The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

Men's results

20 km individual

Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.

20 km team

The times of the top 3 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.

Medal table

References

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