The 5th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1963 in Seefeld, Austria.^[1][2] The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Vladimir Melanin	URS	2	1:32:06.8
	Antti Tyrväinen	FIN	2	1:33:46.7	1:39.9
	Hannu Posti	FIN	2	1:35:02.1	2:55.3

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

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Soviet Union	URS	7	4:45:56.7
	Finland	FIN	10	4:46:02.5	5.8
	Norway	NOR	11	5:03:55.5	17:58.8

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

Place	Nation				Total
1	Soviet Union	2	0	0	2
2	Finland	0	2	1	3
3	Norway	0	0	1	1