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.
[1] Alexander TikhonovRinnat SafinYuriy KolmakovGennady Kovalev Tor SvendsbergetEsten GjeltenRagnar TveitenKjell Hovda Dieter SpeerManfred GeyerHerbert WiegandGünther Bartnick