Biathlon World Championships 1986

The 22nd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1986 in Oslo, Norway. The 3rd women's world championships were held in Falun, Sweden.[1]

Biathlon World Championships 1986
Host cityOslo (men)
Falun (women)
CountryNorway (men)
Sweden (women)
Events6
Opening ceremony18 February 1986 (1986-02-18) (men)
18 February 1986 (1986-02-18) (women)
Closing ceremony13 February 1986 (1986-02-13) (men)
16 February 1986 (1986-02-16) (women)

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Valeriy Medvedtsev URS257:05.3
André Sehmisch GDR157:19.2
Alfred Eder AUT058:38.1

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Valeriy Medvedtsev URS028:02.8
Franz Schuler AUT128:55.3
André Sehmisch GDR128:59.9

Peter Angerer, West Germany, was stripped of silver due to use of a forbidden substance.

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Dmitry Vasilyev
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Sergei Bulygin

 URS
East Germany

Jürgen Wirth
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
André Sehmisch

 GDR
Italy

Werner Kiem
Gottlieb Taschler
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle

 ITA

The West German team was stripped of bronze due to Peter Angerer's use of a forbidden substance.

Women's results

10 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Eva Korpela SWE137:46.9
Siv Bråten NOR0+ 1:00.4
Sanna Grønlid NOR2+ 1:32.7

5 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Kaija Parve URS120:07.0
Nadiya Billova URS1+ 46.2
Eva Korpela SWE2+ 1:18.0

3 × 5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Kaija Parve
Nadiya Billova
Venera Chernyshova

 URS
Sweden

Eva Korpela
Inger Björkbom
Sabine Karlsson

 SWE
Norway

Sanna Grønlid
Siv Bråten
Anne Elvebakk

 NOR

Medal table

Place Nation Total
1  Soviet Union 5 1 0 6
2  Sweden 1 1 1 3
3  East Germany 0 2 1 3
4  Norway 0 1 2 3
5  Austria 0 1 1 2
6  Italy 0 0 1 1

References

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