Biathlon World Championships 1998

The 33rd Biathlon World Championships held in March 1998 in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and for the second time in Hochfilzen, Austria[1] were only for the pursuit races (Pokljuka) and the team events (Hochfilzen) because these were not part of the Olympic programme in Nagano.

Men's results

12.5 km pursuit

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Vladimir Drachev RUS36:30.3
Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR+ 14.0
Raphaël Poirée FRA+ 41.6

Team event

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Norway

Egil Gjelland
Sylfest Glimsdal
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

 NOR29:17.6
Germany

Ricco Groß
Carsten Heymann
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck

 GER+ 43.7
Russia

Vladimir Drachev
Alexei Kobelev
Sergei Rozhkov
Viktor Maigourov

 RUS+ 56.4

Women's results

10 km pursuit

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Magdalena Forsberg SWE37:58.6
Corinne Niogret FRA+ 1:06.9
Martina Zellner GER+ 1:25.8

Team event

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Russia

Anna Volkova
Olga Romasko
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Albina Akhatova

 RUS30:21.1
Norway

Hildegunn Mikkelsplass
Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Liv Grete Skjelbreid

 NOR+ 17.6
Finland

Katja Holanti
Tiina Mikkola
Mari Lampinen
Sanna-Leena Perunka

 FIN+ 39.1

Medal table

Place Nation Total
1  Russia 2 0 1 3
2  Norway 1 2 0 3
3  Sweden 1 0 0 1
4  France 0 1 1 2
4  Germany 0 1 1 2
6  Finland 0 0 1 1

References

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