Biathlon World Championships 1987

The 23rd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1987 for the second time in Lake Placid, USA. The 4th women's world championships were held in Lahti, Finland.[1]

Contents

Men's results

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Frank-Peter Roetsch  GDR 1 29:49.6
Matthias Jacob  GDR 2 30:38.8
André Sehmisch  GDR 2 30:55.4

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Frank-Peter Roetsch  GDR 1 1:00:00.4
Josh Thompson  USA 1 1:00:51.0
Jan Matouš  CZE 0 1:01:15.3

4 x 7.5km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
East Germany

Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
André Sehmisch
Jürgen Wirth

 GDR
Soviet Union

Dmitri Vasilyev
Juri Kashkarov
Alexandr Popov
Valery Medvedtsev

 URS
West Germany

Ernst Reiter
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer

 FRG

Women's results

5 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Elena Golovina  URS 0 21:14.7
Venera Chernychova  URS 1 + 37.2
Anne Elvebakk  NOR 2 + 57.4

10 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Sanna Grønlid  NOR 2 42:42.8
Kaija Parve  URS 2 + 48.3
Tuija Vuoksiala  FIN 2 + 2:14.0

3 x 5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Elena Golovina
Venera Chernychova
Kaija Parve

 URS
Sweden

Inger Björkbom
Mia Stadig
Eva Korpela

 SWE
Norway

Anne Elvebakk
Sanna Grønlid
Siv Bråten

 NOR

Medal table

Place Nation Total
1  East Germany 3 1 1 5
2  Soviet Union 2 3 0 5
3  Norway 1 0 2 3
4  United States 0 1 0 1
4  Sweden 0 1 0 1
6  Finland 0 0 1 1
6  West Germany 0 0 1 1
6  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1

References