Biathlon World Championships 1998

The 33rd Biathlon World Championships held in 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.

Contents

Men's results

12,5 km pursuit

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Vladimir Dratchev  RUS 36:30.3
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

 NOR 29:17.6
Germany

Ricco Gross
Carsten Heymann
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck

 GER + 43.7
Russia

Vladimir Dratchev
Alexei Kobelev
Sergey Rozhkov
Viktor Maigourov

 RUS + 56.4

Women's results

10 km pursuit

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Magdalena Forsberg  SWE 37:58.6
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

 RUS 30:21.1
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

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