The 23rd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1987 for the second time in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The 4th women's world championships were held in Lahti, Finland.[1]
Host city | Lahti (women) Lake Placid, New York (men) |
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Country | Finland (women) USA (men) |
Events | 6 |
Opening | 14 February 1987 15 February 1987 (women) | (men)
Closing | 27 February 1987 28 February 1987 (women) | (men)
Men's results edit
20 km individual edit
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 |
10 km sprint edit
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 |
4 × 7.5 km relay edit
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
East Germany |
GDR | |||
Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev |
URS | |||
West Germany |
FRG |
Women's results edit
10 km individual edit
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 |
5 km sprint edit
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elena Golovina | URS | 0 | 21:14.7 | |
Venera Chernyshova | URS | 1 | + 37.2 | |
Anne Elvebakk | NOR | 2 | + 57.4 |
3 × 5 km relay edit
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Soviet Union |
URS | |||
Sweden |
SWE | |||
Norway |
NOR |
Medal table edit
Place | Nation | Total | |||
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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 |