Biathlon World Championships 1997

The 32nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1997 in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia.[1] The pursuit races were contested for the first time in the world championships.

Biathlon World Championships 1997
Host cityBrezno-Osrblie
CountrySlovakia
Events10
Opening1 February 1997 (1997-02-01)
Closing9 February 1997 (1997-02-09)

Men's results

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20 km individual

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Ricco Groß   GER
  Oleg Ryzhenkov   BLR
  Ludwig Gredler   AUT

10 km sprint

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Wilfried Pallhuber   ITA
  René Cattarinussi   ITA
  Oleg Ryzhenkov   BLR

12.5 km pursuit

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Viktor Maigourov   RUS
  Sergei Tarasov   RUS
  Ole Einar Bjørndalen   NOR

Team event

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Belarus

Vadim Sashurin
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Alexandr Popov
Petr Ivashko

  BLR
  Germany

Mark Kirchner
Frank Luck
Peter Sendel
Carsten Heymann

  GER
  Poland

Wieslaw Ziemianin
Jan Ziemianin
Wojciech Kozub
Tomasz Sikora

  POL

4 × 7.5 km relay

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Germany

Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck

  GER
  Norway

Egil Gjelland
Jon Åge Tyldum
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

  NOR
  Italy

René Cattarinussi
Wilfried Pallhuber
Patrick Favre
Pieralberto Carrara

  ITA

Women's results

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15 km individual

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Magdalena Forsberg   SWE
  Olena Zubrilova   UKR
  Ekaterina Dafovska   BUL

7.5 km sprint

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Olga Romasko   RUS
  Olena Zubrilova   UKR
  Magdalena Forsberg   SWE

10 km pursuit

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Magdalena Forsberg   SWE
  Olena Zubrilova   UKR
  Olga Romasko   RUS

Team event

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Norway

Liv Grete Skjelbreid
Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Annette Sikveland

  NOR
  Russia

Olga Melnik
Anna Volkova
Nadezhda Talanova
Olga Romasko

  RUS
  Ukraine

Valentina Tserbe-Nessina
Tatyana Vodopyanova
Olena Petrova
Olena Zubrilova

  UKR

4 × 7.5 km relay

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Germany

Uschi Disl
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle

  GER
  Norway

Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Liv Grete Skjelbreid
Gunn Margit Andreassen

  NOR
  Russia

Olga Melnik
Galina Kukleva
Nadezhda Talanova
Olga Romasko

  RUS

Medal table

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Place Nation       Total
1   Germany 3 1 0 4
2   Russia 2 2 2 6
3   Sweden 2 0 1 3
4   Norway 1 2 1 4
5   Belarus 1 1 1 3
5   Italy 1 1 1 3
7   Ukraine 0 3 1 4
8   Austria 0 0 1 1
8   Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
8   Poland 0 0 1 1

References

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