Biathlon World Championships 1989

The 24th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1989 in Feistritz, Austria.[1] These world championships were the first to hold the men's and women's championships simultaneously.

Biathlon World Championships 1989
Host cityFeistritz an der Drau, Carinthia
CountryAustria
Events8
Opening ceremony7 February 1989 (1989-02-07)
Closing ceremony12 February 1989 (1989-02-12)

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Eirik Kvalfoss NOR158:13.0
Gisle Fenne NOR059:20.8
Fritz Fischer FRG21:00:48.1

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Frank Luck GDR028:08.7
Eirik Kvalfoss NOR128:14.1
Juri Kashkarov URS128:32.7

Team event

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Sergei Bulygin
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Tchepikov

 URS159:36.9
West Germany

Franz Wudy
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Georg Fischer
Fritz Fischer

 FRG259:44.2
East Germany

Andreas Heymann
André Sehmisch
Raik Dittrich
Steffen Hoos

 GDR11:01:27.1

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
East Germany

Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Birk Anders
Frank-Peter Roetsch

 GDR
Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Bulygin

 URS
Norway

Geir Einang
Sylfest Glimsdal
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss

 NOR

Women's results

15 km individual

This marked the first time that the women's individual event was held over 15 km in the World Championships.

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Petra Schaaf FRG21:06:11.2
Anne Elvebakk NOR31:06:31.6
Svetlana Davidova URS31:07:25.2

7.5 km sprint

This marked the first time that the women's sprint event was held over 7.5 km in the World Championships.

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Anne Elvebakk NOR227:12.3
Zvetana Krasteva BUL227:15.4
Natalia Prikazchikova URS327:24.8

Team event

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Natalia Prikazchikova
Svetlana Davidova
Luisa Zherepenova
Elena Golovina

 URS131:05:38.8
Norway

Synnøve Thoresen
Elin Kristiansen
Anne Elvebakk
Mona Bollerud

 NOR131:07:48.0
West Germany

Inga Kesper
Daniela Hörburger
Dorina Pieper
Petra Schaaf

 FRG111:07:54.1

3 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Natalia Prikazchikova
Svetlana Davidova
Elena Golovina

 URS01:23:15.5
Bulgaria

Zvetana Krasteva
Maria Manolova
Nadezhda Aleksieva

 BUL01:25:29.9
Czechoslovakia

Eva Burešová
Renata Novotná
Jiřina Adamičková

 TCH01:26:07.5

Medal table

Place Nation Total
1  Soviet Union 3 1 3 7
2  Norway 2 4 1 7
3  East Germany 2 0 1 3
4  West Germany 1 1 2 4
5  Bulgaria 0 2 0 2
6  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
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