Biathlon World Championships 1989
Host cityFeistritz an der Drau, Carinthia
CountryAustria
Events8
Opening7 February 1989 (1989-02-07)
Closing12 February 1989 (1989-02-12)

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.

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Eirik Kvalfoss NOR158:13.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Gisle Fenne NOR059:20.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Fritz Fischer FRG21:00:48.1

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Frank Luck GDR028:08.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Eirik Kvalfoss NOR128:14.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Juri Kashkarov URS128:32.7

Team event

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Sergei Bulygin
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Tchepikov

 URS159:36.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)West Germany

Franz Wudy
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Georg Fischer
Fritz Fischer

 FRG259:44.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)East Germany

Andreas Heymann
André Sehmisch
Raik Dittrich
Steffen Hoos

 GDR11:01:27.1

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)East Germany

Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Birk Anders
Frank-Peter Roetsch

 GDR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Bulygin

 URS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)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
1st place, gold medalist(s)Petra Schaaf FRG21:06:11.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Anne Elvebakk NOR31:06:31.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)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
1st place, gold medalist(s)Anne Elvebakk NOR227:12.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Zvetana Krasteva BUL227:15.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Natalia Prikazchikova URS327:24.8

Team event

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Soviet Union

Natalia Prikazchikova
Svetlana Davidova
Luisa Zherepenova
Elena Golovina

 URS131:05:38.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Norway

Synnøve Thoresen
Elin Kristiansen
Anne Elvebakk
Mona Bollerud

 NOR131:07:48.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)West Germany

Inga Kesper
Daniela Hörburger
Dorina Pieper
Petra Schaaf

 FRG111:07:54.1

3 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Soviet Union

Natalia Prikazchikova
Svetlana Davidova
Elena Golovina

 URS01:23:15.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Bulgaria

Zvetana Krasteva
Maria Manolova
Nadezhda Aleksieva

 BUL01:25:29.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Czechoslovakia

Eva Burešová
Renata Novotná
Jiřina Adamičková

 TCH01:26:07.5

Medal table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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