Biathlon World Championships 1978

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Biathlon World Championships 1978
Host city Hochfilzen, Tyrol
CountryAustria
Events3
Opening2 March 1978 (1978-03-02)
Closing5 March 1978 (1978-03-05)

The 16th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1978 in Hochfilzen, Austria. [1]

Contents

Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Odd Lirhus Flag of Norway.svg NOR 11:05:25.3
Silver medal icon.svg Frank Ullrich Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 21:05:37.7
Bronze medal icon.svg Eberhard Rösch Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 21:06:04.2

10 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Frank Ullrich Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 032:17.4
Silver medal icon.svg Eberhard Rösch Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 032:38.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Klaus Siebert Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 033:02.8

4 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg East Germany

Manfred Beer
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch

Flag of East Germany.svg GDR
Silver medal icon.svg Norway

Tor Svendsberget
Roar Nilsen
Odd Lirhus
Sigleif Johansen

Flag of Norway.svg NOR
Bronze medal icon.svg West Germany

Heinrich Mehringer
Hans Estner
Andreas Schweiger
Gerd Winkler

Flag of Germany.svg FRG

Medal table

PlaceNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 2226
2Flag of Norway.svg Norway 1102
3Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 0011

References