Biathlon World Championships 1979

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Biathlon World Championships 1979
Host city Ruhpolding, Bavaria
CountryWest Germany
Events3
Opening15 February 1979 (1979-02-15)
Closing18 February 1979 (1979-02-18)

The 17th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1979 in Ruhpolding, West Germany. [1]

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Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Klaus Siebert Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR --
Silver medal icon.svg Alexander Tikhonov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS --
Bronze medal icon.svg Sigleif Johansen Flag of Norway.svg  NOR --

10 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Frank Ullrich Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR --
Silver medal icon.svg Odd Lirhus Flag of Norway.svg  NOR --
Bronze medal icon.svg Luigi Weiss Flag of Italy.svg  ITA --

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 Finland

Simo Halonen
Heikki Ikola
Erkki Antila
Raimo Seppänen

Flag of Finland.svg  FIN
Bronze medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Vladimir Alikin
Vladimir Barnashov
Nikolay Kruglov
Alexander Tikhonov

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS

Medal table

PlaceNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3003
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0112
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0112
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0101
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0011

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