Biathlon World Championships 1985

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Biathlon World Championships 1985
Host city Ruhpolding, Bavaria (men)
Egg am Etzel, Schwyz (women)
CountryWest Germany (men)
Switzerland (women)
Events6
Opening12 February 1985 (1985-02-12) (men)
17 February 1985 (1985-02-17) (women)
Closing20 February 1985 (1985-02-20) (men)
25 February 1985 (1985-02-25) (women)

The 21st Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1985 for the second time in Ruhpolding, in the then West Germany. The 2nd women's world championships were held in Egg am Etzel, Switzerland. [1]

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Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Juri Kashkarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 057:50.3
Silver medal icon.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR 2+ 1:28.3
Bronze medal icon.svg Tapio Piipponen Flag of Finland.svg  FIN 0+ 1:54.7

10 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR 130:25.2
Silver medal icon.svg Eirik Kvalfoss Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 1+ 50.9
Bronze medal icon.svg Johann Passler Flag of Italy.svg  ITA 0+ 1:08.5

4 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Algimantas Šalna
Sergei Bulygin
Andrei Senkov

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 1:33:12.7
Silver medal icon.svg East Germany

Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
Ralf Göthel
André Sehmisch

Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR + 1:44.8
Bronze medal icon.svg West Germany

Peter Angerer
Walter Pichler
Fritz Fischer
Herbert Fritzenwenger

Flag of Germany.svg  FRG + 2:32.2

Women's results

10 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Kaija Parve Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 443:21.4
Silver medal icon.svg Sanna Grønlid Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 4+ 59.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Eva Korpela Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE 2+ 1:19.1

5 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Sanna Grønlid Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 021:58.9
Silver medal icon.svg Kaija Parve Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 3+ 4.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Venera Chernyshova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 3+ 53.4

3 × 5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Venera Chernyshova
Elena Golovina
Kaija Parve

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 1:23:43.7
Silver medal icon.svg Norway

Sanna Grønlid
Gry Østvik
Siv Bråten

Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 1:23:51.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Finland

Pirjo Mattila
Teija Nieminen
Tuula Ylinen

Flag of Finland.svg  FIN 1:24,00.0

Medal table

PlaceNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4116
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1304
3Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1203
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0022
5Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0011
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0011
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0011

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