Biathlon World Championships 1987

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Biathlon World Championships 1987
Host city Lahti (women)
Lake Placid, New York (men)
CountryFinland (women)
USA (men)
Events6
Opening14 February 1987 (1987-02-14) (men)
15 February 1987 (1987-02-15) (women)
Closing27 February 1987 (1987-02-27) (men)
28 February 1987 (1987-02-28) (women)

The 23rd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1987 for the second time in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The 4th women's world championships were held in Lahti, Finland. [1]

Contents

Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR 11:00:00.4
Silver medal icon.svg Josh Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  USA 11:00:51.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Jan Matouš Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE 01:01:15.3

10 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR 129:49.6
Silver medal icon.svg Matthias Jacob Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR 230:38.8
Bronze medal icon.svg André Sehmisch Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR 230:55.4

4 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg East Germany

Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
André Sehmisch
Jürgen Wirth

Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR
Silver medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Dmitry Vasilyev
Juri Kashkarov
Alexandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS
Bronze medal icon.svg West Germany

Ernst Reiter
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer

Flag of Germany.svg  FRG

Women's results

10 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Sanna Grønlid Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 242:42.8
Silver medal icon.svg Kaija Parve Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 2+ 48.3
Bronze medal icon.svg Tuija Vuoksiala Flag of Finland.svg  FIN 2+ 2:14.0

5 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Elena Golovina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 021:14.7
Silver medal icon.svg Venera Chernyshova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 1+ 37.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Anne Elvebakk Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 2+ 57.4

3 × 5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Elena Golovina
Venera Chernyshova
Kaija Parve

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS
Silver medal icon.svgSweden

Inger Björkbom
Mia Stadig
Eva Korpela

Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE
Bronze medal icon.svgNorway

Anne Elvebakk
Sanna Grønlid
Siv Bråten

Flag of Norway.svg  NOR

Medal table

PlaceNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3115
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2305
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1023
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0101
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0101
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0011
6Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0011
6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 0011

References