Biathlon World Championships 1989

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Biathlon World Championships 1989
Host city Feistritz 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.

Contents

Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Eirik Kvalfoss Flag of Norway.svg NOR 158:13.0
Silver medal icon.svg Gisle Fenne Flag of Norway.svg NOR 059:20.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Fritz Fischer Flag of Germany.svg FRG 21:00:48.1

10 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Frank Luck Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 028:08.7
Silver medal icon.svg Eirik Kvalfoss Flag of Norway.svg NOR 128:14.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Juri Kashkarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg URS 128:32.7

Team event

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Sergei Bulygin
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Tchepikov

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg URS 159:36.9
Silver medal icon.svg West Germany

Franz Wudy
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Georg Fischer
Fritz Fischer

Flag of Germany.svg FRG 259:44.2
Bronze medal icon.svg East Germany

Andreas Heymann
André Sehmisch
Raik Dittrich
Steffen Hoos

Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 11:01:27.1

4 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg East Germany

Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Birk Anders
Frank-Peter Roetsch

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

Juri Kashkarov
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Bulygin

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg URS
Bronze medal icon.svg Norway

Geir Einang
Sylfest Glimsdal
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss

Flag of Norway.svg 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.

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Petra Schaaf Flag of Germany.svg FRG 21:06:11.2
Silver medal icon.svg Anne Elvebakk Flag of Norway.svg NOR 31:06:31.6
Bronze medal icon.svg Svetlana Davidova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg URS 31:07:25.2

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.

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Anne Elvebakk Flag of Norway.svg NOR 227:12.3
Silver medal icon.svg Zvetana Krasteva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg BUL 227:15.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Natalia Prikazchikova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg URS 327:24.8

Team event

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Natalia Prikazchikova
Svetlana Davidova
Luisa Zherepenova
Elena Golovina

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg URS 131:05:38.8
Silver medal icon.svg Norway

Synnøve Thoresen
Elin Kristiansen
Anne Elvebakk
Mona Bollerud

Flag of Norway.svg NOR 131:07:48.0
Bronze medal icon.svg West Germany

Inga Kesper
Daniela Hörburger
Dorina Pieper
Petra Schaaf

Flag of Germany.svg FRG 111:07:54.1

3 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Natalia Prikazchikova
Svetlana Davidova
Elena Golovina

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg URS 01:23:15.5
Silver medal icon.svg Bulgaria

Zvetana Krasteva
Maria Manolova
Nadezhda Aleksieva

Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg BUL 01:25:29.9
Bronze medal icon.svg Czechoslovakia

Eva Burešová
Renata Novotná
Jiřina Adamičková

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg TCH 01:26:07.5

Medal table

PlaceNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3137
2Flag of Norway.svg Norway 2417
3Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 2013
4Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 1124
5Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria 0202
6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 0011

References