Biathlon World Championships 1990

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The 25th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1990 for the third time in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (present-day Belarus), in Oslo, Norway and in Kontiolahti, Finland. [1] Due to unconducive weather conditions during the season it was only possible to hold the individual competitions in Minsk. The sprints, the women's relay and team events were held in Oslo and the men's relay was finally held in Kontiolahti.

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Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Valeriy Medvedtsev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 01:06:39.7
Silver medal icon.svg Sergei Tchepikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 01:07:03.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Anatoliy Zdanovich Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 01:08:39.2

10 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Mark Kirchner Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR 025:48.9
Silver medal icon.svg Eirik Kvalfoss Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 225:59.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Sergei Tchepikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 226:20.9

Team event

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg East Germany

Raik Dittrich
Mark Kirchner
Birk Anders
Frank Luck

Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR 11:04:24.1
Silver medal icon.svg Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Kos
Ivan Masařík
Jiří Holubec
Jan Matouš

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE 11:04:36.5
Bronze medal icon.svg France

Christian Dumont
Stéphane Bouthiaux
Hervé Flandin
Thierry Gerbier

Flag of France.svg  FRA 31:05:14.2

4 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Italy

Pieralberto Carrara
Wilfried Pallhuber
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle

Flag of Italy.svg  ITA 11:30:54.7
Silver medal icon.svg France

Christian Dumont
Xavier Blond
Hervé Flandin
Thierry Gerbier

Flag of France.svg  FRA 01:31:08.8
Bronze medal icon.svg East Germany

Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Mark Kirchner
Birk Anders

Flag of East Germany.svg  GDR 01:34:02.2

Women's results

15 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Svetlana Davidova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 21:06:11.2
Silver medal icon.svg Elena Golovina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 31:06:31.6
Bronze medal icon.svg Petra Schaaf Flag of Germany.svg  FRG 31:07:25.2

7.5 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Anne Elvebakk Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 251:53.4
Silver medal icon.svg Svetlana Davidova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 3+ 1:54.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Elin Kristiansen Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 1+ 2:01.2

Team event

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Elena Batsevich
Elena Golovina
Svetlana Paramygina
Svetlana Davidova

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 1156:30.3
Silver medal icon.svg West Germany

Irene Schroll
Daniela Hörburger
Inga Kesper
Petra Schaaf

Flag of Germany.svg  FRG 331:01:18.3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bulgaria

Nadezda Aleksieva
Iva Schkodreva
Maria Manolova
Zvetana Krasteva

Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL 541:02:09.4

3 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Soviet Union

Elena Batsevich
Elena Golovina
Svetlana Davidova

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 01:33:14.1
Silver medal icon.svg Norway

Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo
Anne Elvebakk
Elin Kristiansen

Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 21:34:28.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Finland

Tuija Vuoksiala
Seija Hyytiäinen
Pirjo Mattila

Flag of Finland.svg  FIN 21:35:12.9

Medal table

PlaceNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4329
2Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2013
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1214
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1001
5Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0112
5Flag of France.svg  France 0112
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 0101
8Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0011
8Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0011

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