The 34th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1999 in Kontiolahti, Finland. [1] Due to the cold, the individual and the mass start events were moved to Oslo, Norway. The mass start was contested for the first time in the world championships.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km sprint | Frank Luck | 28:05.6 (0+0) | Patrick Favre | 28:27.6 (0+0) | Frode Andresen | 28:46.4 (1+1) |
| 12.5 km pursuit | Ricco Groß | 35:37.8 (0+0+0+0) | Frank Luck | 36:05.0 (0+0+1+2) | Sven Fischer | 36:18.7 (1+0+1+1) |
| 20 km individual | Sven Fischer | 53:53.2 (1+0+0+0) | Ricco Groß | 54:01.9 (0+0+0+0) | Vadim Sashurin | 54:30.5 (0+0+0+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay | 1:23:19.3 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (1+3) | 1:23:42.4 (0+1) (0+0) (1+3) (0+1) (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) | 1:23:56.3 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (1+3) (3+3) (0+2) | |||
| 15 km mass start | Sven Fischer | 39:39.9 (1+1+0+0) | Vladimir Drachev | 39:49.8 (0+0+1+1) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 39:57.3 (0+0+0+0) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 km sprint | Martina Zellner | 26:59.9 (0+2) | Magdalena Forsberg | 27:04.4 (0+1) | Olena Zubrilova | 27:08.2 (1+2) |
| 10 km pursuit | Olena Zubrilova | 32:17.5 (0+1+1+0) | Martina Schwarzbacherová | 33:19.5 (0+1+0+0) | Martina Zellner | 33:25.1 (1+0+0+1) |
| 15 km individual | Olena Zubrilova | 43:28.1 (0+0+0+0) | Corinne Niogret | 45:32.0 (0+0+0+0) | Albina Akhatova | 46:41.7 (0+0+1+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay | 1:36:56.0 (0+4) (0+3) (0+1) (1+4) | 1:37:34.3 (0+3) (0+4) (0+2) (0+1) | 1:37:42.9 (0+3) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) | |||
| 12.5 km mass start | Olena Zubrilova | 40:08.2 (0+2+2+0) | Olena Petrova | 40:11.3 (0+0+1+1) | Magdalena Forsberg | 40:16.9 (1+0+2+0) |
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |