Biathlon World Championships 2004

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Biathlon World Championships 2004
Host city Oberhof, Thuringia
CountryGermany
Events8
Opening7 February 2004 (2004-02-07)
Closing15 February 2004 (2004-02-15)

The 39th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2004 in Oberhof, Germany. [1]

Contents

Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Raphaël Poirée Flag of France.svg  FRA
Silver medal icon.svg Tomasz Sikora Flag of Poland.svg  POL
Bronze medal icon.svg Ole Einar Bjørndalen Flag of Norway.svg  NOR

10 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Raphaël Poirée Flag of France.svg  FRA
Silver medal icon.svg Ricco Groß Flag of Germany.svg  GER
Bronze medal icon.svg Ole Einar Bjørndalen Flag of Norway.svg  NOR

12.5 km pursuit

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Ricco Groß Flag of Germany.svg  GER
Silver medal icon.svg Raphaël Poirée Flag of France.svg  FRA
Bronze medal icon.svg Ole Einar Bjørndalen Flag of Norway.svg  NOR

15 km mass start

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Raphaël Poirée Flag of France.svg  FRA
Silver medal icon.svg Lars Berger Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Bronze medal icon.svg Sergei Konovalov Flag of Russia.svg  RUS

4 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Germany

Frank Luck
Ricco Groß
Sven Fischer
Michael Greis

Flag of Germany.svg  GER
Silver medal icon.svg Norway

Halvard Hanevold
Lars Berger
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Bronze medal icon.svg France

Ferréol Cannard
Vincent Defrasne
Julien Robert
Raphaël Poirée

Flag of France.svg  FRA

Women's results

15 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Olga Pyleva Flag of Russia.svg  RUS
Silver medal icon.svg Albina Akhatova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS
Bronze medal icon.svg Olena Petrova Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR

7.5 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Liv Grete Poirée Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Silver medal icon.svg Anna Bogaliy Flag of Russia.svg  RUS
Bronze medal icon.svg Martina Glagow Flag of Germany.svg  GER
Bronze medal icon.svg Ekaterina Ivanova Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR

10 km pursuit

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Liv Grete Poirée Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Silver medal icon.svg Martina Glagow Flag of Germany.svg  GER
Bronze medal icon.svg Anna Bogaliy Flag of Russia.svg  RUS

12.5 km mass start

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Liv Grete Poirée Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Silver medal icon.svg Katrin Apel Flag of Germany.svg  GER
Bronze medal icon.svg Sandrine Bailly Flag of France.svg  FRA

4 × 6 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Gold medal icon.svg Norway

Linda Tjörhom
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Poirée

Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Silver medal icon.svg Russia

Olga Pylyova
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Anna Bogaliy
Albina Akhatova

Flag of Russia.svg  RUS
Bronze medal icon.svg Germany

Martina Glagow
Katrin Apel
Simone Denkinger
Kati Wilhelm

Flag of Germany.svg  GER

Medal table

PlaceNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4239
2Flag of France.svg  France 3126
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2327
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1326
5Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0101
6Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 0011
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0011

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