Biathlon World Championships 1999
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.
Medal winners[edit]
Men[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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) |
Women[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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) |
Medal table[edit]
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 |