Biathlon Junior World Championships 1997
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The 1997 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Forni Avoltri, Italy from February 15 to February 23, 1997. There was to be a total of 8 competitions: sprint, individual, team and relay races for men and women.
Medal winners[edit]
Junior Women[edit]
Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
12.5 km individual details | Tetiana Rud Ukraine | 38:07.2 (0+0+2) | Marcela Pavkovčeková Slovakia | 38:12.9 (0+0+0) | Natalia Levchenkova Russia | 38:19.8 (0+0+1) |
7.5 km sprint details | Andrea Henkel Germany | 26:30.9 (0+0) | Martina Glagow Germany | 27:23.5 (2+0) | Olga Nazarova Russia | 27:36.0 (0+0) |
3 × 7.5 km relay details | Norway Ann Helen Grande Linda Tjørhom Gro Marit Istad | 1:25:34.2 | Germany Andrea Henkel Martina Glagow Janet Klein | 1:25:55.3 | Russia Ekaterina Ivanova Olga Nazarova Natalia Levchenkova | 1:26:56.9 |
7.5 km team | Russia Olga Zaitseva Lilia Efremova Ekaterina Ivanova Olga Nazarova | Czech Republic Irena Mádlová Irena Tomšová Denisa Pelikánová Jitka Šimůnková | Germany Janet Klein Annet Meisner Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel |
Junior Men[edit]
Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
15 km individual details | Erik Lundström Sweden | 42:21.9 (0+0+0) | Sergei Ushankov Russia | 42:33.0 (1+0+0) | Karsten Kapinos Germany | 42:35.0 (0+0+0) |
10 km sprint details | Jay Hakkinen United States | 27:32. (0+1) | Torsten Thrän Germany | 27:51.3 (0+1) | Marek Matiaško Slovakia | 28:19.6 (0+1) |
4 × 7.5 km relay details | Germany Karsten Kapinos Torsten Thrän Alexander Wolf Jörn Wollschlaeger | 1:32:09.1 | Italy Theo Senoner Alexander Inderst Paolo Longo Flavien Jordaney | 1:32:41.9 | Russia Vladimir Grigorev Mikhail Kovalkov Sergei Ushankov Sergey Bashkirov | 1:33:56.6 |
10 km team | Russia Sergey Bashkirov Dimitri Babich Oleksiy Korobeinikov Sergei Ushankov | Finland Harri Lahdesmaki Pasi Ahola Joni Tiihonen Jussi Mäkelä | Germany Norman Köhler Jörn Wollschlaeger Torsten Thrän Karsten Kapinos |
Medal table[edit]
* Host nation (Italy)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
3 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Italy (ITA)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |