Biathlon World Championships 1989
Appearance
Host city | Feistritz an der Drau, Carinthia |
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Country | Austria |
Events | 8 |
Opening | 7 February 1989 |
Closing | 12 February 1989 |
The 24th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1989 in Feistritz, Austria.[1] These world championships were the first to hold the men's and women's championships simultaneously.
Men's results
[edit]20 km individual
[edit]Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
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Eirik Kvalfoss | NOR | 1 | 58:13.0 | |
Gisle Fenne | NOR | 0 | 59:20.8 | |
Fritz Fischer | FRG | 2 | 1:00:48.1 |
10 km sprint
[edit]Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Luck | GDR | 0 | 28:08.7 | |
Eirik Kvalfoss | NOR | 1 | 28:14.1 | |
Juri Kashkarov | URS | 1 | 28:32.7 |
Team event
[edit]Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
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Soviet Union |
URS | 1 | 59:36.9 | |
West Germany |
FRG | 2 | 59:44.2 | |
East Germany |
GDR | 1 | 1:01:27.1 |
4 × 7.5 km relay
[edit]Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
East Germany |
GDR | |||
Soviet Union |
URS | |||
Norway |
NOR |
Women's results
[edit]15 km individual
[edit]This marked the first time that the women's individual event was held over 15 km in the World Championships.
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
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Petra Schaaf | FRG | 2 | 1:06:11.2 | |
Anne Elvebakk | NOR | 3 | 1:06:31.6 | |
Svetlana Davidova | URS | 3 | 1:07:25.2 |
7.5 km sprint
[edit]This marked the first time that the women's sprint event was held over 7.5 km in the World Championships.
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
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Anne Elvebakk | NOR | 2 | 27:12.3 | |
Zvetana Krasteva | BUL | 2 | 27:15.4 | |
Natalia Prikazchikova | URS | 3 | 27:24.8 |
Team event
[edit]Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
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Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova |
URS | 13 | 1:05:38.8 | |
Norway |
NOR | 13 | 1:07:48.0 | |
West Germany |
FRG | 11 | 1:07:54.1 |
3 × 7.5 km relay
[edit]Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Soviet Union |
URS | 0 | 1:23:15.5 | |
Bulgaria |
BUL | 0 | 1:25:29.9 | |
Czechoslovakia |
TCH | 0 | 1:26:07.5 |
Medal table
[edit]Place | Nation | Total | |||
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1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
2 | Norway | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
3 | East Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4 | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |