Biathlon World Championships 1986

The 22nd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1986 in Oslo, Norway. The 3rd women's world championships were held in Falun, Sweden.[1]

Biathlon World Championships 1986
Host cityOslo (men)
Falun (women)
CountryNorway (men)
Sweden (women)
Events6
Opening18 February 1986 (1986-02-18) (men)
18 February 1986 (1986-02-18) (women)
Closing23 February 1986 (1986-02-23) (men)
26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) (women)

Men's results

20 km individual
Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Valeriy Medvedtsev URS257:05.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)André Sehmisch GDR157:19.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Alfred Eder AUT058:38.1

10 km sprint
Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Valeriy Medvedtsev URS028:02.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Franz Schuler AUT128:55.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)André Sehmisch GDR128:59.9

Peter Angerer, West Germany, was stripped of silver due to use of a forbidden substance.

4 × 7.5 km relay
Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Dmitry Vasilyev
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Sergei Bulygin

  URS
2nd place, silver medalist(s)East Germany

Jürgen Wirth
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
André Sehmisch

  GDR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Italy

Werner Kiem
Gottlieb Taschler
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle

  ITA

The West German team was stripped of bronze due to Peter Angerer's use of a forbidden substance.

Women's results

10 km individual
Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Eva Korpela SWE137:46.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Siv Bråten NOR0+ 1:00.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Sanna Grønlid NOR2+ 1:32.7

5 km sprint
Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Kaija Parve URS120:07.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Nadiya Billova URS1+ 46.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Eva Korpela SWE2+ 1:18.0

3 × 5 km relay
Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Soviet Union

Kaija Parve
Nadiya Billova
Venera Chernyshova

  URS
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Sweden

Eva Korpela
Inger Björkbom
Sabiene Karlsson

  SWE
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Norway

Sanna Grønlid
Siv Bråten
Anne Elvebakk

  NOR

Medal table
Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Soviet Union 5 1 0 6
2  Sweden 1 1 1 3
3  East Germany 0 2 1 3
4  Norway 0 1 2 3
5  Austria 0 1 1 2
6  Italy 0 0 1 1

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