Biathlon European Championships 1998 Explained

The 5th Biathlon European Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus, from January 28 to February 1, 1998.

16 competitions were held: sprint, pursuit, individual and relays both for U26 and juniors.

Results

U26

Men's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint^[1]			Ilmārs Bricis
Men's 12.5 km pursuit^[2]			Oļegs Maļuhins
Men's 20 km individual^[3]			Ilmārs Bricis
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay^[4]	Germany Ulf Karkoschka Marko Morgenstern Mark Kirchner Gunar Bretschneider	Norway Kjetil Sæter Kim Skutbergsveen Bård Mjølne Stig-Are Eriksen	Belarus Igor Pesterev Alexandr Ivanovski Ivan Pesterev Dmitri Shijov

Women's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint^[5]			Peggy Wagenführ
Women's 10 km pursuit^[6]			Peggy Wagenführ
Women's 15 km individual^[7]			Irina Diachkova
Women's 3 × 6 km relay^[8]	Germany Peggy Wagenführ Janet Klein Andrea Henkel	Russia Irina Diachkova Svetlana Tchernousova Yuliya Kondratieva	Finland Satu Pöntiö Anna-Liisa Rasi Annukka Mallat

Junior

Men's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint^[9]			Danilo Kodela
Men's 12.5 km pursuit^[10]			Alexei Boltenko
Men's 20 km individual^[11]			Alexandr Ustinov
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay^[12]	Russia Alexei Boltenko Dmitriy Babich Andrei Prokunin Alexey Korobeynikov	Ukraine Oleksandr Bilanenko Dmytro Borodenko Oleksandr Khvostenko Oleh Babych	Finland Janni Häkkinen Juha Hööpakka Jarkko Raajala Timo Saarenpää

Women's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint^[13]			Lenka Faltusová
Women's 10 km pursuit^[14]			Liv Kjersti Eikeland
Women's 15 km individual^[15]			Anna Bogaliy
Women's 3 × 6 km relay^[16]			Czech Republic Zdeňka Vejnarová Jana Pesková Lenka Faltusová

Medal table

No.	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	9	4	3	16
2	3	2	2	7
3	2	1	1	4
4	1	1	3	5
5	1	1	2	4
6	0	4	0	4
7	0	2	2	4
8	0	1	0	1
9	0	0	2	2
10	0	0	1	1

External links

IBU full results

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20110301101044/http://sports123.com:80/bia/me-10.html Results on sport123.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20111104041143/http://sports123.com/bia/me-12.5.html Results on sport123.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20111104031722/http://sports123.com/bia/me-20.html Results on sport123.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20111104044601/http://sports123.com/bia/me-4x7.5.html Results on sport123.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20111104043529/http://sports123.com/bia/we-7.5.html Results on sports123.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20111104045523/http://sports123.com/bia/we-10.html Results on sports123.com
https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1998-01-29/1_5/ Results in newspaper "Sport Express"
https://web.archive.org/web/20111104051449/http://sports123.com/bia/we-3x7.5.html Results on sports123.com
https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1998-01-31/7_6/ Results in newspaper "Sport Express"
https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1998-02-02/14_6/ Results in newspaper "Sport Express"
Web site: Results on biathlon.life . 2022-06-13 . 2022-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221104235225/https://biathlon.life/sorevnovaniya/competition/224-chempionat-evropy-1998 . dead .
Web site: Results on biathlon.life . 2022-06-13 . 2022-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221104235225/https://biathlon.life/sorevnovaniya/competition/224-chempionat-evropy-1998 . dead .
Web site: Results on biathlon.life . 2022-06-13 . 2022-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221104235225/https://biathlon.life/sorevnovaniya/competition/224-chempionat-evropy-1998 . dead .
Web site: Results on biathlon.life . 2022-06-13 . 2022-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221104235225/https://biathlon.life/sorevnovaniya/competition/224-chempionat-evropy-1998 . dead .
Web site: Results on biathlon.life . 2022-06-13 . 2022-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221104235225/https://biathlon.life/sorevnovaniya/competition/224-chempionat-evropy-1998 . dead .
Web site: Results on biathlon.life . 2022-06-13 . 2022-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221104235208/https://biathlon.life/infotsentr/gonki/race/3518-28011998-chempionatevropy-estafeta-zhu . dead .