| Biathlon World Championships 1978 | |
| Host City: | Hochfilzen, Tyrol |
| Country: | Austria |
| Events: | 3 |
| Previous: | Vingrom 1977 |
The 16th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1978 in Hochfilzen, Austria.[1]
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd Lirhus | 1 | 1:05:25.3 | |||
| 2 | 1:05:37.7 | ||||
| 2 | 1:06:04.2 |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ullrich | 0 | 32:17.4 | |||
| 0 | 32:38.1 | ||||
| 0 | 33:02.8 |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Germany Manfred Beer Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch | |||||
| Norway Tor Svendsberget Roar Nilsen Odd Lirhus Sigleif Johansen | |||||
| West Germany Heinrich Mehringer Hans Estner Andreas Schweiger Gerd Winkler |
| width=50 | Place | width=120 | Nation | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 2 |  Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |