Biathlon World Championships 1985 Explained

Biathlon World Championships 1985
Host City:	Ruhpolding, Bavaria (men) Egg am Etzel, Schwyz (women)
Country:	West Germany (men) Switzerland (women)
Events:	6
Opening:	(men) (women)
Closing:	(men) (women)
Previous:	Chamonix 1984

The 21st Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1985 for the second time in Ruhpolding, in the then West Germany. The 2nd women's world championships were held in Egg am Etzel, Switzerland.^[1]

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Juri Kashkarov		0	57:50.3
			2	+ 1:28.3
			0	+ 1:54.7

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Frank-Peter Roetsch		1	30:25.2
			1	+ 50.9
			0	+ 1:08.5

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Algimantas Šalna Sergei Bulygin Andrei Senkov			1:33:12.7
	East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob Ralf Göthel André Sehmisch			+ 1:44.8
	West Germany Peter Angerer Walter Pichler Fritz Fischer Herbert Fritzenwenger			+ 2:32.2

Women's results

10 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Kaija Parve		4	43:21.4
			4	+ 59.4
			2	+ 1:19.1

5 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Sanna Grønlid		0	21:58.9
			3	+ 4.8
			3	+ 53.4

3 × 5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Venera Chernyshova Elena Golovina Kaija Parve		1:23:43.7
	Norway Sanna Grønlid Gry Østvik Siv Bråten		1:23:51.4
	Finland Pirjo Mattila Teija Nieminen Tuula Ylinen		1:24,00.0

Medal table

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1		4	1	1	6
2	Norway	1	3	0	4
3		1	2	0	3
4	Finland	0	0	2	2
5		0	0	1	1
5	Italy	0	0	1	1
5	Sweden	0	0	1	1

Notes and References

1. • Sports 123 biathlon results