Biathlon World Championships 1989 Explained

Biathlon World Championships 1989
Host City:	Feistritz an der Drau, Carinthia
Country:	Austria
Events:	8
Previous:	Chamonix 1988

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

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Eirik Kvalfoss		1	58:13.0
			0	59:20.8
			2	1:00:48.1

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Frank Luck		0	28:08.7
			1	28:14.1
			1	28:32.7

Team event

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Sergei Bulygin Alexandr Popov Sergei Tchepikov		1	59:36.9
	West Germany Franz Wudy Herbert Fritzenwenger Georg Fischer Fritz Fischer		2	59:44.2
	East Germany Andreas Heymann André Sehmisch Raik Dittrich Steffen Hoos		1	1:01:27.1

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	East Germany Frank Luck André Sehmisch Birk Anders Frank-Peter Roetsch
	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Sergei Tchepikov Alexandr Popov Sergei Bulygin
	Norway Geir Einang Sylfest Glimsdal Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss

Women's results

15 km individual

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
	Petra Schaaf		2	1:06:11.2
			3	1:06:31.6
			3	1:07:25.2

7.5 km sprint

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
	Anne Elvebakk		2	27:12.3
			2	27:15.4
			3	27:24.8

Team event

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Svetlana Davidova Luisa Zherepenova Elena Golovina		13	1:05:38.8
	Norway Synnøve Thoresen Elin Kristiansen Anne Elvebakk Mona Bollerud		13	1:07:48.0
	West Germany Inga Kesper Daniela Hörburger Dorina Pieper Petra Schaaf		11	1:07:54.1

3 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Svetlana Davidova Elena Golovina		0	1:23:15.5
	Bulgaria Zvetana Krasteva Maria Manolova Nadezhda Aleksieva		0	1:25:29.9
	Czechoslovakia Eva Burešová Renata Novotná Jiřina Adamičková		0	1:26:07.5

Medal table

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1		3	1	3	7
2	Norway	2	4	1	7
3		2	0	1	3
4		1	1	2	4
5	Bulgaria	0	2	0	2
6		0	0	1	1

Notes and References

1. • Sports 123 biathlon results