Biathlon World Championships 1998 Explained

The 33rd Biathlon World Championships held in March 1998 in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and for the second time in Hochfilzen, Austria^[1] were only for the pursuit races (Pokljuka) and the team events (Hochfilzen) because these were not part of the Olympic programme in Nagano.

Men's results

12.5 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Vladimir Drachev			36:30.3
				+ 14.0
				+ 41.6

Team event

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Norway Egil Gjelland Sylfest Glimsdal Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen			29:17.6
	Germany Ricco Groß Carsten Heymann Sven Fischer Frank Luck			+ 43.7
	Russia Vladimir Drachev Alexei Kobelev Sergei Rozhkov Viktor Maigourov			+ 56.4

Women's results

10 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Magdalena Forsberg			37:58.6
				+ 1:06.9
				+ 1:25.8

Team event

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Russia Anna Volkova Olga Romasko Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova			30:21.1
	Norway Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Liv Grete Skjelbreid			+ 17.6
	Finland Katja Holanti Tiina Mikkola Mari Lampinen Sanna-Leena Perunka			+ 39.1

Medal table

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1		2	0	1	3
2	Norway	1	2	0	3
3	Sweden	1	0	0	1
4	France	0	1	1	2
4	Germany	0	1	1	2
6	Finland	0	0	1	1

Notes and References

1. http://sports123.com/bia/index.html Sports 123 biathlon results