Biathlon World Championships 1998

The 33rd Biathlon World Championships held in 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	Result
01 !	Vladimir Drachev	RUS	36:30.3
02 !	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR	+ 14.0
03 !	Raphaël Poirée	FRA	+ 41.6

Team event

Medal	Name	Nation	Result
01 !	Norway Egil Gjelland Sylfest Glimsdal Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR	29:17.6
02 !	Germany Ricco Groß Carsten Heymann Sven Fischer Frank Luck	GER	+ 43.7
03 !	Russia Vladimir Drachev Alexei Kobelev Sergei Rozhkov Viktor Maigourov	RUS	+ 56.4

Women's results

10 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Result
01 !	Magdalena Forsberg	SWE	37:58.6
02 !	Corinne Niogret	FRA	+ 1:06.9
03 !	Martina Zellner	GER	+ 1:25.8

Team event

Medal	Name	Nation	Result
02 !	Russia Anna Volkova Olga Romasko Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova	RUS	30:21.1
02 !	Norway Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Liv Grete Skjelbreid	NOR	+ 17.6
03 !	Finland Katja Holanti Tiina Mikkola Mari Lampinen Sanna-Leena Perunka	FIN	+ 39.1

Medal table

Place	Nation	01 !	02 !	03 !	Total
1	Russia	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

References

↑ Sports 123 biathlon results

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