Biathlon World Championships 1997


The 32nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1997 in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia. The pursuit races were contested for the first time in the world championships.

Men's results

20 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Ricco Groß
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Ludwig Gredler

10 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Wilfried Pallhuber
René Cattarinussi
Oleg Ryzhenkov

12.5 km pursuit

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Viktor Maigourov
Sergei Tarasov
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Team event

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Belarus

Vadim Sashurin
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Alexandr Popov
Petr Ivashko
Germany

Mark Kirchner
Frank Luck
Peter Sendel
Carsten Heymann
Poland

Wieslaw Ziemianin
Jan Ziemianin
Wojciech Kozub
Tomasz Sikora

4 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Germany

Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
Norway

Egil Gjelland
Jon Åge Tyldum
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Italy

René Cattarinussi
Wilfried Pallhuber
Patrick Favre
Pieralberto Carrara

Women's results

15 km individual

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Magdalena Forsberg
Olena Zubrilova
Ekaterina Dafovska

7.5 km sprint

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Olga Romasko
Olena Zubrilova
Magdalena Forsberg

10 km pursuit

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Magdalena Forsberg
Olena Zubrilova
Olga Romasko

Team event

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Norway

Liv Grete Skjelbreid
Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Annette Sikveland
Russia

Olga Melnik
Anna Volkova
Nadezhda Talanova
Olga Romasko
Ukraine

Valentina Tserbe-Nessina
Tatyana Vodopyanova
Olena Petrova
Olena Zubrilova

4 × 7.5 km relay

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Germany

Uschi Disl
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle
Norway

Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Liv Grete Skjelbreid
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Russia

Olga Melnik
Galina Kukleva
Nadezhda Talanova
Olga Romasko

Medal table

PlaceNationTotal
13104
22226
32013
41214
51113
51113
70314
80011
80011
80011