Biathlon World Championships 1977

Biathlon World Championships 1977
winner
sprint	Alexander Tikhonov
singles	Heikki Ikola
Season	Soviet Union
← Sprint World Championships, Antholz 1976 ← Antholz 1975	Hochfilzen 1978 →

The 15th Biathlon World Championships took place in 1977 in Vingrom ( Lillehammer ), Norway . The Junior World Championships were held in Kurikka in Finland.

Last year there was the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck . For this reason, the 1976 biathlon world championships were only held in the not yet Olympic sprint discipline.

Men

Sprint 10 km

space	athlete	Time [min]	Sch.
1	Alexander Tikhonov	32: 47.8	0 + 0
2	Nikolai Kruglow	33: 45.1	1 + 0
3	Alexander Ushakov	33: 12.4	0 + 1
4th	Hans Estner	34: 32.9	1 + 0
5	Heikki Ikola	34: 40.6	0 + 2
6th	Roar Nilsen	34: 52.1	1 + 1
7th	Heinrich Mehringer	34: 54.5	1 + 1
8th	Lino Jordan	34: 54.8	0 + 2
...	...	...	...
11	Hansruedi Süssli	35: 10.9	1 + 0
12	Klaus Siebert	35: 14.9	2 + 1
14th	Manfred Geyer	35: 17.7	1 + 0
15th	Manfred Beer	35: 19.9	0 + 1
29	Andreas Richter	36: 34.5	1 + 2
30th	Gerhard Winkler	36: 42.9	1 + 2
35	Alfred Eder	37: 30.7	0 + 2
36	Alois Kanamüller	37: 45.4	1 + 2
37	Paul Brunner	37: 47.9	1 + 3
38	Albert Mächler	38: 03.8	2 + 3

Single 20 km

space	athlete	Time [h]	Sch.
1	Heikki Ikola	1: 10: 51.8	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
2	Sigleif Johansen	1: 11: 16.3	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
3	Alexander Tikhonov	1: 11: 18.1	2 + 0 + 0 + 2
4th	Alexander Rastopin	1: 11: 24.9	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
5	Manfred Beer	1: 11: 27.7	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
6th	Nikolai Kruglow	1: 11: 32.1	1 + 0 + 0 + 1
7th	Simo Halons	1: 12: 10.0	0 + 2 + 2 + 0
8th	Svendsberget gate	1: 12: 12.4	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
...	...	...	...
11	Manfred Geyer	1: 13: 28.3	1 + 0 + 1 + 1
18th	Hans Estner	1: 15: 45.2	0 + 1 + 1 + 2
24	Klaus Siebert	1: 16: 30.2	0 + 1 + 3 + 5
28	Albert Mächler	1: 17: 30.1	1 + 0 + 1 + 1
29	Alois Kanamüller	1: 18: 15.5	0 + 3 + 0 + 2
30th	Paul Brunner	1: 18: 20.4	1 + 2 + 2 + 1
32	Hansruedi Süssli	1: 18: 30.7	0 + 2 + 0 + 4
34	Eberhard Rösch	1: 18: 52.8	2 + 1 + 0 + 6
39	Klaus Gehrke	1: 20: 41.3	0 + 2 + 0 + 6
41	Alfred Eder	1: 22: 14.4	0 + 5 + 1 + 2
42	Emil Süssli	1: 22: 40.9	1 + 1 + 1 + 4

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	Time [h]	Sch.
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Jelisarow Alexander Ushakow Nikolai Kruglow Alexander Tichonow	1: 48: 10.8	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
2	Finland	Erkki Antila Raimo Seppänen Simo Halonen Heikki Ikola	1: 49: 55.9	0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
3	GDR	Manfred Beer Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Manfred Geyer	1: 50: 52.5	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
4th	Norway	Gate Svendsberget Roar Nilsen Svein Engen Sigleif Johansen	1: 51: 43.9	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0
5	BR Germany	Hans Estner Gerhard Winkler Alois Kanamüller Heinrich Mehringer	1: 55: 05.8	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1
6th	France	René Arpin Marius Falquy Denis Sandona André Geourjon	1: 55: 21.1	0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
7th	Italy	Luigi Weiss Giuliano Spiller Lino Jordan Willy Bertin	1: 57: 10.2	2
8th	Sweden	Mats Ake Lantz Gunar Hannu Per Andersson Nils Ake Rusk	1: 57: 44.2	0
9	Switzerland	Paul Brunner Albert Mächler Emil Süssli Hansruedi Süssli	1: 58: 04.5	2 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0

Medal table

Nations

space	country
1	Soviet Union	2	1	2	5
2	Finland	1	1	0	2
3	Norway	0	1	0	1
4th	German Democratic Republic	0	0	1	1

Medalist

space	athlete
1	Alexander Tikhonov	2	0	1	3
2	Heikki Ikola	1	1	0	2
	Nikolai Kruglow	1	1	0	3
4th	Alexander Ushakov	1	0	1	2
5	Alexander Yelisarov	1	0	0	1
6th	Sigleif Johansen	0	1	0	1
	Erkki Antila	0	1	0	1
	Raimo Seppänen	0	1	0	1
	Simo Halons	0	1	0	1
10	Manfred Beer	0	0	1	1
	Klaus Siebert	0	0	1	1
	Frank Ullrich	0	0	1	1
	Manfred Geyer	0	0	1	1

literature

• Manfred Seifert: The year of sport 1978 . Sportverlag Berlin, 1977, ISSN  0232-2137 , p. 170 .

Web links

• Men 10 km sprint. International Biathlon Union - Datacenter, accessed on September 19, 2012 (English). 
• Men 20 km Individual. International Biathlon Union - Datacenter, accessed on September 19, 2012 (English). 
• Men 4 × 7.5 km relay. International Biathlon Union - Datacenter, accessed on September 19, 2012 (English). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ БИАТЛОН История Biathlon - History on dynamo.by (Russian), accessed on February 3, 2016