Biathlon World Championships 1997

Biathlon World Championships 1997
	Men's	Ladies
winner
sprint	Wilfried Pallhuber	Olga Romasko
persecution	Viktor Maigurov	Magdalena Forsberg
singles	Rico large	Magdalena Forsberg
Season	Germany	Germany
team	Belarus	Norway
← Ruhpolding 1996 Part World Cup Pokljuka / Hochfilzen 1998 → Kontiolahti / Oslo 1999 →

The 32nd Biathlon World Championships took place in 1997 in Osrblie , Slovakia .

For the first time, the pursuit competitions were on the program. The 60 fastest runners from the previous World Cup sprint started with the respective time intervals from the sprint. The winner was whoever crossed the finish line first.

In the following year, 1998, the Olympic Winter Games were the regular highlight of the season . Therefore, in 1998 only the not yet Olympic pursuit and the team competition as a world championship were held.

Men

10 km sprint

space	country	athlete	time	shoot
1	Italy	Wilfried Pallhuber	26: 24.4	0
2	Italy	René Cattarinussi	26: 41.2	1
3	Belarus	Oleg Ryzhenkov	26: 42.7	2
4th	Italy	Patrick Favre	26: 46.2	2
5	Latvia	Jēkabs Nākums	26: 56.1	0
5	Russia	Sergei Tarasov	26: 56.1	2
7th	Germany	Frank Luck	27: 03.7	1
8th	Finland	Ville Raikkonen	27: 05.8	0

Date: February 1, 1997

12.5 km pursuit

space	country	athlete	time	shoot
1	Russia	Viktor Maigurov	33: 21.9	0
2	Russia	Sergei Tarasov	33: 28.8	1
3	Norway	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	33: 32.1	2
4th	Russia	Vladimir Drachev	34: 27.0	3
5	Italy	Patrick Favre	34: 41.8	4th
6th	Belarus	Oleg Ryzhenkov	34: 43.1	4th
7th	Japan	Atsushi Kazama	34: 44.2	3
8th	Finland	Ville Raikkonen	34: 52.6	1

Date: February 2, 1997

20 km

space	country	athlete	time	shoot
1	Germany	Ricco Great	52: 04.6	0
2	Belarus	Oleg Ryzhenkov	52: 40.1	2
3	Austria	Ludwig Gredler	53: 13.0	2
4th	Russia	Sergei Roshkov	53: 15.9	1
5	Germany	Sven Fischer	53: 49.5	2
6th	Norway	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	54: 03.3	3
7th	Finland	Ville Raikkonen	54: 06.8	1
8th	Norway	Jon Åge Tyldum	54: 13.8	1

Date: February 7, 1997

4 × 7.5 km relay

space	country	athlete	time	shoot
1	Germany	Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	1: 17: 42.5	0
2	Norway	Egil Gjelland Jon Åge Tyldum Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1: 17: 48.2	0
3	Italy	René Cattarinussi Wilfried Pallhuber Patrick Favre Pieralberto Carrara	1: 19: 10.4	1
4th	Belarus	Oleksiy Ajdarow Vadim Saschurin Alexander Popov Oleksiy Ajdarow	1: 19: 25.9	1
5	France	Julien Robert Patrice Bailly-Salins Thierry Dusserre Raphaël Poirée	1: 19: 38.7	0
6th	Poland	Wiesław Ziemianin Tomasz Sikora Jan Ziemianin Wojciech Kozub	1: 19: 56.8	0
7th	Finland	Ville Raikkonen Vesa Pöntiö Harri Eloranta Vesa Hietalahti	1: 20: 09.2	0
8th	Russia	Viktor Maigurow Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasow Pawel Rostovtzew	1: 20: 09.6	0

Date: February 9, 1997

team

space	country	athlete	time	shoot
1	Belarus	Vadim Sashurin Oleg Ryschenkow Alexander Popov Petr Ivashko	27: 22.4	1
2	Germany	Mark Kirchner Frank Luck Peter Sendel Carsten Heymann	27: 47.3	2
3	Poland	Wiesław Ziemianin Jan Ziemianin Wojciech Kozub Tomasz Sikora	28: 15.8	3
4th	Norway	Halvard Hanevold Egil Gjelland Jon Åge Tyldum Ole Einar Bjørndalen	28: 23.0	2
5	Slovenia	Tomas Globočnik Tomaž Žemva Janez Ožbolt Jože Poklukar	28: 25.0	1
6th	Finland	Harri Eloranta Tero Kosunen Ville Raikkonen Vesa Hietalahti	28: 29.8	1
7th	France	Raphaël Poirée Lionel Laurent Julien Robert Andreas Heymann	28: 36.6	1
8th	Japan	Atsushi Kazama Kazumasa Takeda Hironao Meguro Yukio Mochizuki	28: 39.2	3

Date: February 6, 1997

Women

7.5 km sprint

space	country	sportswoman	time	shoot
1	Russia	Olga Romasko	21: 16.8	1
2	Ukraine	Alena Subrylawa	21: 59.5	1
3	Sweden	Magdalena Forsberg	22: 11.8	2
4th	Slovakia	Soňa Mihoková	22: 15.1	0
5	Norway	Gunn Margit Andreassen	22: 19.4	1
6th	Russia	Olga Melnik	22: 20.4	1
7th	Norway	Annette Sikveland	22: 22.1	2
8th	Ukraine	Nina Lemesch	22: 28.0	0

Date: February 1, 1997

10 km pursuit

space	country	sportswoman	time	shoot
1	Sweden	Magdalena Forsberg	33: 16.1	0
2	Ukraine	Alena Subrylawa	33: 21.1	0
3	Russia	Olga Romasko	33: 34.5	1
4th	Germany	Uschi Disl	34: 48.5	5
5	Russia	Olga Melnik	34: 51.6	1
6th	Bulgaria	Ekaterina Dafowska	34: 54.6	0
7th	Norway	Gunn Margit Andreassen	33: 59.3	1
8th	France	Corinne Niogret	35: 02.8	1

Date: February 2, 1997

15 km

space	country	sportswoman	time	shoot
1	Sweden	Magdalena Forsberg	48: 17.1	1
2	Ukraine	Alena Subrylawa	49: 52.0	2
3	Bulgaria	Ekaterina Dafowska	50: 41.1	2
4th	France	Corinne Niogret	51: 13.9	3
5	Slovakia	Soňa Mihoková	51: 24.5	4th
6th	Russia	Anna Volkova	51: 25.9	3
7th	France	Anne Briand	51: 30.8	4th
8th	Ukraine	Walentyna Zerbe-Nessina	51: 45.8	3

Date: February 6, 1997

4 × 7.5 km relay

space	country	sportswoman	time	shoot
1	Germany	Uschi Disl Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Katrin Apel Petra Behle	1: 28: 36.9	0
2	Norway	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Liv Grete Skjelbreid Gunn Margit Andreassen	1: 30: 06.7	0
3	Russia	Olga Melnik Galina Kuklewa Nadeschda Talanowa Olga Romasko	1: 30: 09.7	0
4th	France	Christelle Gros Delphyne Burlet Anne Briand Corinne Niogret	1: 31: 19.2	1
5	Ukraine	Alena Subrylawa Olena Petrowa Tetjana Vodopjanowa Walentyna Zerbe-Nessina	1: 31: 58.1	0
6th	Kazakhstan	Inna Scheschkil Margarita Doulowa Jelena Dubok Ludmilla Guriewa	1: 32: 17.1	0
7th	Slovakia	Martina Halinárová Anna Murínová Marcela Pavkovčeková Soňa Mihoková	1: 33: 35.1	0
8th	Belarus	Natalia Ryschenkowa Natalia Permiakowa Svetlana Belan Svetlana Paramygina	1: 33: 40.1	0

Date: February 8, 1997

team

space	country	sportswoman	time	shoot
1	Norway	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Gunn Margit Andreassen Annette Sikveland	22: 01.8	1
2	Russia	Olga Melnik Anna Wolkowa Nadeschda Talanowa Olga Romasko	22: 27.1	2
3	Ukraine	Walentyna Zerbe Tetjana Wodopjanowa Olena Petrowa Alena Subrylawa	22: 32.5	2
4th	Slovakia	Soňa Mihoková Anna Murínová Marcela Pavkovčeková Martina Halinárová	22: 48.4	0
5	France	Christelle Gros Véronique Claudel Delphyne Burlet Emmanuelle Claret	22: 54.6	3
6th	Finland	Katja Holanti Mari Lampinen Sanna-Leena Perunka Tiina Mikkola	23: 09.0	2
7th	Poland	Halina Guńka Anna Stera-Kustusz Halina Pitoń Agata Suszka	23: 37.5	4th
8th	Bulgaria	Marija Manolowa Pawlina Filipowa Iwa Karagiosowa Ekaterina Dafowska	23: 47.2	3

Date: February 4, 1997

Medal table

Nations
final after 10 competitions

space	nation
01	Germany	3	1	0	4th
02	Russia	2	2	2	6th
03	Sweden	2	0	1	3
04th	Norway	1	2	1	4th
05	Italy	1	1	1	3
	Belarus	1	1	1	3
07th	Ukraine	0	3	1	4th
08th	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1

Men
final score after 5 competitions

space	country	athlete
01	Germany	Ricco Great	2	0	0	2
02	Belarus	Aleh Ryshankau	1	1	1	3
03	Germany	Peter Sendel	1	1	0	2
	Germany	Frank Luck	1	1	0	2
05	Italy	Wilfried Pallhuber	1	0	1	2
06th	Russia	Viktor Maigurov	1	0	0	1
	Belarus	Vadsim Sashuryn	1	0	0	1
	Belarus	Aljaksandr Papou	1	0	0	1
	Belarus	Petr Ivashko	1	0	0	1
	Germany	Sven Fischer	1	0	0	1
011	Italy	René Cattarinussi	0	1	1	2
	Norway	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	0	1	1	2
013	Russia	Sergei Tarasov	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Egil Gjelland	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Jon Åge Tyldum	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Dag Bjørndalen	0	1	0	1
	Germany	Mark Kirchner	0	1	0	1
	Germany	Carsten Heymann	0	1	0	1
019th	Austria	Ludwig Gredler	0	0	1	1
	Italy	Patrick Favre	0	0	1	1
	Italy	Pieralberto Carrara	0	0	1	1
	Poland	Wiesław Ziemianin	0	0	1	1
	Poland	Jan Ziemianin	0	0	1	1
	Poland	Wojciech Kozub	0	0	1	1
	Poland	Tomasz Sikora	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 5 competitions

space	country	Athlete
01	Sweden	Magdalena Wallin	2	0	1	3
02	Russia	Olga Romasko	1	1	2	1
03	Norway	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	1	1	0	2
	Norway	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	1	1	0	2
	Norway	Gunn Margit Andreassen	1	1	0	2
	Norway	Annette Sikveland	1	1	0	2
07th	Germany	Uschi Disl	1	0	0	1
	Germany	Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm	1	0	0	1
	Germany	Katrin Apel	1	0	0	1
	Germany	Petra Behle	1	0	0	1
011	Ukraine	Alena Subrylawa	0	3	1	4th
012	Russia	Olga Melnik	0	1	1	2
	Russia	Nadezhda Talanova	0	1	1	2
014th	Russia	Anna Volkova	0	1	0	1
015th	Bulgaria	Ekaterina Dafowska	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	Walentyna Zerbe	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	Tetiana Vodopyanova	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	Olena Petrova	0	0	1	1
	Russia	Galina Kuklewa	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results of the biathlon world championships on biathlon-fans.de, accessed on March 14, 2017
• Results of the biathlon world championships at ifosta.de/Sport, accessed on March 14, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Result of sprint men. IBU, accessed on March 14, 2017 . 
2. ^ Result of persecution men. IBU, accessed on March 14, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Single men result. IBU, accessed on March 14, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Results for the men relay. IBU, accessed on March 14, 2017 . 
5. ^ Result of the men team. IBU, accessed on March 14, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Results sprint women. IBU, accessed on March 14, 2017 . 
7. ^ Result of persecution women. IBU, accessed on March 14, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Results of single women. IBU, accessed on March 14, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Results relay women. IBU, accessed on March 14, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Results of the women team. IBU, accessed on March 14, 2017 .