Biathlon World Championships 1998

Biathlon World Championships 1998
	Men's	Ladies
winner
persecution	Vladimir Drachev	Magdalena Forsberg
team	Norway	Russia
← Brezno-Osrblie 1997 Kontiolahti / Oslo 1999 →

At the 33rd Biathlon World Championships , only the non-Olympic competitions were held because of the Olympic Winter Games held in the same year .

The pursuit races took place on March 8, 1998 in Pokljuka , Slovenia . The team competitions were held for the last time at world championships on March 15, 1998 in Hochfilzen , Austria .

The competitions took place as part of the biathlon world cup in Pokljuka and Hochfilzen. The result of the sprint from the World Cup was used for the starting order in the pursuit.

Men

Pursuit 12.5 km

space	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Vladimir Drachev	36: 30.3	0-1-1-0
2	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+ 14.0	1-1-0-0
3	Raphaël Poirée	+ 41.6	1-1-0-0
4th	Sven Fischer	+ 43.2	2-2-0-1
5	Ville Raikkonen	+ 43.4	1-0-0-0
6th	Sergei Roshkov	+ 1: 06.5	0-0-0-0
7th	Ricco Great	+ 1: 09.5	1-0-1-0
8th	Frode Andresen	+1: 12.9	1-0-2-0
9	Ilmārs Bricis	+1: 14.2	2-1-1-0
10	René Cattarinussi	+1: 27.4	0-1-0-1
...	...	...	...
15th	Ludwig Gredler	+1: 48.8	1-0-0-2
16	Frank Luck	+ 2: 06.5	0-2-0-1
19th	Pieralberto Carrara	+ 2: 23.5	2-0-1-1
25th	Wolfgang Perner	+ 3: 21.3	2-1-2-0
26th	Jean Marc Chabloz	+ 3: 21.4	1-2-2-0
28	Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 3: 31.2	4-0-0-0
35	Wolfgang Rottmann	+ 3: 58.2	1-0-2-2

Date: March 8, 1998 - Pokljuka

team

space	country	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Norway	Egil Gjelland Sylfest Glimsdal Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	29: 17.6	0-0-1-1
2	Germany	Ricco Groß Carsten Heymann Sven Fischer Frank Luck	+ 43.7	0-0-3-1
3	Russia	Vladimir Drachev Alexei Kobelev Sergei Roshkov Viktor Maigurow	+ 56.4	0-1-1-1
4th	Finland	Harri Eloranta Ville Raikkonen Olli-Pekka Peltola Paavo Puurunen	+1: 21.3	2-0-2-0
5	Poland	Wiesław Ziemianin Jan Ziemianin Tomasz Sikora Wojciech Kozub	+1: 42.3	0-0-2-2
6th	Italy	Patrick Favre Hubert Leitgeb René Cattarinussi Pieralberto Carrara	+ 2: 02.3	0-2-1-3
7th	France	Stéphane Azambre Raphaël Cart-Lamy Andreas Heymann Raphaël Poirée	+ 2: 12.3	0-0-2-2
8th	Latvia	Raivis Zīmelis Gundars Upenieks Jēkabs Nākums Ilmārs Bricis	+ 2: 02.3	0-2-1-3
...	...	...	...	...
11	Austria	Wolfgang Perner Reinhard Neuner Ludwig Gredler Wolfgang Rottmann	+ 2: 53.4	0-2-2-2
17th	Switzerland	Corsin Rauch Daniel Niederberger Reto Hänni Jean Marc Chabloz	+ 4: 23.8	2-2-0-1

Date: March 15, 1998 - Hochfilzen

Women

Pursuit 10 km

space	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Magdalena Forsberg	37: 58.6	0-1-1-0
2	Corinne Niogret	+ 1: 06.9	0-0-1-0
3	Martina Zellner	+1: 25.8	0-0-0-0
4th	Ekaterina Dafowska	+1: 47.4	0-1-0-1
5	Petra Behle	+1: 56.4	0-0-2-0
6th	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	+ 2: 23.9	0-1-2-2
7th	Christelle Gros	+ 2: 25.5	1-2-0-1
8th	Alena Subrylawa	+ 2: 38.3	0-0-1-1
9	Olena Petrova	+ 2: 58.4	0-0-0-2
10	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	+ 3: 24.3	1-1-2-1
...	...	...	...
13	Katrin Apel	+ 3: 30.9	0-2-1-2
15th	Uschi Disl	+ 3: 42.9	0-1-2-3
26th	Nathalie Santer	+ 5: 12.2	1-0-4-2

Date: March 8, 1998 - Pokljuka

team

space	country	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Russia	Anna Wolkowa Olga Romasko Svetlana Ischmuratowa Albina Achatowa	30: 21.14	1-1-2-0
2	Norway	Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Ann Elen Skjelbreid Anette Sikveland Liv Grete Skjelbreid	+ 17.6	0-0-2-3
3	Finland	Katja Holanti Tiina Mikkola Mari Lampinen Sanna-Leena Perunka	+ 39.1	0-0-1-1
4th	Ukraine	Olena Petrowa Nina Lemesch Walentyna Zerbe-Nessina Alena Subrylawa	+ 41.2	1-0-3-1
5	France	Anne Briand Emmanuelle Claret Delphyne Heymann-Burlet Corinne Niogret	+ 53.3	1-0-2-1
6th	Belarus	Natalia Ryschenkowa Irina Tananaiko Ludmilla Lyssenko Swetlana Paramygina	+ 1: 01.7	0-0-1-2
7th	Sweden	Camilla Westin Maria Schylander Kristina Brounéus Magdalena Forsberg	+ 1: 05.3	0-1-1-0
8th	Italy	Nathalie Santer Barbara Kostner Michela Ponza Siegrid Pallhuber	+ 1: 08.1	0-0-0-2
...	...	...	...	...
11	Germany	Stefanie Kindt Janet Klein Katja Beer Martina Zellner	+1: 42.6	2-1-0-3

Date: March 15, 1998 - Hochfilzen

Medal table

Nations
final after 4 competitions

space	nation
01	Russia	2	0	1	3
02	Norway	1	2	0	3
03	Sweden	1	0	0	1
04th	France	0	1	1	2
	Germany	0	1	1	2
06th	Finland	0	0	1	1

Men
final result after 2 competitions

space	country	athlete
01	Norway	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1	1	0	2
02	Russia	Vladimir Drachev	1	0	1	2
03	Norway	Egil Gjelland	1	0	0	1
	Norway	Sylfest Glimsdal	1	0	0	1
	Norway	Halvard Hanevold	1	0	0	1
06th	Germany	Ricco Great	0	1	0	1
	Germany	Carsten Heymann	0	1	0	1
	Germany	Sven Fischer	0	1	0	1
	Germany	Frank Luck	0	1	0	1
010	France	Raphaël Poirée	0	0	1	1
	Russia	Alexei Kobelev	0	0	1	1
	Russia	Sergei Roshkov	0	0	1	1
	Russia	Viktor Maigurov	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 5 competitions

space	country	Athlete
01	Sweden	Magdalena Forsberg	1	0	0	1
	Russia	Anna Volkova	1	0	0	1
	Russia	Olga Romasko	1	0	0	1
	Russia	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	1	0	0	1
	Russia	Albina Akhatova	1	0	0	1
06th	France	Corinne Niogret	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Hildegunn Mikkelsplass	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Annette Sikveland	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	0	1	0	1
011	Germany	Martina Zellner	0	0	1	1
	Finland	Katja Holanti	0	0	1	1
	Finland	Tiina Mikkola	0	0	1	1
	Finland	Mari Lampinen	0	0	1	1
	Finland	Sanna-Leena Perunka	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. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the Biathlon World Championships on biathlonresults.com, accessed via 'Search' on March 14, 2017
2. ↑ Results of the Biathlon World Championships on biathlonresults.com, accessed on March 14, 2017 via 'Search'
3. ↑ Results of the Biathlon World Championships on biathlonresults.com, accessed on March 14, 2017 via 'Search'
4. ↑ Results of the Biathlon World Championships on biathlonresults.com, accessed on March 14, 2017 via 'Search'