Biathlon World Championships 2003

Biathlon World Championships 2003
Host cityKhanty-Mansiysk
CountryRussia
Events8
Opening15 March 2003 (2003-03-15)
Closing23 March 2003 (2003-03-23)

The 38th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[1]

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Halvard Hanevold NOR
Vesa Hietalahti FIN
Ricco Groß GER

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR
Ricco Groß GER
Zdeněk Vítek CZE

12.5 km pursuit

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Ricco Groß GER
Halvard Hanevold NOR
Paavo Puurunen FIN

15 km mass start

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR
Sven Fischer GER
Raphaël Poirée FRA

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Germany

Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Ricco Groß
Frank Luck

GER
Russia

Viktor Maigourov
Pavel Rostovtsev
Sergei Rozhkov
Sergei Tchepikov

RUS
Belarus

Alexei Aidarov
Vladimir Drachev
Rustam Valiullin
Oleg Ryzhenkov

BLR

Women's results

15 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Kateřina Holubcová CZE
Olena Zubrilova BLR
Gunn Margit Andreassen NOR

7.5 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Sylvie Becaert FRA
Olena Petrova UKR
Kateřina Holubcová CZE

10 km pursuit

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Sandrine Bailly FRA
Martina Glagow GER
Svetlana Ishmuratova RUS

The photo finish could not separate the top duo.

12.5 km mass start

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Albina Akhatova RUS
Svetlana Ishmuratova RUS
Sandrine Bailly FRA

4 × 6 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Russia

Albina Akhatova
Svetlana Ishmuratova
Galina Kukleva
Svetlana Tchernousova

RUS
Ukraine

Oksana Khvostenko
Iryna Merkushina
Oksana Yakovleva
Olena Petrova

UKR
Germany

Simone Denkinger
Uschi Disl
Kati Wilhelm
Martina Glagow

GER

Medal table

Place Nation Total
1 Germany 3 2 2 7
2 Norway 3 1 1 5
3 Russia 2 2 1 5
4 France 2 0 2 4
5 Czech Republic 1 0 2 3
6 Ukraine 0 2 0 2
7 Belarus 0 1 1 2
8 Finland 0 1 1 2

References