Biathlon World Championships 1986

Biathlon World Championships 1986
Host cityOslo (men)
Falun (women)
CountryNorway (men)
Sweden (women)
Events6
Opening18 February 1986 (1986-02-18) (men)
18 February 1986 (1986-02-18) (women)
Closing23 February 1986 (1986-02-23) (men)
26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) (women)

The 22nd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1986 in Oslo, Norway. The 3rd women's world championships were held in Falun, Sweden.[1]

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Valeriy Medvedtsev URS 2 57:05.3
André Sehmisch GDR 1 57:19.2
Alfred Eder AUT 0 58:38.1

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Valeriy Medvedtsev URS 0 28:02.8
Franz Schuler AUT 1 28:55.3
André Sehmisch GDR 1 28:59.9

Peter Angerer, West Germany, was stripped of silver due to use of a forbidden substance.

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Dmitry Vasilyev
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Sergei Bulygin

URS
East Germany

Jürgen Wirth
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
André Sehmisch

GDR
Italy

Werner Kiem
Gottlieb Taschler
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle

ITA

The West German team was stripped of bronze due to Peter Angerer's use of a forbidden substance.

Women's results

10 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Eva Korpela SWE 1 37:46.9
Siv Bråten NOR 0 + 1:00.4
Sanna Grønlid NOR 2 + 1:32.7

5 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Kaija Parve URS 1 20:07.0
Nadiya Billova URS 1 + 46.2
Eva Korpela SWE 2 + 1:18.0

3 × 5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Kaija Parve
Nadiya Billova
Venera Chernyshova

URS
Sweden

Eva Korpela
Inger Björkbom
Sabiene Karlsson

SWE
Norway

Sanna Grønlid
Siv Bråten
Anne Elvebakk

NOR

Medal table

Place Nation Total
1 Soviet Union 5 1 0 6
2 Sweden 1 1 1 3
3 East Germany 0 2 1 3
4 Norway 0 1 2 3
5 Austria 0 1 1 2
6 Italy 0 0 1 1

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