Biathlon World Championships 1985

The 21st Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1985 for the second time in Ruhpolding, in the then West Germany. The 2nd women's world championships were held in Egg am Etzel, Switzerland.[1]

Biathlon World Championships 1985
Host cityRuhpolding, Bavaria (men)
Egg am Etzel, Schwyz (women)
CountryWest Germany (men)
Switzerland (women)
Events6
Opening12 February 1985 (1985-02-12) (men)
17 February 1985 (1985-02-17) (women)
Closing20 February 1985 (1985-02-20) (men)
25 February 1985 (1985-02-25) (women)

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Juri Kashkarov URS057:50.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Frank-Peter Roetsch GDR2+ 1:28.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Tapio Piipponen FIN0+ 1:54.7

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Frank-Peter Roetsch GDR130:25.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Eirik Kvalfoss NOR1+ 50.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Johann Passler ITA0+ 1:08.5

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Algimantas Šalna
Sergei Bulygin
Andrei Senkov

 URS1:33:12.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)East Germany

Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
Ralf Göthel
André Sehmisch

 GDR+ 1:44.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)West Germany

Peter Angerer
Walter Pichler
Fritz Fischer
Herbert Fritzenwenger

 FRG+ 2:32.2

Women's results

10 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Kaija Parve URS443:21.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Sanna Grønlid NOR4+ 59.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Eva Korpela SWE2+ 1:19.1

5 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Sanna Grønlid NOR021:58.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Kaija Parve URS3+ 4.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Venera Chernyshova URS3+ 53.4

3 × 5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Soviet Union

Venera Chernyshova
Elena Golovina
Kaija Parve

 URS1:23:43.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Norway

Sanna Grønlid
Gry Østvik
Siv Bråten

 NOR1:23:51.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Finland

Pirjo Mattila
Teija Nieminen
Tuula Ylinen

 FIN1:24,00.0

Medal table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Soviet Union 4 1 1 6
2  Norway 1 3 0 4
3  East Germany 1 2 0 3
4  Finland 0 0 2 2
5  West Germany 0 0 1 1
5  Italy 0 0 1 1
5  Sweden 0 0 1 1

References

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