Biathlon World Championships 1991

The 26th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1991 for the second time in Lahti, Finland.[1]

Biathlon World Championships 1991
Host cityLahti
CountryFinland
Events8
Opening19 February 1991 (1991-02-19)
Closing24 February 1991 (1991-02-24)

Men's results

20 km individual

Date: February 24, 1991

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Mark Kirchner GER21:03:05.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Alexandr Popov URS11:03:33.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Eirik Kvalfoss NOR21:03:38.3

10 km sprint

Date: February 19, 1991

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Mark Kirchner GER030:48.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Frank Luck GER131:12.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Eirik Kvalfoss NOR231:27.9

Team event

Date: February 21, 1991

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

Hubert Leitgeb
Gottlieb Taschler
Simon Demetz
Wilfried Pallhuber

 ITA01:00:59.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Norway

Sverre Istad
Jon Åge Tyldum
Ivar Michal Ulekleiv
Frode Løberg

 NOR11:01:14.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Soviet Union

Anatoliy Zdanovich
Sergei Tarasov
Sergei Tchepikov
Valeriy Medvedtsev

 URS31:01:40.8

4 × 7.5 km relay

Date: February 23, 1991

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

Ricco Groß
Frank Luck
Mark Kirchner
Fritz Fischer

 GER01:33:33.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Tarasov
Sergei Tchepikov

 URS01:35:01.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Norway

Geir Einang
Eirik Kvalfoss
Jon Åge Tyldum
Gisle Fenne

 NOR01:35:08.3

Women's results

15 km individual

Date: February 24, 1991

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Petra Schaaf GER055:14.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Grete I. Nykkelmo NOR457:13.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Iva Schkodreva BUL157:43.3

7.5 km sprint

Date: February 19, 1991

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Grete I. Nykkelmo NOR230:01.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Svetlana Davidova URS330:32.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Elena Golovina URS130:35.1

Team event

Date: February 21, 1991

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

Yelena Belova
Elena Golovina
Svetlana Paramygina
Svetlana Davidova

 URS20+1159:08.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Bulgaria

Maria Manolova
Silvana Blagoeva
Nadezda Aleksieva
Iva Shkodreva

 BUL1+1159:23.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Norway

Synnøve Thoresen
Signe Trosten
Hildegunn Fossen
Unni Kristiansen

 NOR11+259:53.2

3 × 7.5 km relay

Date: February 23, 1991

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

Yelena Belova
Elena Golovina
Svetlana Davidova

 URS0+21:24:54.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Norway

Grete I. Nykkelmo
Anne Elvebakk
Elin Kristiansen

 NOR0+21:25:52.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Germany

Uschi Disl
Kerstin Möring
Antje Misersky

 GER0+71:28:15.9

Medal table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Germany 4 1 1 6
2  Soviet Union 2 3 2 7
3  Norway 1 3 4 8
4  Italy 1 0 0 1
5  Bulgaria 0 1 1 2

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