Biathlon World Championships 1999
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The 34th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1999 in Kontiolahti, Finland.[1] Due to the cold, the individual and the mass start events were moved to Oslo, Norway. The mass start was contested for the first time in the world championships.
Medal winners
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km sprint |
Frank Luck Germany |
28:05.6 (0+0) |
Patrick Favre Italy |
28:27.6 (0+0) |
Frode Andresen Norway |
28:46.4 (1+1) |
| 12.5 km pursuit |
Ricco Groß Germany |
35:37.8 (0+0+0+0) |
Frank Luck Germany |
36:05.0 (0+0+1+2) |
Sven Fischer Germany |
36:18.7 (1+0+1+1) |
| 20 km individual |
Sven Fischer Germany |
53:53.2 (1+0+0+0) |
Ricco Groß Germany |
54:01.9 (0+0+0+0) |
Vadim Sashurin Belarus |
54:30.5 (0+0+0+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay |
Belarus
|
1:23:19.3 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (1+3) |
 Russia
|
1:23:42.4 (0+1) (0+0) (1+3) (0+1) (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) |
Norway
|
1:23:56.3 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (1+3) (3+3) (0+2) |
| 15 km mass start |
Sven Fischer Germany |
39:39.9 (1+1+0+0) |
Vladimir Drachev Russia |
39:49.8 (0+0+1+1) |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway |
39:57.3 (0+0+0+0) |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 km sprint |
Martina Zellner Germany |
26:59.9 (0+2) |
Magdalena Forsberg Sweden |
27:04.4 (0+1) |
Olena Zubrilova Ukraine |
27:08.2 (1+2) |
| 10 km pursuit |
Olena Zubrilova Ukraine |
32:17.5 (0+1+1+0) |
Martina Schwarzbacherová Slovakia |
33:19.5 (0+1+0+0) |
Martina Zellner Germany |
33:25.1 (1+0+0+1) |
| 15 km individual |
Olena Zubrilova Ukraine |
43:28.1 (0+0+0+0) |
Corinne Niogret France |
45:32.0 (0+0+0+0) |
Albina Akhatova Russia |
46:41.7 (0+0+1+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay |
Germany
|
1:36:56.0 (0+4) (0+3) (0+1) (1+4) |
Russia
|
1:37:34.3 (0+3) (0+4) (0+2) (0+1) |
France
|
1:37:42.9 (0+3) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) |
| 12.5 km mass start |
Olena Zubrilova Ukraine |
40:08.2 (0+2+2+0) |
Olena Petrova Ukraine |
40:11.3 (0+0+1+1) |
Magdalena Forsberg Sweden |
40:16.9 (1+0+2+0) |
Medal table
| Place | Nation | 
|
|
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Ukraine
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Belarus
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Russia
|
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | France
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Slovakia
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Norway
|
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
