The 33rd Biathlon World Championships held in March 1998 in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and for the second time in Hochfilzen, Austria[1] were only for the pursuit races (Pokljuka) and the team events (Hochfilzen) because these were not part of the Olympic programme in Nagano.

Men's results

12.5 km pursuit

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Vladimir DrachevRussia36:30.3
Ole Einar BjørndalenNorway+ 14.0
Raphaël PoiréeFrance+ 41.6

Team event

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Norway
Egil Gjelland
Sylfest Glimsdal
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Norway29:17.6
Germany
Ricco Groß
Carsten Heymann
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck		Germany+ 43.7
Russia
Vladimir Drachev
Alexei Kobelev
Sergei Rozhkov
Viktor Maigourov		Russia+ 56.4

Women's results

10 km pursuit

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Magdalena ForsbergSweden37:58.6
Corinne NiogretFrance+ 1:06.9
Martina ZellnerGermany+ 1:25.8

Team event

MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult
Russia
Anna Volkova
Olga Romasko
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Albina Akhatova		Russia30:21.1
Norway
Hildegunn Mikkelsplass
Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Liv Grete Skjelbreid		Norway+ 17.6
Finland
Katja Holanti
Tiina Mikkola
Mari Lampinen
Sanna-Leena Perunka		Finland+ 39.1

Medal table

PlaceNationTotal
1Russia2013
2Norway1203
3Sweden1001
4France0112
4Germany0112
6Finland0011

References

  1. ^ "Sports 123 biathlon results". Archived from the original on 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2009-07-17.