Biathlon World Championships 1987

Biathlon World Championships 1987
Host cityLahti (women)
Lake Placid, New York (men)
CountryFinland (women)
USA (men)
Events6
Opening14 February 1987 (1987-02-14) (men)
15 February 1987 (1987-02-15) (women)
Closing27 February 1987 (1987-02-27) (men)
28 February 1987 (1987-02-28) (women)

The 23rd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1987 for the second time in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The 4th women's world championships were held in Lahti, Finland.[1]

Men's results

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20 km individual

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frank-Peter Roetsch  GDR 1 1:00:00.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josh Thompson  USA 1 1:00:51.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jan Matouš  CZE 0 1:01:15.3

10 km sprint

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frank-Peter Roetsch  GDR 1 29:49.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matthias Jacob  GDR 2 30:38.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) André Sehmisch  GDR 2 30:55.4

4 × 7.5 km relay

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

Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
André Sehmisch
Jürgen Wirth

 GDR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Soviet Union

Dmitry Vasilyev
Juri Kashkarov
Alexandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev

 URS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) West Germany

Ernst Reiter
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer

 FRG

Women's results

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10 km individual

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sanna Grønlid  NOR 2 42:42.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kaija Parve  URS 2 + 48.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tuija Vuoksiala  FIN 2 + 2:14.0

5 km sprint

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elena Golovina  URS 0 21:14.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Venera Chernyshova  URS 1 + 37.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anne Elvebakk  NOR 2 + 57.4

3 × 5 km relay

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

Elena Golovina
Venera Chernyshova
Kaija Parve

 URS
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sweden

Inger Björkbom
Mia Stadig
Eva Korpela

 SWE
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Norway

Anne Elvebakk
Sanna Grønlid
Siv Bråten

 NOR

Medal table

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

References

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