Biathlon World Championships 1989

The 24th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1989 in Feistritz, Austria. These world championships were the first to hold the men's and women's championships simultaneously.

Biathlon World Championships 1989

Host city	Feistritz an der Drau, Carinthia
Country	Austria
Events	8
Opening	7 February 1989 (1989-02-07)
Closing	12 February 1989 (1989-02-12)

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Eirik Kvalfoss	NOR	1	58:13.0
	Gisle Fenne	NOR	0	59:20.8
	Fritz Fischer	FRG	2	1:00:48.1

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Frank Luck	GDR	0	28:08.7
	Eirik Kvalfoss	NOR	1	28:14.1
	Juri Kashkarov	URS	1	28:32.7

Team event

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Sergei Bulygin Alexandr Popov Sergei Tchepikov	URS	1	59:36.9
	West Germany Franz Wudy Herbert Fritzenwenger Georg Fischer Fritz Fischer	FRG	2	59:44.2
	East Germany Andreas Heymann André Sehmisch Raik Dittrich Steffen Hoos	GDR	1	1:01:27.1

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	East Germany Frank Luck André Sehmisch Birk Anders Frank-Peter Roetsch	GDR
	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Sergei Tchepikov Alexandr Popov Sergei Bulygin	URS
	Norway Geir Einang Sylfest Glimsdal Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	NOR

Women's results

15 km individual

This marked the first time that the women's individual event was held over 15 km in the World Championships.

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Petra Schaaf	FRG	2	1:06:11.2
	Anne Elvebakk	NOR	3	1:06:31.6
	Svetlana Davidova	URS	3	1:07:25.2

7.5 km sprint

This marked the first time that the women's sprint event was held over 7.5 km in the World Championships.

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Anne Elvebakk	NOR	2	27:12.3
	Zvetana Krasteva	BUL	2	27:15.4
	Natalia Prikazchikova	URS	3	27:24.8

Team event

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Svetlana Davidova Luisa Zherepenova Elena Golovina	URS	13	1:05:38.8
	Norway Synnøve Thoresen Elin Kristiansen Anne Elvebakk Mona Bollerud	NOR	13	1:07:48.0
	West Germany Inga Kesper Daniela Hörburger Dorina Pieper Petra Schaaf	FRG	11	1:07:54.1

3 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Svetlana Davidova Elena Golovina	URS	0	1:23:15.5
	Bulgaria Zvetana Krasteva Maria Manolova Nadezhda Aleksieva	BUL	0	1:25:29.9
	Czechoslovakia Eva Burešová Renata Novotná Jiřina Adamičková	TCH	0	1:26:07.5

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Soviet Union	3	1	3	7
2	Norway	2	4	1	7
3	East Germany	2	0	1	3
4	West Germany	1	1	2	4
5	Bulgaria	0	2	0	2
6	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1