Biathlon World Championships 1979

The 17th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1979 in Ruhpolding, West Germany.[1]

Biathlon World Championships 1979
Host cityRuhpolding, Bavaria
CountryWest Germany
Events3
Opening15 February 1979 (1979-02-15)
Closing18 February 1979 (1979-02-18)

Men's results edit

20 km individual edit

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Klaus Siebert   GDR - -
  Alexander Tikhonov   URS - -
  Sigleif Johansen   NOR - -

10 km sprint edit

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  Frank Ullrich   GDR - -
  Odd Lirhus   NOR - -
  Luigi Weiss   ITA - -

4 × 7.5 km relay edit

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
  East Germany

Manfred Beer
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch

  GDR
  Finland

Simo Halonen
Heikki Ikola
Erkki Antila
Raimo Seppänen

  FIN
  Soviet Union

Vladimir Alikin
Vladimir Barnashov
Nikolay Kruglov
Alexander Tikhonov

  URS

Medal table edit

Place Nation       Total
1   East Germany 3 0 0 3
2   Norway 0 1 1 2
2   Soviet Union 0 1 1 2
4   Finland 0 1 0 1
5   Italy 0 0 1 1

References edit