Biathlon World Championships 1985

The 21st Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1985 for the second time in Ruhpolding, in the then West Germany. The 2nd women's world championships were held in Egg am Etzel, Switzerland.

Biathlon World Championships 1985

Host city	Ruhpolding, Bavaria (men) Egg am Etzel, Schwyz (women)
Country	West Germany (men) Switzerland (women)
Events	6
Opening ceremony	12 February 1985 (1985-02-12) (men) 17 February 1985 (1985-02-17) (women)
Closing ceremony	20 February 1985 (1985-02-20) (men) 25 February 1985 (1985-02-25) (women)

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Juri Kashkarov	URS	0	57:50.3
	Frank-Peter Roetsch	GDR	2	+ 1:28.3
	Tapio Piipponen	FIN	0	+ 1:54.7

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Frank-Peter Roetsch	GDR	1	30:25.2
	Eirik Kvalfoss	NOR	1	+ 50.9
	Johann Passler	ITA	0	+ 1:08.5

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Algimantas Šalna Sergei Bulygin Andrei Senkov	URS		1:33:12.7
	East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob Ralf Göthel André Sehmisch	GDR		+ 1:44.8
	West Germany Peter Angerer Walter Pichler Fritz Fischer Herbert Fritzenwenger	FRG		+ 2:32.2

Women's results

10 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Kaija Parve	URS	4	43:21.4
	Sanna Grønlid	NOR	4	+ 59.4
	Eva Korpela	SWE	2	+ 1:19.1

5 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Sanna Grønlid	NOR	0	21:58.9
	Kaija Parve	URS	3	+ 4.8
	Venera Chernyshova	URS	3	+ 53.4

3 × 5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Venera Chernyshova Elena Golovina Kaija Parve	URS	1:23:43.7
	Norway Sanna Grønlid Gry Østvik Siv Bråten	NOR	1:23:51.4
	Finland Pirjo Mattila Teija Nieminen Tuula Ylinen	FIN	1:24,00.0

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Soviet Union	4	1	1	6
2	Norway	1	3	0	4
3	East Germany	1	2	0	3
4	Finland	0	0	2	2
5	West Germany	0	0	1	1
5	Italy	0	0	1	1
5	Sweden	0	0	1	1