Biathlon World Championships 2001

The 36th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2001 for the second time in Pokljuka, Slovenia.

Biathlon World Championships 2001

Host city	Pokljuka
Country	Slovenia
Events	8
Opening	3 February 2001 (2001-02-03)
Closing	11 February 2001 (2001-02-11)

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Paavo Puurunen	FIN
	Vadim Sashurin	BLR
	Ilmārs Bricis	LAT

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Pavel Rostovtsev	RUS
	René Cattarinussi	ITA
	Halvard Hanevold	NOR

12.5 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Pavel Rostovtsev	RUS
	Raphaël Poirée	FRA
	Sven Fischer	GER

15 km mass start

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Raphaël Poirée	FRA
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR
	Sven Fischer	GER

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	France Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée	FRA
	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Alexander Syman Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin	BLR
	Norway Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR

Women's results

15 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Magdalena Forsberg	SWE
	Liv Grete Poirée	NOR
	Olena Zubrilova	UKR

7.5 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Kati Wilhelm	GER
	Uschi Disl	GER
	Liv Grete Poirée	NOR

10 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Liv Grete Poirée	NOR
	Corinne Niogret	FRA
	Magdalena Forsberg	SWE

12.5 km mass start

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Magdalena Forsberg	SWE
	Martina Glagow	GER
	Liv Grete Poirée	NOR

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Russia Olga Pyleva Anna Bogaliy Galina Kukleva Svetlana Ishmuratova	RUS
	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	GER
	Ukraine Olena Zubrilova Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Tetyana Vodopyanova	UKR

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Russia	3	0	0	3
2	France	2	2	0	4
3	Sweden	2	0	1	3
4	Germany	1	3	2	6
5	Norway	1	2	4	7
6	Finland	1	0	0	1
7	Belarus	0	2	0	2
8	Italy	0	1	0	1
9	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
10	Latvia	0	0	1	1