Biathlon World Championships 1987
Host city | Lahti (women) Lake Placid, New York (men) |
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Country | Finland (women) USA (men) |
Events | 6 |
Opening | 14 February 1987 15 February 1987 (women) | (men)
Closing | 27 February 1987 28 February 1987 (women) | (men)
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
20 km individual
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frank-Peter Roetsch | GDR | 1 | 1:00:00.4 | |
Josh Thompson | USA | 1 | 1:00:51.0 | |
Jan Matouš | CZE | 0 | 1:01:15.3 |
10 km sprint
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frank-Peter Roetsch | GDR | 1 | 29:49.6 | |
Matthias Jacob | GDR | 2 | 30:38.8 | |
André Sehmisch | GDR | 2 | 30:55.4 |
4 × 7.5 km relay
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
East Germany |
GDR | |||
Soviet Union
|
URS | |||
West Germany |
FRG |
Women's results
10 km individual
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sanna Grønlid | NOR | 2 | 42:42.8 | |
Kaija Parve | URS | 2 | + 48.3 | |
Tuija Vuoksiala | FIN | 2 | + 2:14.0 |
5 km sprint
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elena Golovina | URS | 0 | 21:14.7 | |
Venera Chernyshova | URS | 1 | + 37.2 | |
Anne Elvebakk | NOR | 2 | + 57.4 |
3 × 5 km relay
Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Soviet Union |
URS | |||
Sweden |
SWE | |||
Norway |
NOR |
Medal table
Place | Nation | 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 |