Biathlon World Championships 1987 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 23rd Biathlon World Championships
Biathlon World Championships
The first Biathlon World Championships was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in...

for men were held in 1987 for the second time in Lake Placid

Lake Placid, New York

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, USA. The 4th women's world championships were held in Lahti

Lahti

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, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

10 km sprint

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch is a German former biathlete. He was the first biathlete to use the skating technique when he won a clear victory in Oberhof 1985.-Holmenkollen:...	German Democratic Republic	1	29:49.6
Matthias Jacob Matthias Jacob Matthias Jacob is a former German biathlete.- External links :**...	German Democratic Republic	2	30:38.8
André Sehmisch André Sehmisch André Sehmisch . Is a former German biathlete. In 1987 and 1989 he became world champion with the East German relay team. In 1986 he won the overall World Cup. Sehmisch retired in 1993. Later he opened a skiing school. He began his career at the SG Dynamo Schwarzenberg/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo...	German Democratic Republic	2	30:55.4

20 km individual

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch is a German former biathlete. He was the first biathlete to use the skating technique when he won a clear victory in Oberhof 1985.-Holmenkollen:...	German Democratic Republic	1	1:00:00.4
Josh Thompson Josh Thompson (biathlete) Joshua Casey Thompson is a retired American biathlete and pilot. His silver at the 20 KM race of the Biathlon World Championships 1987 was the best place a US biathlete had achieved at that point. He never won an Olympic medal but finished sixteenth at the 1992 Winter Olympics which was a good...	United States	1	1:00:51.0
Jan Matouš Jan Matouš Jan Matouš . Is a former Czechoslovakian biathlete. At the 1987 World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. Matouš won a bronze medal in the 20 km individual...	Czech Republic	0	1:01:15.3

4 x 7.5km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch is a German former biathlete. He was the first biathlete to use the skating technique when he won a clear victory in Oberhof 1985.-Holmenkollen:... Matthias Jacob Matthias Jacob Matthias Jacob is a former German biathlete.- External links :**... André Sehmisch André Sehmisch André Sehmisch . Is a former German biathlete. In 1987 and 1989 he became world champion with the East German relay team. In 1986 he won the overall World Cup. Sehmisch retired in 1993. Later he opened a skiing school. He began his career at the SG Dynamo Schwarzenberg/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo... Jürgen Wirth	German Democratic Republic
	Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... Dmitri Vasilyev Juri Kashkarov Alexandr Popov Valery Medvedtsev Valery Medvedtsev Valery Alekseevitch Medvedtsev is a retired Russian biathlete.He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Izhevsk. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Medvedtsev, competing for the USSR, won two silver medals in the 10 km sprint and the 20 km individual, and also gold medal in the relay...	Soviet Union
	West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... Ernst Reiter Ernst Reiter Ernst Reiter . Is a former German biathlete who represented West Germany. At the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Reiter won a bronze medal with the West German relay team consisting of Peter Angerer, Walter Pichler and Fritz Fischer. And at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary... Herbert Fritzenwenger Herbert Fritzenwenger Herbert Fritzenwenger was a West German cross country skier and Biathlete who competed in the late 1980s. During his career he collected a silver medal and 2 bronze medals at World Championships.-External links:... Peter Angerer Peter Angerer Peter Angerer is a former German biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual. In addition he won silver in the sprint distance and bronze with the West German relay team... Fritz Fischer Fritz Fischer (biathlete) Friedrich "Fritz" Fischer is a former biathlete from Germany. He won a gold medal with Germany in the 4 x 7.5 km relay in the 1992 Winter Olympics.-References:...	West Germany

5 km sprint

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Elena Golovina	Soviet Union	0	21:14.7
Venera Chernychova	Soviet Union	1	+ 37.2
Anne Elvebakk Anne Elvebakk Anne Elisabeth Elvebakk is a former biathlete from Norway. She has received twelve World championship medals. In 1988 she won the biathlon world cup.-References:**...	Norway	2	+ 57.4

10 km individual

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Sanna Grønlid Sanna Grønlid Sanna Grønlid is a former Norwegian biathlete, world champion and world cup winner.-World championships:She received a gold medal in the 5 km sprint at the 1985 Biathlon World Championships in Egg am Etzel, and a gold medal in the 10 km individual at the 1987 Biathlon World Championships...	Norway	2	42:42.8
Kaija Parve	Soviet Union	2	+ 48.3
Tuija Vuoksiala	Finland	2	+ 2:14.0

3 x 5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... Elena Golovina Venera Chernychova Kaija Parve	Soviet Union
	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... Inger Björkbom Mia Stadig Eva Korpela Eva Korpela Eva Korpela is a former Swedish biathlete, world champion and world cup winner.-World championships:She received a bronze medal in the 10 km individual at the 1985 Biathlon World Championships in Egg am Etzel, and a gold medal in Falun in 1986.She received a bronze medal in the 5 km...	Sweden
	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... Anne Elvebakk Anne Elvebakk Anne Elisabeth Elvebakk is a former biathlete from Norway. She has received twelve World championship medals. In 1988 she won the biathlon world cup.-References:**... Sanna Grønlid Sanna Grønlid Sanna Grønlid is a former Norwegian biathlete, world champion and world cup winner.-World championships:She received a gold medal in the 5 km sprint at the 1985 Biathlon World Championships in Egg am Etzel, and a gold medal in the 10 km individual at the 1987 Biathlon World Championships... Siv Bråten Siv Bråten Lunde Siv Bråten Lunde is a former Norwegian biathlete who received five medals in the world championships during her career.-World championships:...	Norway

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	German Democratic Republic	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

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