Biathlon World Championships 1982 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 19th 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...

were held in 1982 for the second time in Minsk

Minsk

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, Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, at that time part of the 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....

10 km sprint

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Eirik Kvalfoss Eirik Kvalfoss Eirik Kvalfoss is a former biathlete from Voss, Norway. He won three medals during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: gold in the 10 km sprint, silver in relay and bronze in the 20 km individual. In total Kvalfoss won 11 individual Olympic and World Championship medals between 1982–1991, as...	Norway	2	33:03.2
Frank Ullrich Frank Ullrich Frank Ullrich is a German former biathlete and current trainer of the German national team....	German Democratic Republic	1	33:09.1
Vladimir Alikin Vladimir Alikin Vladimir Alexandrovich Alikin is a retired Soviet/Russian biathlete.Alikin began cross-country skiing in 1969 at Children and Youth Sport School and biathlon - in 1977. Since 1979 he trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow...	Soviet Union	2	33:21.5

20 km individual

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Frank Ullrich Frank Ullrich Frank Ullrich is a German former biathlete and current trainer of the German national team....	German Democratic Republic	2	1:07:17.0
Eirik Kvalfoss Eirik Kvalfoss Eirik Kvalfoss is a former biathlete from Voss, Norway. He won three medals during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: gold in the 10 km sprint, silver in relay and bronze in the 20 km individual. In total Kvalfoss won 11 individual Olympic and World Championship medals between 1982–1991, as...	Norway	2	1:07:50.3
Terje Krokstad Terje Krokstad Terje Krokstad is a retired Norwegian biathleteHe hails from Krokstadøra in Snillfjord, and represented Krokstadøra IL. At the Winter Olympics he finished seventeenth in the 10 km sprint at the 1980 Winter Olympics, and eighteenth in the 10 km sprint at the 1984 Winter Olympics...	Norway	5	1:10:48.6

4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	East Germany Frank Ullrich Frank Ullrich Frank Ullrich is a German former biathlete and current trainer of the German national team.... Mathias Jung Matthias Jacob Matthias Jacob Matthias Jacob is a former German biathlete.- External links :**... Bernd Helmich	German Democratic Republic
	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... Eirik Kvalfoss Eirik Kvalfoss Eirik Kvalfoss is a former biathlete from Voss, Norway. He won three medals during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: gold in the 10 km sprint, silver in relay and bronze in the 20 km individual. In total Kvalfoss won 11 individual Olympic and World Championship medals between 1982–1991, as... Kjell Søbak Kjell Søbak Kjell Søbak is a former Norwegian biathlete. At the 1984 Olympics of Sarajevo, Søbak finished second with the Norwegian relay team, which consisted of himself, Eirik Kvalfoss, Rolf Storsveen, and Odd Lirhus. In addition, he finished fourth in the sprint competition at the same Olympics.-References:... Odd Lirhus Odd Lirhus Odd Lirhus . Is a former Norwegian biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo he won a silver medal in the relay. He also won a gold medal in the 20 km individual at the 1978 Biathlon World Championship.... Rolf Storsveen Rolf Storsveen Rolf Storsveen is a former Norwegian biathlete. At the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, he won a silver medal with the Norwegian relay team consisting of Kjell Søbak, Odd Lirhus, and Eirik Kvalfoss. He also came in sixth place in the 20 km individual. He also won silver in the relay in the World...	Norway
	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.... Vladimir Alikin Vladimir Alikin Vladimir Alexandrovich Alikin is a retired Soviet/Russian biathlete.Alikin began cross-country skiing in 1969 at Children and Youth Sport School and biathlon - in 1977. Since 1979 he trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow... Anatoly Alyabyev Anatoly Alyabyev Anatoly Nikolayevich Alyabyev is a retired Russian biathlete, who represented the USSR. He initially trained at Children and Youth Sport School of Spartak in Vologda, but competed as a senior while training at the Armed Forces sports society in Leningrad... Vladimir Barnachov Vladimir Barnachov Vladimir Mikhaylovich Barnachov is a retired Russian biathlete who competed for the USSR. He trained at Dynamo sports society and was a member of the USSR National Biathlon Team since 1977. At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team... Viktor Semyonov	Soviet Union

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	German Democratic Republic	2	1	0	3
2	Norway	1	2	1	4
3	Soviet Union	0	0	2	2

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