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The 20th 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 1983 for the second time in Antholz-Anterselva

Rasen-Antholz

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, Italy

Italy

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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	31:12.3
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...	West Germany	0	31:31.2
Alfred Eder Alfred Eder Alfred Eder is an Austrian biathlete and soldier, who competed as a member of the Heeressportverein Saalfelden...	Austria	0	31:45.5

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	1	1:05:00.9
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	1:05:17.8
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...	West Germany	2	1:06:57.3

4 x 7.5 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.... Alguimantas Šalna Juri Kashkarov Petr Miloradov Sergei Bulygin	Soviet Union
	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 :**... 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
	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... 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:... 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... 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.... Øyvind Nerhagen	Norway

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	German Democratic Republic	1	2	0	3
2	Norway	1	0	1	2
3	Soviet Union	1	0	0	1
4	West Germany	0	1	1	2
5	Austria	0	0	1	1

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