Biathlon World Championships 1979

The 17th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1979 in Ruhpolding, in the then West Germany.[1]

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st, gold medalist(s) Klaus Siebert  GDR - -
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alexander Tikhonov  URS - -
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Sigleif Johansen  NOR - -

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st, gold medalist(s) Frank Ullrich  GDR - -
2nd, silver medalist(s) Odd Lirhus  NOR - -
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Luigi Weiss  ITA - -

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st, gold medalist(s) East Germany

Manfred Beer
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch

 GDR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Finland

Simo Halonen
Heikki Ikola
Erkki Antila
Raimo Seppänen

 FIN
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Soviet Union

Vladimir Alikin
Vladimir Barnashov
Nikolay Kruglov
Alexander Tikhonov

 URS

Medal table

Place Nation 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  East Germany 3 0 0 3
2  Norway 0 1 1 2
2  Soviet Union 0 1 1 2
4  Finland 0 1 0 1
5  Italy 0 0 1 1

References

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