Biathlon World Championships 1985

The 21st Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1985 for the second time in Ruhpolding, in the then West Germany. The 2nd women's world championships were held in Egg am Etzel, Switzerland.[1]

Biathlon World Championships 1985
Host cityRuhpolding, Bavaria (men)
Egg am Etzel, Schwyz (women)
CountryWest Germany (men)
Switzerland (women)
Events6
Opening ceremony12 February 1985 (1985-02-12) (men)
17 February 1985 (1985-02-17) (women)
Closing ceremony20 February 1985 (1985-02-20) (men)
25 February 1985 (1985-02-25) (women)

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Juri Kashkarov URS057:50.3
Frank-Peter Roetsch GDR2+ 1:28.3
Tapio Piipponen FIN0+ 1:54.7

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Frank-Peter Roetsch GDR130:25.2
Eirik Kvalfoss NOR1+ 50.9
Johann Passler ITA0+ 1:08.5

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Juri Kashkarov
Algimantas Šalna
Sergei Bulygin
Andrei Senkov

 URS1:33:12.7
East Germany

Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
Ralf Göthel
André Sehmisch

 GDR+ 1:44.8
West Germany

Peter Angerer
Walter Pichler
Fritz Fischer
Herbert Fritzenwenger

 FRG+ 2:32.2

Women's results

10 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Kaija Parve URS443:21.4
Sanna Grønlid NOR4+ 59.4
Eva Korpela SWE2+ 1:19.1

5 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Sanna Grønlid NOR021:58.9
Kaija Parve URS3+ 4.8
Venera Chernyshova URS3+ 53.4

3 × 5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
Soviet Union

Venera Chernyshova
Elena Golovina
Kaija Parve

 URS1:23:43.7
Norway

Sanna Grønlid
Gry Østvik
Siv Bråten

 NOR1:23:51.4
Finland

Pirjo Mattila
Teija Nieminen
Tuula Ylinen

 FIN1:24,00.0

Medal table

Place Nation Total
1  Soviet Union 4 1 1 6
2  Norway 1 3 0 4
3  East Germany 1 2 0 3
4  Finland 0 0 2 2
5  West Germany 0 0 1 1
5  Italy 0 0 1 1
5  Sweden 0 0 1 1

References

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