1997 Biathlon World Championships

Host City Brezno-Osrblie
Country SVK
Held 1 – 9 February 1997
Competitors 44
Countries 10

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
20 km Individual Men — Medal 3 3
10 km Sprint Men — Medal 3 2
12.5 km Pursuit Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 7.5 km relay Men — Medal 12 3
Team Men — Medal 12 3
15 km Individual Women — Medal 3 3
7.5 km Sprint Women — Medal 3 3
10 km Pursuit Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 6 km relay Women — Medal 12 3
Team Women — Medal 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Germany GER 3 1 0 4
2 Russia RUS 2 2 2 6
3 Sweden SWE 2 0 1 3
4 Norway NOR 1 2 1 4
5 Belarus BLR 1 1 1 3
= Italy ITA 1 1 1 3
7 Ukraine UKR 0 3 1 4
8 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
= Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
20 km Individual, Men Ricco Groß GER Aleh Ryzhankou BLR Ludwig Gredler AUT
10 km Sprint, Men Wilfried Pallhuber ITA René Cattarinussi ITA Aleh Ryzhankou BLR
12.5 km Pursuit, Men Viktor Maygurov RUS Sergey Tarasov RUS Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR
4 x 7.5 km relay, Men Germany GER Norway NOR Italy ITA
Team, Men Belarus BLR Germany GER Poland POL
15 km Individual, Women Magdalena Forsberg SWE Olena Zubrylova UKR Ekaterina Dafovska BUL
7.5 km Sprint, Women Olga Romasko RUS Olena Zubrylova UKR Magdalena Forsberg SWE
10 km Pursuit, Women Magdalena Forsberg SWE Olena Zubrylova UKR Olga Romasko RUS
4 x 6 km relay, Women Germany GER Norway NOR Russia RUS
Team, Women Norway NOR Russia RUS Ukraine UKR