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Biathlon World Championships 1989

Biathlon World Championships 1989
Host city Feistritz an der Drau, Carinthia
Country Austria
Events 8
Opening ceremony 7 February 1989 (1989-02-07)
Closing ceremony 12 February 1989 (1989-02-12)
Chamonix 1988 Minsk/Oslo/Kontiolahti 1990  >

The 24th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1989 in Feistritz, Austria. These world championships were the first to hold the men's and women's championships simultaneously.

Juri Kashkarov
Sergei Bulygin
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Tchepikov

Franz Wudy
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Georg Fischer
Fritz Fischer

Andreas Heymann
André Sehmisch
Raik Dittrich
Steffen Hoos

Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Birk Anders
Frank-Peter Roetsch

Juri Kashkarov
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Bulygin

Geir Einang
Sylfest Glimsdal
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss

This marked the first time that the women's individual event was held over 15 km in the World Championships.

This marked the first time that the women's sprint event was held over 7.5 km in the World Championships.

Natalia Prikostshikova
Svetlana Davidova
Luisa Zherepenova
Elena Golovina


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