Biathlon World Championships 1989

Biathlon World Championships 1989
Host city	Feistritz an der Drau, Carinthia
Country	Austria
Events	8
Opening	7 February 1989
Closing	12 February 1989
	← Chamonix 1988 Minsk/Oslo/Kontiolahti 1990 →

The 24th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1989 in Feistritz, Austria.^[1] These world championships were the first to hold the men's and women's championships simultaneously.

Men's results

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Eirik Kvalfoss	NOR	1	58:13.0
Gisle Fenne	NOR	0	59:20.8
Fritz Fischer	FRG	2	1:00:48.1

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Frank Luck	GDR	0	28:08.7
Eirik Kvalfoss	NOR	1	28:14.1
Juri Kashkarov	URS	1	28:32.7

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Sergei Bulygin Alexandr Popov Sergei Tchepikov	URS	1	59:36.9
West Germany Franz Wudy Herbert Fritzenwenger Georg Fischer Fritz Fischer	FRG	2	59:44.2
East Germany Andreas Heymann André Sehmisch Raik Dittrich Steffen Hoos	GDR	1	1:01:27.1

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	East Germany Frank Luck André Sehmisch Birk Anders Frank-Peter Roetsch	GDR
	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Sergei Tchepikov Alexandr Popov Sergei Bulygin	URS
	Norway Geir Einang Sylfest Glimsdal Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	NOR

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

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Petra Schaaf	FRG	2	1:06:11.2
Anne Elvebakk	NOR	3	1:06:31.6
Svetlana Davidova	URS	3	1:07:25.2

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

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Anne Elvebakk	NOR	2	27:12.3
Zvetana Krasteva	BUL	2	27:15.4
Natalia Prikazchikova	URS	3	27:24.8

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Svetlana Davidova Luisa Zherepenova Elena Golovina	URS	13	1:05:38.8
Norway Synnøve Thoresen Elin Kristiansen Anne Elvebakk Mona Bollerud	NOR	13	1:07:48.0
West Germany Inga Kesper Daniela Hörburger Dorina Pieper Petra Schaaf	FRG	11	1:07:54.1

Name	Nation	Result
Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Svetlana Davidova Elena Golovina	URS	1:23:15.5
Bulgaria Zvetana Krasteva Maria Manolova Nadezhda Aleksieva	BUL	1:25:29.9
Czechoslovakia Eva Burešová Renata Novotná Jiřina Adamičková	TCH	1:26:07.5