Biathlon World Championships 1979 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 17th Biathlon World Championships
Biathlon World Championships
The first Biathlon World Championships was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in...

were held in 1979 in Ruhpolding

Ruhpolding

Ruhpolding is a municipality of the Traunstein district in southeastern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the south of the Chiemgau region in the Alps. Ruhpolding has a population of approximately 6,400....

, in the then West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

10 km sprint

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Frank Ullrich Frank Ullrich Frank Ullrich is a German former biathlete and current trainer of the German national team....	German Democratic Republic	-	-
Odd Lirhus Odd Lirhus Odd Lirhus . Is a former Norwegian biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo he won a silver medal in the relay. He also won a gold medal in the 20 km individual at the 1978 Biathlon World Championship....	Norway	-	-
Luigi Weiss Luigi Weiss Luigi "Gigi" Weiss is an Italian ski mountaineer and former biathlete.Weiss was born in Vattaro. Together with Angelo Genuin and Bruno Bonaldi, he placed first in the military team category in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama edition, which was carried out as the first World Championship of...	Italy	-	-

20 km individual

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Klaus Siebert Klaus Siebert Klaus Siebert is a German former biathlete who raced for East Germany.At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Siebert won a silver medal on the relay with the East German relay team. In the Biathlon World Championships. Siebert has two gold medals with the East German relay team in 1978 and...	German Democratic Republic	-	-
Alexander Tikhonov	Soviet Union	-	-
Sigleif Johansen Sigleif Johansen Sigleif Johansen is a former Norwegian biathlete. He received a silver medal in the 20 km individual at the World Championships in 1977 in Lillehammer, and a bronze medal in Ruhpolding in 1979. He received a silver medal in the 4 x 7.5 km relay in 1978.-References:...	Norway	-	-

4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	East Germany Manfred Beer Manfred Beer Manfred Beer is a former German biathlete who competed for East Germany. During his career he won a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics as part of the East German 4 x 7.5km relay team and two gold medals and one bronze medal in World Championships, also as part of the 4 x 7.5km relay team.-... Klaus Siebert Klaus Siebert Klaus Siebert is a German former biathlete who raced for East Germany.At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Siebert won a silver medal on the relay with the East German relay team. In the Biathlon World Championships. Siebert has two gold medals with the East German relay team in 1978 and... Frank Ullrich Frank Ullrich Frank Ullrich is a German former biathlete and current trainer of the German national team.... Eberhard Rösch Eberhard Rösch Eberhard Rösch is a former German biathlete he is the father of the biathlete Michael Rösch- Achievements :* At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Rösch took two medals – silver in the relay and bronze in the 20 km individual.* He became a three time World Champion in relays for...	German Democratic Republic
	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... Simo Halonen Simo Halonen Simo Halonen is a Finnish biathlete and world champion. He received a gold medal in 4 x 7.5 km relay at the 1975 Biathlon World Championships in Antholz. He received three times silver medals in the world championships with the Finnish relay team.... Heikki Ikola Heikki Ikola Heikki Ikola is a former Finnish biathlete. Together with his countryman Juhani Suutarinen he became dominant in the 1970s and the early 1980s. In 1975 he became double world champion in both the 20 km and the relay... Erkki Antila Raimo Seppänen	Finland
	Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... Vladimir Alikin Vladimir Alikin Vladimir Alexandrovich Alikin is a retired Soviet/Russian biathlete.Alikin began cross-country skiing in 1969 at Children and Youth Sport School and biathlon - in 1977. Since 1979 he trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow... Vladimir Barnachov Vladimir Barnachov Vladimir Mikhaylovich Barnachov is a retired Russian biathlete who competed for the USSR. He trained at Dynamo sports society and was a member of the USSR National Biathlon Team since 1977. At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team... Nikolay K. Kruglov Nikolay Konstantinovich Kruglov Nikolay Konstantinovich Kruglov is a former Soviet Union biathlete. At the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck he won gold medals in the 20 km individual and with the men's relay team. He became world champion in the sprint event at the 1975 World Championships in Antholz.His son, Nikolay Kruglov, Jr., is... Alexander Tikhonov	Soviet Union

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	German Democratic Republic	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

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