Biathlon World Championships 2003

The 38th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Biathlon World Championships 2003

Host city	Khanty-Mansiysk
Country	Russia
Events	8
Opening	15 March 2003 (2003-03-15)
Closing	23 March 2003 (2003-03-23)

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Halvard Hanevold	NOR
	Vesa Hietalahti	FIN
	Ricco Groß	GER

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR
	Ricco Groß	GER
	Zdeněk Vítek	CZE

12.5 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Ricco Groß	GER
	Halvard Hanevold	NOR
	Paavo Puurunen	FIN

15 km mass start

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR
	Sven Fischer	GER
	Raphaël Poirée	FRA

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Germany Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Ricco Groß Frank Luck	GER
	Russia Viktor Maigourov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov	RUS
	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov	BLR

Women's results

15 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Kateřina Holubcová	CZE
	Olena Zubrilova	BLR
	Gunn Margit Andreassen	NOR

7.5 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Sylvie Becaert	FRA
	Olena Petrova	UKR
	Kateřina Holubcová	CZE

10 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Sandrine Bailly	FRA
	Martina Glagow	GER
	Svetlana Ishmuratova	RUS

The photo finish could not separate the top duo.

12.5 km mass start

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Albina Akhatova	RUS
	Svetlana Ishmuratova	RUS
	Sandrine Bailly	FRA

4 × 6 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Russia Albina Akhatova Svetlana Ishmuratova Galina Kukleva Svetlana Tchernousova	RUS
	Ukraine Oksana Khvostenko Iryna Merkushina Oksana Yakovleva Olena Petrova	UKR
	Germany Simone Denkinger Uschi Disl Kati Wilhelm Martina Glagow	GER

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Germany	3	2	2	7
2	Norway	3	1	1	5
3	Russia	2	2	1	5
4	France	2	0	2	4
5	Czech Republic	1	0	2	3
6	Ukraine	0	2	0	2
7	Belarus	0	1	1	2
8	Finland	0	1	1	2