The 23rd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1987 for the second time in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The 4th women's world championships were held in Lahti, Finland.[1]
Host city | Lahti (women) Lake Placid, New York (men) |
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Country | Finland (women) USA (men) |
Events | 6 |
Opening | 14 February 1987 15 February 1987 (women) | (men)
Closing | 27 February 1987 28 February 1987 (women) | (men)
Men's results
edit20 km individual
editMedal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frank-Peter Roetsch | GDR | 1 | 1:00:00.4 | |
Josh Thompson | USA | 1 | 1:00:51.0 | |
Jan Matouš | CZE | 0 | 1:01:15.3 |
10 km sprint
editMedal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frank-Peter Roetsch | GDR | 1 | 29:49.6 | |
Matthias Jacob | GDR | 2 | 30:38.8 | |
André Sehmisch | GDR | 2 | 30:55.4 |
4 × 7.5 km relay
editMedal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
East Germany |
GDR | |||
Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev |
URS | |||
West Germany |
FRG |
Women's results
edit10 km individual
editMedal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sanna Grønlid | NOR | 2 | 42:42.8 | |
Kaija Parve | URS | 2 | + 48.3 | |
Tuija Vuoksiala | FIN | 2 | + 2:14.0 |
5 km sprint
editMedal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elena Golovina | URS | 0 | 21:14.7 | |
Venera Chernyshova | URS | 1 | + 37.2 | |
Anne Elvebakk | NOR | 2 | + 57.4 |
3 × 5 km relay
editMedal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Soviet Union |
URS | |||
Sweden |
SWE | |||
Norway |
NOR |
Medal table
editPlace | Nation | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | East Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
3 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |