Biathlon World Championships 1981

1981 edition of the Biathlon World Championships
Biathlon World Championships 1981
Biathlon World Championships 1981 stamp
Host cityLahti
CountryFinland
Events3
Opening12 March 1981 (1981-03-12)
Closing15 March 1981 (1981-03-15)
← Ruhpolding 1979
Minsk 1982 →

The 18th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1981 in Lahti, Finland.[1]

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heikki Ikola  FIN 0 1:13:07.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frank Ullrich  GDR 2 1:14:09.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erkki Antila  FIN 3 1:14:51.1

10 km sprint

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frank Ullrich  GDR 1 33:08.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erkki Antila  FIN 0 33:10.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yvon Mougel  FRA 0 33:13.5

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) East Germany

Mathias Jung
Matthias Jacob
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch

 GDR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) West Germany

Peter Angerer
Peter Schweiger
Fritz Fischer
Franz Bernreiter

 FRG
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Soviet Union

Vladimir Alikin
Anatoly Alyabyev
Vladimir Barnashov
Vladimir Gavrikov

 URS

Medal table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  East Germany 2 1 0 3
2  Finland 1 1 1 3
3  West Germany 0 1 0 1
4  France 0 0 1 1
4  Soviet Union 0 0 1 1

References

  1. ^ *Sports 123 biathlon results
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