Biathlon World Championships 1999

The 34th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1999 in Kontiolahti, Finland. Due to the cold, the individual and the mass start events were moved to Oslo, Norway. The mass start was contested for the first time in the world championships.

Medal winners

Men 10 km sprint 28:05.6(0+0) 28:27.6(0+0) 28:46.4(1+1) 12.5 km pursuit 35:37.8(0+0+0+0) 36:05.0(0+0+1+2) 36:18.7(1+0+1+1) 20 km individual 53:53.2(1+0+0+0) 54:01.9(0+0+0+0) 54:30.5(0+0+0+0) 4 × 7.5 km relay 1:23:19.3(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+3)(0+1) (0+1)(0+0) (1+3) 1:23:42.4(0+1) (0+0)(1+3) (0+1)(0+2) (1+3)(0+1) (0+0) 1:23:56.3(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+1) (1+3)(3+3) (0+2) 15 km mass start 39:39.9(1+1+0+0) 39:49.8(0+0+1+1) 39:57.3(0+0+0+0)

Women 7.5 km sprint 26:59.9(0+2) 27:04.4(0+1) 27:08.2(1+2) 10 km pursuit 32:17.5(0+1+1+0) 33:19.5(0+1+0+0) 33:25.1(1+0+0+1) 15 km individual 43:28.1(0+0+0+0) 45:32.0(0+0+0+0) 46:41.7(0+0+1+0) 4 × 7.5 km relay 1:36:56.0(0+4)(0+3)(0+1)(1+4) 1:37:34.3(0+3)(0+4)(0+2)(0+1) 1:37:42.9(0+3)(0+3)(0+1)(0+2) 12.5 km mass start 40:08.2(0+2+2+0) 40:11.3(0+0+1+1) 40:16.9(1+0+2+0)

Medal table

Place Nation Total 1 6 2 2 10 2 3 1 1 5 3 1 0 1 2 4 0 3 1 4 5 0 1 1 2 5 0 1 1 2 7 0 1 0 1 7 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 3 3

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