Biathlon World Championships 2003

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Biathlon World Championships 2003
Host cityKhanty-Mansiysk
CountryRussia
Events8
Opening15 March 2003 (2003-03-15)
Closing23 March 2003 (2003-03-23)

The 38th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[1]

Men's results[edit]

20 km individual[edit]

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Halvard Hanevold  NOR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vesa Hietalahti  FIN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ricco Groß  GER

10 km sprint[edit]

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ole Einar Bjørndalen  NOR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ricco Groß  GER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zdeněk Vítek  CZE

12.5 km pursuit[edit]

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ricco Groß  GER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Halvard Hanevold  NOR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paavo Puurunen  FIN

15 km mass start[edit]

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ole Einar Bjørndalen  NOR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sven Fischer  GER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Raphaël Poirée  FRA

4 × 7.5 km relay[edit]

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

Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Ricco Groß
Frank Luck

 GER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia

Viktor Maigourov
Pavel Rostovtsev
Sergei Rozhkov
Sergei Tchepikov

 RUS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Belarus

Alexei Aidarov
Vladimir Drachev
Rustam Valiullin
Oleg Ryzhenkov

 BLR

Women's results[edit]

15 km individual[edit]

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kateřina Holubcová  CZE
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olena Zubrilova  BLR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gunn Margit Andreassen  NOR

7.5 km sprint[edit]

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sylvie Becaert  FRA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olena Petrova  UKR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kateřina Holubcová  CZE

10 km pursuit[edit]

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sandrine Bailly  FRA
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martina Glagow  GER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Svetlana Ishmuratova  RUS

The photo finish could not separate the top duo.

12.5 km mass start[edit]

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albina Akhatova  RUS
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Svetlana Ishmuratova  RUS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sandrine Bailly  FRA

4 × 6 km relay[edit]

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

Albina Akhatova
Svetlana Ishmuratova
Galina Kukleva
Svetlana Tchernousova

 RUS
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ukraine

Oksana Khvostenko
Iryna Merkushina
Oksana Yakovleva
Olena Petrova

 UKR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Germany

Simone Denkinger
Uschi Disl
Kati Wilhelm
Martina Glagow

 GER

Medal table[edit]

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sports 123 biathlon results
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