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

20 km individual

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

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

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

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

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

15 km individual

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

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

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

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

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

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

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