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The 33rd Biathlon World Championships held in March 1998 in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and for the second time in Hochfilzen, Austria ^[1] were only for the pursuit races ( Pokljuka) and the team events ( Hochfilzen) because these were not part of the Olympic programme in Nagano.

Men's results

12.5 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Vladimir Drachev	RUS		36:30.3
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR		+ 14.0
	Raphaël Poirée	FRA		+ 41.6

Team event

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Norway Egil Gjelland Sylfest Glimsdal Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR		29:17.6
	Germany Ricco Groß Carsten Heymann Sven Fischer Frank Luck	GER		+ 43.7
	Russia Vladimir Drachev Alexei Kobelev Sergei Rozhkov Viktor Maigourov	RUS		+ 56.4

Women's results

10 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Magdalena Forsberg	SWE		37:58.6
	Corinne Niogret	FRA		+ 1:06.9
	Martina Zellner	GER		+ 1:25.8

Team event

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Russia Anna Volkova Olga Romasko Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova	RUS		30:21.1
	Norway Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Liv Grete Skjelbreid	NOR		+ 17.6
	Finland Katja Holanti Tiina Mikkola Mari Lampinen Sanna-Leena Perunka	FIN		+ 39.1

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Russia	2	0	1	3
2	Norway	1	2	0	3
3	Sweden	1	0	0	1
4	France	0	1	1	2
4	Germany	0	1	1	2
6	Finland	0	0	1	1

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