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Biathlon World Championships 2003
Host city Khanty-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