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.

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Sven Fischer	GER
	Ricco Groß	GER
	Vadim Sashurin	BLR

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Frank Luck	GER
	Patrick Favre	ITA
	Frode Andresen	NOR

12.5 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Ricco Groß	GER
	Frank Luck	GER
	Sven Fischer	GER

15 km mass start

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Sven Fischer	GER
	Vladimir Drachev	RUS
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Petr Ivashko Vadim Sashurin Oleg Ryzhenkov	BLR
	Russia Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Rozhkov Pavel Rostovtsev	RUS
	Norway Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR

Women's results

15 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Olena Zubrilova	UKR
	Corinne Niogret	FRA
	Albina Akhatova	RUS

7.5 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Martina Zellner	GER
	Magdalena Forsberg	SWE
	Olena Zubrilova	UKR

10 km pursuit

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Olena Zubrilova	UKR
	Martina Schwarzbacherova	SVK
	Martina Zellner	GER

12.5 km mass start

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Olena Zubrilova	UKR
	Olena Petrova	UKR
	Magdalena Forsberg	SWE

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Katrin Apel Martina Zellner	GER
	Russia Nadezhda Talanova Galina Kukleva Olga Romasko Albina Akhatova	RUS
	France Delphine Burlet Florence Baverel-Robert Christelle Gros Corinne Niogret	FRA

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Germany	6	2	2	10
2	Ukraine	3	1	1	5
3	Belarus	1	0	1	2
4	Russia	0	3	1	4
5	France	0	1	1	2
5	Sweden	0	1	1	2
7	Italy	0	1	0	1
7	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
9	Norway	0	0	3	3