The 24th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1989 in Feistritz, Austria.*Sports 123 biathlon results These world championships were the first to hold the men's and women's championships simultaneously.
Men's results
20 km individual
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Eirik Kvalfoss 1 58:13.0 Gisle Fenne 0 59:20.8 Fritz Fischer 2 1:00:48.1
10 km sprint
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Frank Luck 0 28:08.7 Eirik Kvalfoss 1 28:14.1 Juri Kashkarov 1 28:32.7
Team event
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Soviet Union Juri KashkarovSergei BulyginAlexandr PopovSergei Tchepikov 1 59:36.9 West Germany Franz WudyHerbert FritzenwengerGeorg FischerFritz Fischer 2 59:44.2 East Germany Andreas HeymannAndré SehmischRaik DittrichSteffen Hoos 1 1:01:27.1
4 × 7.5 km relay
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult East Germany Frank LuckAndré SehmischBirk AndersFrank-Peter Roetsch Soviet Union Juri KashkarovSergei TchepikovAlexandr PopovSergei Bulygin Norway Geir EinangSylfest GlimsdalGisle FenneEirik Kvalfoss
Women's results
15 km individual
This marked the first time that the women's individual event was held over 15 km in the World Championships.
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Petra Schaaf 2 1:06:11.2 Anne Elvebakk 3 1:06:31.6 Svetlana Davidova 3 1:07:25.2
7.5 km sprint
This marked the first time that the women's sprint event was held over 7.5 km in the World Championships.
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Anne Elvebakk 2 27:12.3 Zvetana Krasteva 2 27:15.4 Natalia Prikazchikova 3 27:24.8
Team event
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Soviet Union Natalia PrikazchikovaSvetlana DavidovaLuisa ZherepenovaElena Golovina 13 1:05:38.8 Norway Synnøve ThoresenElin KristiansenAnne ElvebakkMona Bollerud 13 1:07:48.0 West Germany Inga KesperDaniela HörburgerDorina PieperPetra Schaaf 11 1:07:54.1
3 × 7.5 km relay
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Soviet Union Natalia PrikazchikovaSvetlana DavidovaElena Golovina 0 1:23:15.5 Bulgaria Zvetana KrastevaMaria ManolovaNadezhda Aleksieva 0 1:25:29.9 Czechoslovakia Eva BurešováRenata NovotnáJiřina Adamičková 0 1:26:07.5
Medal table Place Nation Total 1 3 1 3 7 2 2 4 1 7 3 2 0 1 3 4 1 1 2 4 5 0 2 0 2 6 0 0 1 1
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