The 33rd Biathlon World Championships held in March 1998 in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and for the second time in Hochfilzen, Austria 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
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Vladimir Drachev 36:30.3 Ole Einar Bjørndalen + 14.0 Raphaël Poirée + 41.6
Team event
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Norway Egil GjellandSylfest GlimsdalHalvard HanevoldOle Einar Bjørndalen 29:17.6 Germany Ricco GroßCarsten HeymannSven FischerFrank Luck + 43.7 Russia Vladimir DrachevAlexei KobelevSergei RozhkovViktor Maigourov + 56.4
Women's results
10 km pursuit
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Magdalena Forsberg 37:58.6 Corinne Niogret + 1:06.9 Martina Zellner + 1:25.8
Team event
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Russia Anna VolkovaOlga RomaskoSvetlana IshmouratovaAlbina Akhatova 30:21.1 Norway Hildegunn MikkelsplassAnn Elen SkjelbreidAnnette SikvelandLiv Grete Skjelbreid + 17.6 Finland Katja HolantiTiina MikkolaMari LampinenSanna-Leena Perunka + 39.1
Medal table
Place Nation Total 1 2 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 1 1
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