The 31st Biathlon World Championships were held in 1996 for the third time in Ruhpolding, Germany.
Men's results
20 km individual
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Sergei Tarasov 53:05.4 Vladimir Drachev 53:49.9 Vadim Sashurin 54:38.3
10 km sprint
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Vladimir Drachev 26:52.3 Viktor Maigourov René Cattarinussi
Team event
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Belarus Vadim SashurinOleg RyzhenkovAlexandr PopovPetr Ivashko 26:05.6 Russia Viktor MaigourovVladimir DrachevPavel MouslimovSergei Rozhkov Italy René CattarinussiPieralberto CarraraPatrick FavreHubert Leitgeb
4 × 7.5 km relay
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Russia Viktor MaigourovVladimir DrachevSergei TarasovAlexei Kobelev 1:19:50.8 Germany Ricco GroßPeter SendelFrank LuckSven Fischer Belarus Alexei AidarovOleg RyzhenkovVadim SashurinAlexandr Popov
Women's results
15 km individual
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Emmanuelle Claret 46:43.1 Olga Melnik Olena Petrova
7.5 km sprint
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Olga Romasko 22:30.5 Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Magdalena Forsberg
Team event
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Germany Katrin ApelPetra BehleUschi DislSimone Greiner-Petter-Memm 23:23.6 Ukraine Tetyana VodopyanovaOlena PetrovaOlena ZubrilovaNina Lemesh France Anne BriandCorinne NiogretFlorence Baverel-RobertEmmanuelle Claret
4 × 7.5 km relay
MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Germany Uschi DislSimone Greiner-Petter-MemmKatrin ApelPetra Behle 1:33:59.8 France Corinne NiogretFlorence Baverel-RobertEmmanuelle ClaretAnne Briand Ukraine Tetyana VodopyanovaOlena PetrovaOlena ZubrilovaValentina Tserbe-Nessina
Medal table
Place Nation Total 1 4 4 0 8 2 2 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 2 3 5 0 1 2 3 6 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 2 8 0 0 1 1
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