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Biathlon World Championships 1988

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Biathlon World Championships 1988
Host cityChamonix
CountryFrance
Events3
Opening29 February 1988 (1988-02-29)
Closing6 March 1988 (1988-03-06)

The 5th women's world championships were held in 1988 for the second time in Chamonix, France.[1] This was the last time that separate world championships were held for women.

Women's results

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10 km individual

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Anne Elvebakk NOR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Elin Kristiansen NOR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Venera Chernyshova URS

5 km sprint

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Petra Schaaf FRG
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Eva Korpela SWE
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Anne Elvebakk NOR

3 × 5 km relay

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Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Soviet Union

Venera Chernyshova
Elena Golovina
Kaija Parve

URS
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Norway

Elin Kristiansen
Anne Elvebakk
Mona Bollerud

NOR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Sweden

Eva Korpela
Inger Björkbom
Sabiene Karlsson

SWE

Medal table

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Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 Norway 1 2 1 4
2 Soviet Union 1 0 1 2
3 West Germany 1 0 0 1
4 Sweden 0 1 1 2

References

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