Biathlon Junior World Championships 1997

The 1997 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Forni Avoltri, Italy from February 15 to February 23, 1997. There was to be a total of 8 competitions: sprint, individual, team and relay races for men and women.

## Medal winners[edit]

### Junior Women[edit]

Event: | Gold: | Time  | Silver: | Time  | Bronze: | Time

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12.5 km individual
details | Tetiana Rud
Ukraine | 38:07.2
(0+0+2) | Marcela Pavkovčeková
Slovakia | 38:12.9
(0+0+0) | Natalia Levchenkova
Russia | 38:19.8
(0+0+1)
7.5 km sprint
details | Andrea Henkel
Germany | 26:30.9
(0+0) | Martina Glagow
Germany | 27:23.5
(2+0) | Olga Nazarova
Russia | 27:36.0
(0+0)
3 × 7.5 km relay
details |  Norway
Ann Helen Grande
Linda Tjørhom
Gro Marit Istad | 1:25:34.2

|  Germany
Andrea Henkel
Martina Glagow
Janet Klein | 1:25:55.3

|  Russia
Ekaterina Ivanova
Olga Nazarova
Natalia Levchenkova | 1:26:56.9

7.5 km team  |  Russia
Olga Zaitseva
Lilia Efremova
Ekaterina Ivanova
Olga Nazarova |

|  Czech Republic
Irena Mádlová
Irena Tomšová
Denisa Pelikánová
Jitka Šimůnková |

|  Germany
Janet Klein
Annet Meisner
Martina Glagow
Andrea Henkel |

### Junior Men[edit]

Event: | Gold: | Time  | Silver: | Time  | Bronze: | Time

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15 km individual
details | Erik Lundström
Sweden | 42:21.9
(0+0+0) | Sergei Ushankov
Russia | 42:33.0
(1+0+0) | Karsten Kapinos
Germany | 42:35.0
(0+0+0)
10 km sprint
details | Jay Hakkinen
United States | 27:32.
(0+1) | Torsten Thrän
Germany | 27:51.3
(0+1) | Marek Matiaško
Slovakia | 28:19.6
(0+1)
4 × 7.5 km relay
details |  Germany
Karsten Kapinos
Torsten Thrän
Alexander Wolf
Jörn Wollschlaeger | 1:32:09.1

|  Italy
Theo Senoner
Alexander Inderst
Paolo Longo
Flavien Jordaney | 1:32:41.9

|  Russia
Vladimir Grigorev
Mikhail Kovalkov
Sergei Ushankov
Sergey Bashkirov | 1:33:56.6

10 km team  |  Russia
Sergey Bashkirov
Dimitri Babich
Oleksiy Korobeinikov
Sergei Ushankov |

|  Finland
Harri Lahdesmaki
Pasi Ahola
Joni Tiihonen
Jussi Mäkelä |

|  Germany
Norman Köhler
Jörn Wollschlaeger
Torsten Thrän
Karsten Kapinos |

## Medal table[edit]

* Host nation (Italy)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Germany (GER)| 2| 3| 3| 8
2|  Russia (RUS)| 2| 1| 4| 7
3|  Norway (NOR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Sweden (SWE)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Ukraine (UKR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
United States (USA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
7|  Slovakia (SVK)| 0| 1| 1| 2
8|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Finland (FIN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Italy (ITA)*| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 8| 8| 8| 24

## References[edit]

* IBU Biathlon Guide

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