Biathlon European Championships 1997
The 4th Biathlon European Championships were held in Windischgarsten, Austria. Six competitions were held for athletes U26: sprint, individual and relays.
Results
[edit]U26
[edit]Men's
[edit]| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10 km sprint[1] |  Andrei Padin |
 Jože Poklukar |
Tomaž Globočnik
|
| Men's 20 km individual[2] | Sergei Rozhkov |
 Tomasz Sikora |
 Marco Morgenstern
|
| Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay[3] | Germany Ulf Karkoschka Holger Schönthier Lars Kreuzer Marco Morgenstern |
Russia Vladimir Bejterev Andrei Padin Alexei Sidorov Eduard Riabov |
 NorwayStig-Are Eriksen Kjetil Sæter Lars-Sigve Oftedal Kjell Ove Oftedal |
Women's
[edit]| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 7.5 km sprint[4] | Anna Stera |
Tatiana Martynova |
 Natalie Santer
|
| Women's 15 km individual[5] | Katja Beer |
Albina Akhatova |
 Soňa Mihoková
|
| Women's 3 × 6 km relay[6] | Russia Irina Malgina Tatiana Martynowa Albina Akhatova |
Germany Katja Beer Janet Klein Steffi Kindt |
 Czech RepublicIrena Madlová Jitka Simunková Irena Tomšová |
Medal table
[edit]| No. | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Poland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Slovenia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Czech Republic |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovakia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
