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.

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	Norway Stig-Are Eriksen Kjetil Sæter Lars-Sigve Oftedal Kjell Ove Oftedal

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 Republic Irena Madlová Jitka Simunková Irena Tomšová

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

Results