Biathlon World Championships 1985

Biathlon World Championships 1985
Host city	Ruhpolding, Bavaria (men); Egg am Etzel, Schwyz (women)
Country	West Germany (men); Switzerland (women)
Events	6
Opening	12 February 1985 (men); 17 February 1985 (women)
Closing	20 February 1985 (men); 25 February 1985 (women)
	← Chamonix 1984 Oslo/Falun 1986 →

The 21st Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1985 for the second time in Ruhpolding, in the then West Germany. The 2nd women's world championships were held in Egg am Etzel, Switzerland.^[1]

CountryWest Germany (men)
Switzerland (women)

Events6

Opening12 February 1985 (men)
17 February 1985 (women)

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Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Juri Kashkarov	URS	0	57:50.3
Frank-Peter Roetsch	GDR	2	+ 1:28.3
Tapio Piipponen	FIN	0	+ 1:54.7

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Frank-Peter Roetsch	GDR	1	30:25.2
Eirik Kvalfoss	NOR	1	+ 50.9
Johann Passler	ITA	0	+ 1:08.5

Name	Nation	Result
Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Algimantas Šalna Sergei Bulygin Andrei Senkov	URS	1:33:12.7
East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob Ralf Göthel André Sehmisch	GDR	+ 1:44.8
West Germany Peter Angerer Walter Pichler Fritz Fischer Herbert Fritzenwenger	FRG	+ 2:32.2

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Kaija Parve	URS	4	43:21.4
Sanna Grønlid	NOR	4	+ 59.4
Eva Korpela	SWE	2	+ 1:19.1

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Sanna Grønlid	NOR	0	21:58.9
Kaija Parve	URS	3	+ 4.8
Venera Chernyshova	URS	3	+ 53.4

Men's results

Host city	Ruhpolding, Bavaria (men) Egg am Etzel, Schwyz (women)
Country	West Germany (men) Switzerland (women)
Events	6
Opening	12 February 1985 (1985-02-12) (men) 17 February 1985 (1985-02-17) (women)
Closing	20 February 1985 (1985-02-20) (men) 25 February 1985 (1985-02-25) (women)
← Chamonix 1984 Oslo/Falun 1986 →

Name	Nation	Penalties
Soviet Union Venera Chernyshova Elena Golovina Kaija Parve	URS	1:23:43.7
Norway Sanna Grønlid Gry Østvik Siv Bråten	NOR	1:23:51.4
Finland Pirjo Mattila Teija Nieminen Tuula Ylinen	FIN	1:24,00.0