Biathlon World Championships 1987

Biathlon World Championships 1987
Host city	Lahti (women); Lake Placid, New York (men)
Country	Finland (women); USA (men)
Events	6
Opening	14 February 1987 (men); 15 February 1987 (women)
Closing	27 February 1987 (men); 28 February 1987 (women)
	← Oslo/Falun 1986 Chamonix 1988 →

Host cityLahti (women)
Lake Placid, New York (men)

CountryFinland (women)
USA (men)

Events6

Opening14 February 1987 (men)
15 February 1987 (women)

The 23rd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1987 for the second time in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The 4th women's world championships were held in Lahti, Finland.^[1]

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Frank-Peter Roetsch	GDR	1	1:00:00.4
Josh Thompson	USA	1	1:00:51.0
Jan Matouš	CZE	0	1:01:15.3

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Frank-Peter Roetsch	GDR	1	29:49.6
Matthias Jacob	GDR	2	30:38.8
André Sehmisch	GDR	2	30:55.4

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch Jürgen Wirth	GDR
	Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev Juri Kashkarov Alexandr Popov Valeriy Medvedtsev	URS
	West Germany Ernst Reiter Herbert Fritzenwenger Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer	FRG

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Sanna Grønlid	NOR	2	42:42.8
Kaija Parve	URS	2	+ 48.3
Tuija Vuoksiala	FIN	2	+ 2:14.0

Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
Elena Golovina	URS	0	21:14.7
Venera Chernyshova	URS	1	+ 37.2
Anne Elvebakk	NOR	2	+ 57.4

20 km individual

Host city	Lahti (women) Lake Placid, New York (men)
Country	Finland (women) USA (men)
Events	6
Opening	14 February 1987 (1987-02-14) (men) 15 February 1987 (1987-02-15) (women)
Closing	27 February 1987 (1987-02-27) (men) 28 February 1987 (1987-02-28) (women)
← Oslo/Falun 1986 Chamonix 1988 →

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Elena Golovina Venera Chernyshova Kaija Parve	URS
	Sweden Inger Björkbom Mia Stadig Eva Korpela	SWE
	Norway Anne Elvebakk Sanna Grønlid Siv Bråten	NOR