The 5th Biathlon European Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus, from January 28 to February 1, 1998.
16 competitions were held: sprint, pursuit, individual and relays both for U26 and juniors.
Results U26 Men's Competition 1st 2nd 3rd Men's 10 km sprint Jēkabs Nākums Alexandr Popov Ilmārs Bricis Men's 12.5 km pursuitResults on sport123.com Gunar Bretschneider Ilmārs Bricis Oļegs Maļuhins Men's 20 km individualResults on sport123.com Sergei Rozhkov Stefan Hodde Ilmārs Bricis Men's 4 × 7.5 km relayResults on sport123.com GermanyUlf KarkoschkaMarko MorgensternMark KirchnerGunar Bretschneider NorwayKjetil SæterKim SkutbergsveenBård MjølneStig-Are Eriksen BelarusIgor PesterevAlexandr IvanovskiIvan PesterevDmitri Shijov
Women's Competition 1st 2nd 3rd Women's 7.5 km sprintResults on sports123.com Nadezhda Talanova Natalia Permiakova Peggy Wagenführ Women's 10 km pursuitResults on sports123.com Nadezhda Talanova Janet Klein Peggy Wagenführ Women's 15 km individualResults in newspaper "Sport Express" Nadezhda Talanova Svetlana Tchernousova Irina Diachkova Women's 3 × 6 km relayResults on sports123.com GermanyPeggy WagenführJanet KleinAndrea Henkel RussiaIrina DiachkovaSvetlana TchernousovaYuliya Kondratieva FinlandSatu PöntiöAnna-Liisa RasiAnnukka Mallat
Junior Men's Competition 1st 2nd 3rd Men's 10 km sprintResults in newspaper "Sport Express" Andrei Prokunin Janni Hakkinen Danilo Kodela Men's 12.5 km pursuitResults in newspaper "Sport Express" Janni Hakkinen Dmitriy Babich Alexei Boltenko Men's 20 km individual Alexey Korobeynikov Bartołomej Holec Alexandr Ustinov Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay RussiaAlexei BoltenkoDmitriy BabichAndrei ProkuninAlexey Korobeynikov UkraineOleksandr BilanenkoDmytro BorodenkoOleksandr KhvostenkoOleh Babych FinlandJanni HäkkinenJuha HööpakkaJarkko RaajalaTimo Saarenpää
Women's Competition 1st 2nd 3rd Women's 7.5 km sprint Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen Magdalena Gwizdoń Lenka Faltusová Women's 10 km pursuit Larisa Pitateleva Agnieszka Wanżewicz Liv Kjersti Eikeland Women's 15 km individual Liv Kjersti Eikeland Natalya Geleveriya Anna Bogaliy Women's 3 × 6 km relay Russia Poland Czech RepublicZdeňka VejnarováJana PeskováLenka Faltusová
Medal table No. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 9 4 3 16 2 Germany 3 2 2 7 3 Norway 2 1 1 4 4 Latvia 1 1 3 5 5 Finland 1 1 2 4 6 Poland 0 4 0 4 7 Belarus 0 2 2 4 8 Ukraine 0 1 0 1 9 Czech Republic 0 0 2 2 10 Slovenia 0 0 1 1
References
External links IBU full results