World ChampionshipsOfficial
Men's Sprint
Ruhpolding (Germany) · 17 February 1979 · 10 km
World Championship Biathlon 1979 · Season 1978/79
Podium
- 1FrankUllrichGDR
40:35.3Shooting 0+0
- 2OddLirhusNOR
+53.2Shooting 1+2
- 3LuigiWeissITA
+1:11.0Shooting 0+2
The Italian men
- 3rdLuigi Weiss+1:11.0 · shooting 0+2
- 34thArduino Tiraboschi+4:47.8 · shooting 1+1
- 37thFabio Cavagnet+4:53.9 · shooting 0+2
- 67thCelestino Midali+8:18.9 · shooting 2+3
86 athletes
Full results
| 1 | 54 | F. ULLRICHFrank ULLRICH | GDR | 0+0 | 0 | 40:35.3 | |
| 2 | 73 | O. LIRHUSOdd LIRHUS | NOR | 1+2 | 3 | 41:28.5 | +53.2 |
| 3 | 46 | L. WEISSLuigi WEISS | ITA | 0+2 | 2 | 41:46.3 | +1:11.0 |
| 4 | 8 | V. ALIKINVladimir ALIKIN | URS | 2+3 | 5 | 42:06.1 | +1:30.8 |
| 5 | 83 | F. WEBERFranz WEBER | AUT | 0+3 | 3 | 42:09.5 | +1:34.2 |
| 6 | 85 | A. TIKHONOVAlexander TIKHONOV | URS | 0+3 | 3 | 42:12.1 | +1:36.8 |
| 7 | 60 | J. SIMUNEKJaromir SIMUNEK | TCH | 1+0 | 1 | 42:15.0 | +1:39.7 |
| 8 | 62 | A. EDERAlfred EDER | AUT | 0+1 | 1 | 42:16.3 | +1:41.0 |
| 9 | 63 | A. RAPACZAndrzej RAPACZ | POL | 1+2 | 3 | 42:19.8 | +1:44.5 |
| 10 | 36 | S. ENGENSvein ENGEN | NOR | 1+1 | 2 | 42:31.6 | +1:56.3 |
| 11 | 82 | Y. MOUGELYvon MOUGEL | FRA | 0+2 | 2 | 42:40.3 | +2:05.0 |
| 12 | 49 | S. JOHANSENSigleif JOHANSEN | NOR | 2+2 | 4 | 42:50.1 | +2:14.8 |
| 13 | 32 | R. HORNRudolf HORN | AUT | 1+1 | 2 | 42:58.7 | +2:23.4 |
| 14 | 35 | N. KRUGLOVNikolai Sen. KRUGLOV | URS | 1+0 | 1 | 43:04.7 | +2:29.4 |
| 15 | 3 | H. BÖTTCHERHeinz BÖTTCHER | GDR | 1+1 | 2 | 43:19.7 | +2:44.4 |
| 16 | 75 | Kinoshita Masaichi Kinoshita Masaichi | JPN | 0+4 | 4 | 43:40.5 | +3:05.2 |
| 17 | 45 | K. SIEBERTKlaus SIEBERT | GDR | 1+1 | 2 | 43:44.7 | +3:09.4 |
| 18 | 81 | E. ANTILAErkki ANTILA | FIN | 2+3 | 5 | 43:55.9 | +3:20.6 |
| 19 | 58 | G. GARNITAGheorghe GARNITA | ROU | 1+3 | 4 | 43:56.0 | +3:20.7 |
| 20 | 24 | P. ZELINKAPeter ZELINKA | TCH | 1+2 | 3 | 43:59.0 | +3:23.7 |
| 21 | 42 | A. SUTINENArto SUTINEN | FIN | 1+4 | 5 | 43:59.5 | +3:24.2 |
| 22 | 69 | J. MICHNIAKJozef MICHNIAK | POL | 0+3 | 3 | 44:04.2 | +3:28.9 |
| 23 | 68 | Z. PAVLICEKZdenek PAVLICEK | TCH | 0+2 | 2 | 44:16.3 | +3:41.0 |
| 24 | 57 | V. BARNASHOVVladimir BARNASHOV | URS | 2+1 | 3 | 44:18.0 | +3:42.7 |
| 25 | 31 | G. WINKLERGerd WINKLER | FRG | 2+1 | 3 | 44:19.4 | +3:44.1 |
| 26 | 19 | H. ESTNERHans ESTNER | FRG | 2+1 | 3 | 44:33.4 | +3:58.1 |
| 27 | 22 | T. KOEYKKAETapani KOEYKKAE | FIN | 1+2 | 3 | 44:36.0 | +4:00.7 |
| 28 | 77 | E. ROESCHEberhard ROESCH | GDR | 2+3 | 5 | 44:37.6 | +4:02.3 |
| 29 | 33 | P. ANDERSSONPer ANDERSSON | SWE | 2+1 | 3 | 44:46.4 | +4:11.1 |
| 30 | 53 | R. ADOLFSSONRonnie ADOLFSSON | SWE | 1+1 | 2 | 44:49.7 | +4:14.4 |
| 31 | 74 | A. SCHWEIGERAndreas SCHWEIGER | FRG | 1+3 | 4 | 45:00.5 | +4:25.2 |
| 32 | 10 | T. KROKSTADTerje KROKSTAD | NOR | 3+4 | 7 | 45:08.6 | +4:33.3 |
| 33 | 18 | M. HAGENMartin HAGEN | USA | 1+2 | 3 | 45:21.7 | +4:46.4 |
| 34 | 78 | A. TIRABOSCHIArduino TIRABOSCHI | ITA | 1+1 | 2 | 45:23.1 | +4:47.8 |
| 35 | 52 | A. KANAMUELLERAlois KANAMUELLER | FRG | 0+2 | 2 | 45:25.6 | +4:50.3 |
| 36 | 44 | M. NYUIManabu NYUI | JPN | 1+4 | 5 | 45:27.8 | +4:52.5 |
| 37 | 13 | F. CAVAGNETFabio CAVAGNET | ITA | 0+2 | 2 | 45:29.2 | +4:53.9 |
| 38 | 72 | P. GIBBINSPaul GIBBINS | GBR | 0+0 | 0 | 45:34.5 | +4:59.2 |
| 39 | 37 | R. BURNRoland BURN | SUI | 4+3 | 7 | 45:53.8 | +5:18.5 |
| 40 | 38 | G. FERGUSONGraeme FERGUSON | GBR | 1+3 | 4 | 45:57.7 | +5:22.4 |
| 41 | 55 | L. NELSONLyle NELSON | USA | 2+4 | 6 | 46:00.4 | +5:25.1 |
| 42 | 80 | G. JOBEGlenn JOBE | USA | 3+2 | 5 | 46:01.7 | +5:26.4 |
| 43 | 84 | W. MARTIWerner MARTI | SUI | 0+2 | 2 | 46:02.6 | +5:27.3 |
| 44 | 4 | H. DEGUCHIHiroyuki DEGUCHI | JPN | 3+1 | 4 | 46:05.6 | +5:30.3 |
| 45 | 17 | K. KORPELAKari KORPELA | SWE | 4+2 | 6 | 46:21.1 | +5:45.8 |
| 46 | 23 | C. POTROANCHENUCorneliu POTROANCHENU | ROU | 2+4 | 6 | 46:37.6 | +6:02.3 |
| 47 | 12 | J. KOLLJosef KOLL | AUT | 0+2 | 2 | 46:41.8 | +6:06.5 |
| 48 | 65 | J. WOODJames WOOD | GBR | 3+2 | 5 | 46:42.9 | +6:07.6 |
| 49 | 2 | A. STAUBAdrian STAUB | SUI | 1+2 | 3 | 46:44.5 | +6:09.2 |
| 50 | 6 | J. SUCHANEKJiri SUCHANEK | TCH | 2+2 | 4 | 46:57.1 | +6:21.8 |
| 51 | 20 | L. LATAWIECLeopold LATAWIEC | POL | 5+3 | 8 | 46:57.5 | +6:22.2 |
| 52 | 26 | D. NIELSEN Jr.Donald NIELSEN Jr. | USA | 3+3 | 6 | 47:01.2 | +6:25.9 |
| 53 | 41 | S. TREBUNIAStanislav TREBUNIA | POL | 3+2 | 5 | 47:08.3 | +6:33.0 |
| 54 | 61 | A. GEOURJONAndre GEOURJON | FRA | 4+2 | 6 | 47:22.2 | +6:46.9 |
| 55 | 5 | K. OLIVERKeith OLIVER | GBR | 4+1 | 5 | 47:28.5 | +6:53.2 |
| 56 | 51 | I. SZOELLOESIIstvan SZOELLOESI | HUN | 3+3 | 6 | 47:57.0 | +7:21.7 |
| 57 | 48 | U. BRECHBUEHLUrs BRECHBUEHL | SUI | 4+3 | 7 | 48:00.5 | +7:25.2 |
| 58 | 43 | J. KOVACSJozsef KOVACS | HUN | 2+1 | 3 | 48:01.7 | +7:26.4 |
| 59 | 21 | P. ARNAUDPatrick ARNAUD | FRA | 3+2 | 5 | 48:03.1 | +7:27.8 |
| 60 | 67 | O. LUNDSTROEMOla LUNDSTROEM | SWE | 3+4 | 7 | 48:03.3 | +7:28.0 |
| 61 | 29 | M. BURGANMarian BURGAN | YUG | 2+3 | 5 | 48:19.1 | +7:43.8 |
| 62 | 27 | B. SCALLIONBryn SCALLION | CAN | 2+3 | 5 | 48:24.4 | +7:49.1 |
| 63 | 71 | A. TOLVANENAimo TOLVANEN | CAN | 2+1 | 3 | 48:32.0 | +7:56.7 |
| 64 | 56 | B. BROOKSBill BROOKS | CAN | 3+4 | 7 | 48:32.2 | +7:56.9 |
| 65 | 64 | T. SHIBATATakashi SHIBATA | JPN | 0+4 | 4 | 48:40.5 | +8:05.2 |
| 66 | 86 | L. FEHERLajos FEHER | HUN | 1+0 | 1 | 48:42.6 | +8:07.3 |
| 67 | 25 | C. MIDALICelestino MIDALI | ITA | 2+3 | 5 | 48:54.2 | +8:18.9 |
| 68 | 40 | M. FALQUYMarius FALQUY | FRA | 4+2 | 6 | 49:04.9 | +8:29.6 |
| 69 | 11 | A. PITTENDRIGHAndy PITTENDRIGH | CAN | 2+1 | 3 | 49:10.0 | +8:34.7 |
| 70 | 47 | M. AALBERSBERGMartin AALBERSBERG | NED | 0+3 | 3 | 49:14.7 | +8:39.4 |
| 71 | 70 | von Zanten John von Zanten John | NED | 3+2 | 5 | 49:56.9 | +9:21.6 |
| 72 | 1 | A. LANISEKAndrej LANISEK | YUG | 2+4 | 6 | 51:40.1 | +11:04.8 |
| 73 | 79 | L. JORDIKKALauri JORDIKKA | AUS | 4+1 | 5 | 53:21.7 | +12:46.4 |
| 74 | 16 | Brucker Janos Brucker Janos | HUN | 3+4 | 7 | 53:59.0 | +13:23.7 |
| 75 | 39 | P. L'HULLIERPaul L'HULLIER | AUS | 0+2 | 2 | 54:15.1 | +13:39.8 |
| 76 | 30 | Geldorf Joop Geldorf Joop | NED | 3+3 | 6 | 54:18.5 | +13:43.2 |
| 77 | 9 | J. TEENWISSEJoop TEENWISSE | NED | 2+4 | 6 | 55:03.9 | +14:28.6 |
| 78 | 34 | J. PENAJuan S. PENA | ESP | 1+3 | 4 | 55:42.5 | +15:07.2 |
| 79 | 28 | Hidalgo Juan Vera Hidalgo Juan Vera | CHI | 1+1 | 2 | 55:46.8 | +15:11.5 |
| 80 | 14 | M. VALINASManuel VALINAS | ESP | 2+4 | 6 | 56:14.8 | +15:39.5 |
| 81 | 7 | Moraga Antonio A. Moraga Antonio A. | CHI | 4+2 | 6 | 56:41.0 | +16:05.7 |
| 82 | 50 | A. MILVAINAndrew MILVAIN | AUS | 4+4 | 8 | 58:51.5 | +18:16.2 |
| 83 | 59 | F. HERMOSOFrancisco HERMOSO | ESP | 3+3 | 6 | 59:25.3 | +18:50.0 |
| 84 | 15 | Field Barry Field Barry | AUS | 4+2 | 6 | 1:09:05.1 | +28:29.8 |
| DNF | 66 | H. IKOLAHeikki IKOLA | FIN | ||||
| DNF | 76 | Ueng Ming-Yih Ueng Ming-Yih | ROC |
Data source: IBU.

