Biathlon World Championships 1998
The 33rd Biathlon World Championships held in March 1998 in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and for the second time in Hochfilzen, Austria were only for the pursuit races and the team events because these were not part of the Olympic programme in Nagano.
Men's results
12.5 km pursuit
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
| Vladimir Drachev | 36:30.3 | |||
| Ole Einar Bjørndalen | + 14.0 | |||
| Raphaël Poirée | + 41.6 |
Team event
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
| Norway Egil Gjelland Sylfest Glimsdal Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 29:17.6 | |||
| Germany Ricco Groß Carsten Heymann Sven Fischer Frank Luck | + 43.7 | |||
| Russia Vladimir Drachev Alexei Kobelev Sergei Rozhkov Viktor Maigourov | + 56.4 |
Women's results
10 km pursuit
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
| Magdalena Forsberg | 37:58.6 | |||
| Corinne Niogret | + 1:06.9 | |||
| Martina Zellner | + 1:25.8 |
Team event
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result |
| Russia Anna Volkova Olga Romasko Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova | 30:21.1 | |||
| Norway Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Liv Grete Skjelbreid | + 17.6 | |||
| Finland Katja Holanti Tiina Mikkola Mari Lampinen Sanna-Leena Perunka | + 39.1 |
Medal table
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |