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Biathlon World Championships 1981

Biathlon World Championships 1981 stamp
Host city	Lahti
Country	Finland
Events	3
Opening	12 March 1981 (1981-03-12)
Closing	15 March 1981 (1981-03-15)

The 18th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1981 in Lahti, Finland.

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Heikki Ikola	FIN	0	1:13:07.2
	Frank Ullrich	GDR	2	1:14:09.6
	Erkki Antila	FIN	3	1:14:51.1

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Frank Ullrich	GDR	1	33:08.5
	Erkki Antila	FIN	0	33:10.1
	Yvon Mougel	FRA	0	33:13.5

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	East Germany Mathias Jung Matthias Jacob Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch	GDR
	West Germany Peter Angerer Peter Schweiger Fritz Fischer Franz Bernreiter	FRG
	Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin Anatoly Alyabyev Vladimir Barnashov Vladimir Gavrikov	URS

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	East Germany	2	1	0	3
2	Finland	1	1	1	3
3	West Germany	0	1	0	1
4	France	0	0	1	1
4	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1