The 24th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1989 in Feistritz, Austria.
[1] These world championships were the first to hold the men's and women's championships simultaneously.
Juri KashkarovSergei BulyginAlexandr PopovSergei Tchepikov Franz WudyHerbert FritzenwengerGeorg FischerFritz Fischer Andreas HeymannAndré SehmischRaik DittrichSteffen Hoos Frank LuckAndré SehmischBirk AndersFrank-Peter Roetsch Juri KashkarovSergei TchepikovAlexandr PopovSergei Bulygin Geir EinangSylfest GlimsdalGisle FenneEirik Kvalfoss This marked the first time that the women's individual event was held over 15 km in the World Championships.
This marked the first time that the women's sprint event was held over 7.5 km in the World Championships.
Natalia PrikazchikovaSvetlana DavidovaLuisa ZherepenovaElena Golovina Synnøve ThoresenElin KristiansenAnne ElvebakkMona Bollerud Inga KesperDaniela HörburgerDorina PieperPetra Schaaf Natalia PrikazchikovaSvetlana DavidovaElena Golovina Zvetana KrastevaMaria ManolovaNadezhda Aleksieva Eva BurešováRenata NovotnáJiřina Adamičková