The 31st Biathlon World Championships were held in 1996 for the third time in Ruhpolding, Germany.
[1] Vadim SashurinOleg RyzhenkovAlexandr PopovPetr Ivashko Viktor MaigourovVladimir DrachevPavel MouslimovSergei Rozhkov René CattarinussiPieralberto CarraraPatrick FavreHubert Leitgeb Viktor MaigourovVladimir DrachevSergei TarasovAlexei Kobelev Ricco GroßPeter SendelFrank LuckSven Fischer Alexei AidarovOleg RyzhenkovVadim SashurinAlexandr Popov Katrin ApelPetra BehleUschi DislSimone Greiner-Petter-Memm Tetyana VodopyanovaOlena PetrovaOlena ZubrilovaNina Lemesh Anne BriandCorinne NiogretFlorence Baverel-RobertEmmanuelle Claret Uschi DislSimone Greiner-Petter-MemmKatrin ApelPetra Behle Corinne NiogretFlorence Baverel-RobertEmmanuelle ClaretAnne Briand Tetyana VodopyanovaOlena PetrovaOlena ZubrilovaValentina Tserbe-Nessina