The 33rd Biathlon World Championships held in March 1998 in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and for the second time in Hochfilzen, Austria[1] were only for the pursuit races (Pokljuka) and the team events (Hochfilzen) because these were not part of the Olympic programme in Nagano.
Egil GjellandSylfest GlimsdalHalvard HanevoldOle Einar Bjørndalen Ricco GroßCarsten HeymannSven FischerFrank Luck Vladimir DrachevAlexei KobelevSergei RozhkovViktor Maigourov Anna VolkovaOlga RomaskoSvetlana IshmouratovaAlbina Akhatova Hildegunn MikkelsplassAnn Elen SkjelbreidAnnette SikvelandLiv Grete Skjelbreid Katja HolantiTiina MikkolaMari LampinenSanna-Leena Perunka