Biathlon World Championships 1978
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| name = Biathlon World Championships 1978
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| host_city = Hochfilzen, Tyrol
| country = Austria
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| events = 3
| opening = {{Start date|1978|3|2|df=y}}
| closing = {{End date|1978|3|5|df=y}}
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| previous = Vingrom 1977
| next = Ruhpolding 1979
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The 16th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1978 in Hochfilzen, Austria.*[http://sports123.com/bia/index.html Sports 123 biathlon results]
Men's results
=20 km individual=
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| align="center"|{{gold1}} | Odd Lirhus | align="center"| {{flag|NOR}} | align="center"| 1 | align="right"| 1:05:25.3 |
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| align="center"|{{silver2}} | Frank Ullrich | align="center"| {{flag|GDR}} | align="center"| 2 | align="right"| 1:05:37.7 |
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| align="center"|{{bronze3}} | Eberhard Rösch | align="center"| {{flag|GDR}} | align="center"| 2 | align="right"| 1:06:04.2 |
=10 km sprint=
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| align="center"|{{gold1}} | Frank Ullrich | align="center"| {{flag|GDR}} | align="center"| 0 | align="right"| 32:17.4 |
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| align="center"|{{silver2}} | Eberhard Rösch | align="center"| {{flag|GDR}} | align="center"| 0 | align="right"| 32:38.1 |
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| align="center"|{{bronze3}} | Klaus Siebert | align="center"| {{flag|GDR}} | align="center"| 0 | align="right"| 33:02.8 |
=4 × 7.5 km relay=
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| align="center"|{{gold1}} | East Germany Manfred Beer | {{flag|GDR}} | align="center"| | align="center"| |
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| align="center"|{{silver2}} | Norway Tor Svendsberget | {{flag|NOR}} | align="center"| | align="right"| |
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| align="center"|{{bronze3}} | West Germany Heinrich Mehringer | {{flag|FRG}} | align="center"| | align="right"| |
Medal table
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! width=50 | Place ! width=120 | Nation ! width=50 | {{gold1}} ! width=50 | {{silver2}} ! width=50 | {{bronze3}} ! width=50 | Total |
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| 1 | align="left" |{{flag|East Germany}} | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 2 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2 | 6 |
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| 2 | align="left" |{{flag|Norway}} | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0 | 2 |
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| 3 | align="left" |{{flag|West Germany}} | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1 | 1 |