The 3rd Biathlon European Championships were held in Ridnaun, Italy. Six competitions were held for athletes U26: sprint, individual and relays.

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint[1]	Vladimir Drachev	Sergei Tarasov	Oleg Ryzhenkov
Men's 20 km individual[2]	Sergei Tarasov	Sergei Rozhkov	Alexandr Popov
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay[3]	Russia Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Rozhkov Aleksey Kobelev	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin Alexandr Popov	Germany Ulf Karkoschka Marco Morgenstern Jan Wüstenfeld Carsten Heymann

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint[4]	Eva Háková	Soňa Mihoková	Galina Kukleva
Women's 15 km individual[5]	Andreja Grasič	Olga Melnik	Anna Stera
Women's 3 × 6 km relay[6]	Russia Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Olga Romasko	Ukraine Tetyana Vodopyanova Valentina Tserbe-Nessina Olena Zubrilova	Belarus Natalia Ryzhenkova Natalia Permiakova Svetlana Paramygina

No.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	4	3	1	8
2	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
4	Belarus	0	1	3	4
5	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
7	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1

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