The 1st Biathlon European Championships were held in Kontiolahti, Finland. Six competitions were held for athletes U26: sprint, individual and relays.
| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10 km sprint[1] |  Holger Schönthier |
 René Cattarinussi |
 Vesa Hietalahti
|
| Men's 20 km individual[2] |  Tor Espen Kristiansen |
 Bertrand Muffat-Joly |
Ville Räikkönen
|
| Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay[3] |  RussiaPavel Mouslimov Pavel Vavilov Nikolai Klykov Eduard Riabov |
 PolandJan Ziemianin Wiesław Ziemianin Jan Wojtas Tomasz Sikora |
 BelarusIgor Khokhryakov Dmitry Krivel Gennadiy Karpinkin Evgeny Redkin |
| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 7.5 km sprint[4] | Irina Mileshina |
 Jiřina Pelcová |
Kathi Schwaab
|
| Women's 15 km individual[5] | Halina Pitoń |
 Martina Jašicová |
Irina Mileshina
|
| Women's 3 × 6 km relay[6] | Russia Larisa Novoselskaya Yelena Dumnova Irina Mileshina |
Slovakia Martina Jašicová Anna Murínová Soňa Mihoková |
 UkraineValentyna Tserbe-Nesina Olena Petrova Olena Zubrilova |
| No. | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Poland
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Germany
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Norway
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Slovakia
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | France
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Italy
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czech Republic
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Finland
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Belarus
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Ukraine
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALT | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
