The 1998 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Jericho, Vermont, USA and Valcartier, Canada from February 22 to March 1, 1998. There was to be a total of 8 competitions: sprint, individual, team and relay races for men and women.

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Individual details	Simone Denkinger  Germany	38:56.8 (1+1+0)	Michela Ponza  Italy	41:16.2 (0+1+0)	Olga Zaitseva  Russia	41:47.1 (0+3+1)
Sprint details	Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen  Norway	28:39.9 (2+0)	Linda Tjørhom  Norway	28:54.1 (0+0)	Martina Glagow  Germany	29:05.0 (0+0)
Relay	Germany Nicole Nordhaus Simone Denkinger Martina Glagow		Norway Liv Kjersti Eikeland Linda Tjørhom Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen		Italy Barbara Kostner Michela Ponza Claudia Messelod
Team	Russia Olga Zaitseva Larissa Pitatileva Anna Bogaliy Natalia Geleveria		Germany Sabine Flatscher Miriam Bauer Nicole Nordhaus Martina Glagow		Czech Republic Radka Doskocilova Lenka Faltusová Denisa Pelikánová Jana Pesková

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Individual details	Jörn Wollschlaeger  Germany	48:15.2 (1+0+1)	Mike Muth  Germany	49:40.2 (0+0+2)	Andrei Prokunin  Russia	49:45.0 (1+3+0)
Sprint details	Andrei Prokunin  Russia	32:20.4 (0+0)	Jörn Wollschlaeger  Germany	32:34.7 (1+0)	Syver Berg-Domaas  Norway	32:52.2 (2+0)
Relay	Germany Mike Muth Jörn Wollschlaeger Björn Sterzing Alexander Wolf		Russia Alexei Boltenko Oleksiy Korobeinikov Dimitri Babich Andrei Prokunin		Norway Jon Kristian Svaland Rune Morten Johansen Syver Berg-Domaas Hans Proesch
Team	Norway Syver Berg-Domaas Hans Proesch Rune Morten Johansen Jon Kristian Svaland		Germany Björn Sterzing Fabian Mund Alexander Wolf Jörn Wollschlaeger		Italy Patrick Oberegger Patrick Rabanser Alexander Inderst Ivan Romanin

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	4	4	1	9
2	Norway (NOR)	2	2	3	7
3	Russia (RUS)	2	1	2	5
4	Italy (ITA)	0	1	2	3
Totals (4 entries)		8	8	8	24

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