The 22nd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1986 in Oslo, Norway. The 3rd women's world championships were held in Falun, Sweden.^[1]

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Valeriy Medvedtsev	URS	2	57:05.3
	André Sehmisch	GDR	1	57:19.2
	Alfred Eder	AUT	0	58:38.1

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Valeriy Medvedtsev	URS	0	28:02.8
	Franz Schuler	AUT	1	28:55.3
	André Sehmisch	GDR	1	28:59.9

Peter Angerer, West Germany, was stripped of silver due to use of a forbidden substance.

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Dmitry Vasilyev Valeriy Medvedtsev Sergei Bulygin	URS
	East Germany Jürgen Wirth Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch	GDR
	Italy Werner Kiem Gottlieb Taschler Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle	ITA

The West German team was stripped of bronze due to Peter Angerer's use of a forbidden substance.

Women's results

10 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Eva Korpela	SWE	1	37:46.9
	Siv Bråten	NOR	0	+ 1:00.4
	Sanna Grønlid	NOR	2	+ 1:32.7

5 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Kaija Parve	URS	1	20:07.0
	Nadiya Billova	URS	1	+ 46.2
	Eva Korpela	SWE	2	+ 1:18.0

3 × 5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Kaija Parve Nadiya Billova Venera Chernyshova	URS
	Sweden Eva Korpela Inger Björkbom Sabiene Karlsson	SWE
	Norway Sanna Grønlid Siv Bråten Anne Elvebakk	NOR

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Soviet Union	5	1	0	6
2	Sweden	1	1	1	3
3	East Germany	0	2	1	3
4	Norway	0	1	2	3
5	Austria	0	1	1	2
6	Italy	0	0	1	1