# Biathlon Junior World Championships 2002

The 2002 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Ridnaun-Val Ridanna, Italy from January 30 to February 3, 2002. There was to be a total of 16 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, and relay races for men and women.

## Medal winners
### Youth Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 10 km individual details | Kaja Eckhoff Norway | 35:46.9 (1+1+0+0) | Nina Karasevych Ukraine | 35:49.5 (0+0+0+1) | Mervi Markkanen Finland | 35:55.9 (1+2+0+0) |
| 6 km sprint details | Dong Xue China | 18:45.4 (1+1) | Anna Boulygina Russia | 18:52.8 (2+1) | Olga Dudchenko Kazakhstan | 19:06.8 (1+1) |
| 7.5 km pursuit details | Dong Xue China | 27:38.7 (1+0+2+1) | Kathlen Lindau Germany | 27:57.0 (0+0+1+0) | Anna Rathmann Germany | 28:00.5 (0+1+1+0) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | China Yin Qiao Jia Yuping Dong Xue | 58:01.1 (1+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) | Russia Natalia Egoshina Anastasiya Shipulina Maria Kossinova | 58:07.9 (0+0) (0+3) (2+3) (0+1) (0+3) (0+3) | Germany Anna Rathmann Anne Preußler Kathlen Lindau | 58:23.4 (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) |

### Junior Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Nadezhda Kolesnikova Russia | 40:43.8 (0+0+0+0) | Ute Niziak Germany | 43:27.3 (1+1+1+0) | Lanny Barnes United States | 43:30.0 (0+0+0+1) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Kathrin Pfisterer Germany | 23:24.5 (0+0) | Jenny Adler Germany | 23:28.7 (0+1) | Lyudmila Ananko Belarus | 23:43.6 (0+0) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Jenny Adler Germany | 32:38.3 (0+0+0+2) | Ute Niziak Germany | 33:09.4 (0+0+1+1) | Kathrin Pfisterer Germany | 33:20.2 (0+0+2+2) |
| 3 × 7.5 km relay details | Germany Jenny Adler Kathrin Pfisterer Ute Niziak | 1:11:04.4 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (1+3) (0+0) (0+1) | United States Carolyn Treacy Tracy Barnes Lanny Barnes | 1:12:23.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) | Russia Tatyana Bryukhanova Elena Davgul Nadezhda Kolesnikova | 1:13:20.5 (0+0) (0+3) (1+3) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) |

### Youth Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Christoph Knie Germany | 39:10.8 (2+1+1+0) | Oleg Berezhnoy Ukraine | 39:17.7 (0+1+1+1) | Tobias Strohm Germany | 39:30.7 (1+2+0+1) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Marcel Lorenc Germany | 21:25.9 (0+2) | Simon Fourcade France | 21:35.6 (0+0) | Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 21:38.6 (3+1) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Andrei Doubassov Russia | 30:01.9 (0+1+1+1) | Tobias Strohm Germany | 30:02.6 (0+0+1+3) | Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 30:10.0 (2+2+1+2) |
| 3 × 7.5 km relay details | Germany Marcel Lorenc Tobias Strohm Christoph Knie | 1:01:10.3 (0+0 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | Russia Aleksandr Petrov Vladislav Moiseev Andrei Doubassov | 1:04:35.8 (0+2) (2+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+3) | Poland Rafał Skoczowski Stanisław Karpiel Paweł Lasek | 1:05:10. (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) |

### Junior Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km individual details | Simon Eder Austria | 42:12.4 (0+1+0+0) | Michael Rösch Germany | 42:34.7 (1+1+0+1) |
| 15 km individual details | Simon Eder Austria | 42:12.4 (0+1+0+0) | Artem Gusev Russia | 42:34.7 (1+1+0+0) |
| 10 km sprint details | Mattias Nilsson Sweden | 26:31.4 (1+1) | Robert Wick Germany | 26:33.6 (0+1) | Michal Šlesingr Czech Republic | 26:40.1 (0+2) |
| 12.5 km pursuit details | Michal Šlesingr Czech Republic | 37:10.1 (1+0+1+1) | Maxim Chudov Russia | 37:38.1 (0+2+1+2) | Sergey Dashkevich Belarus | 37:57.4 (1+0+1+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay details | Germany Michael Rösch Robert Wick Hansjörg Reuter Markus Neumaier | 1:20:29.9 (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) | Czech Republic Jaroslav Soukup Milan Faltus Ondřej Moravec Michal Šlesingr | 1:20:32.7 (0+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | Belarus Sergey Dashkevich Vladimir Miklashevsky Alexey Yurchenko Aleksandr Myntnik | 1:21:58.4 (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 17 | 15 | 48 |