# Biathlon Junior World Championships 2004

The 2004 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Haute Maurienne Vanoise, France from January 25 to January 31 2004. There was to be a total of 16 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women.

## Medal winners
### Youth Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 10 km individual details | Marion Blondeau France | 37:09.4 (0+0+0+0) | Sirli Hanni Estonia | 37:40.8 (0+0+1+0) | Inna Mozhevitina Kazakhstan | 38:46.4 (1+2+0+1) |
| 6 km sprint details | Michaela Balatková Czech Republic | 22:51.5 (0+3) | Marion Blondeau France | 22:54.0 (1+2) | Inna Mozhevitina Kazakhstan | 23:06.3 (1+4) |
| 7.5 km pursuit details | Inna Mozhevitina Kazakhstan | 28:18.5 (0+0+1+0) | Michaela Balatková Czech Republic | 30:55.6 (2+1+0+2) | Marion Blondeau France | 31:27.1 (2+0+2+1) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | France Marie Dorin Marion Blondeau Melanie Vincent-Droz | 1:07:19.4 (0+0) (0+1) (1+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) | Norway Anne Marit Gjermundshaug Stine Øvreberg Birgitte Røksund | 1:07:50.6 (0+3) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) | Slovakia Viktória Groneová Eliska Svikruhová Bibiana Svejkovská | 1:10:08.9 (0+3) (0+2) (0+3) (1+3) (0+0) (0+2) |

### Junior Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Jenny Adler Germany | 47:12.5 (1+1+1+1) | Hanna Möller Germany | 48:19.9 (0+0+0+3) | Uliana Denisova Russia | 48:25.3 (1+1+0+2) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 23:03.9 (0+2) | Kathrin Hitzer Germany | 23:44.1 (1+0) | Pauline Jacquin France | 23:45.7 (0+0) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Jenny Adler Germany | 35:44.3 (0+0+0+0) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 35:54.0 (1+0+1+3) | Uliana Denisova Russia | 35:56.2 (0+1+2+0) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | Germany Jenny Adler Magdalena Neuner Anne Preußler | 1:00:44.4 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+0) | Russia Uliana Denisova Ekaterina Iourieva Anastasiya Shipulina | 1:03:35.4 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+1) (2+3) (0+0) | France Célia Bourgeois Anne Lise Bailly Pauline Jacquin | 1:04:15.1 (0+2) (1+3) (0+2) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) |

### Youth Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Pavel Borisov Russia | 40:22.6 (1+1+0+0) | Peter Dokl Slovenia | 35:29.6 (0+0+0+2) | Klemen Bauer Slovenia | 40:23.3 (1+1+0+1) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Jean-Philippe Leguellec Canada | 22:09.4 (1+0) | Klemen Bauer Slovenia | 22:44.5 (1+2) | Stian Navik Norway | 22:47.2 (1+0) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 33:53.7 (1+1+1+2) | Jean-Philippe Leguellec Canada | 34:00.1 (3+0+3+0) | Stian Navik Norway | 34:04.5 (1+1+0+1) |
| 3 × 7.5 km relay details | Norway Ronny Hafsås Stian Navik Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:06:42.4 (0+3) (2+3) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+3) | Canada Jean-Philippe Leguellec Marc-André Bédard François Leboeuf | 1:07:24.5 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+3) | Slovenia Peter Dokl Andraz Semrov Klemen Bauer | 1:07:36.7 (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (1+3) (0+2) (3+3) |

### Junior Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km individual details | Hansjörg Reuter Germany | 48:43.6 (0+1+0+2) | Simon Fourcade France | 49:05.0 (1+1+1+0) | Oleh Berezhnyi Ukraine | 49:21.9 (0+0+1+0) |
| 10 km sprint details | Simon Fourcade France | 26:57.1 (0+0) | Michael Rösch Germany | 27:16.8 (1+1) | Simon Eder Austria | 27:25.9 (1+0) |
| 12.5 km pursuit details | Simon Fourcade France | 37:21.3 (1+0+0+0) | Michael Rösch Germany | 38:09.4 (0+0+3+1) | Serhiy Sednev Ukraine | 38:39.6 (0+1+0+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay details | Germany Hansjörg Reuter Christoph Knie Steve Renner Michael Rösch | 1:24:48.1 (0+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (1+3) (1+2) | Czech Republic Milan Faltus Ondřej Moravec Miroslav Tomeš Michal Šlesingr | 1:25:29.7 (1+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) | Russia Alexandre Kudryashev Vladimir Shemelov Artem Ushakov Vladimir Moiseev | 1:27:52.1 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) |

## Medal table

* Host nation (France)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | France (FRA)* | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |