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Biathlon World Championships

Biathlon World Championships
Magdalena Neuner and Kaisa Mäkäräinen during the 2012 World Championships in Kontiolahti, North Karelia, Finland
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)February–March
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1958 (1958)
Organised byIBU
Biathlon World Championships 2024

The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The original team event, Team (time), was held for the last time in 1965, to be replaced in 1966 by the team event, Relay (4 × 7.5 km), which we know today. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in joint Biathlon World Championships. In 1978 the development was enhanced by the change from the large army rifle calibre to a small bore rifle, while the range to the target was reduced from 150 to 50 meters.[1]

Venues edit

The Biathlon World Championships of the season takes place during February or March. Some years it has been necessary to schedule parts of the Championships at other than the main venue because of weather and/or snow conditions. Full, joint Biathlon World Championships have never been held in Olympic Winter Games seasons. Biathlon World Championships in non-IOC events, however, have been held in Olympic seasons. In 2005, the then new event of Mixed Relay (two legs done by women, two legs by men) was arranged separately from the ordinary Championships.

Past Championships:

Upcoming:

Men edit

Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.

Individual (20 km) edit

This event was first held in 1958.

Season Winner Runner-up Third
1958  Adolf Wiklund (SWE)  Olle Gunneriusson (SWE)  Viktor Butakov (USSR)
1959  Vladimir Melanin (USSR)  Dmitri Sokolov (USSR)  Sven Agge (SWE)
1961  Kalevi Huuskonen (FIN)  Aleksandr Privalov (USSR)  Paavo Repo (FIN)
1962  Vladimir Melanin (USSR)  Antti Tyrväinen (FIN)  Valentin Pshenitsyn (USSR)
1963  Vladimir Melanin (USSR)  Antti Tyrväinen (FIN)  Hannu Posti (FIN)
1965  Olav Jordet (NOR)  Nikolay Puzanov (USSR)  Antti Tyrväinen (FIN)
1966  Jon Istad (NOR)  Józef Gąsienica Sobczak (POL)  Vladimir Gundartsev (USSR)
1967  Viktor Mamatov (USSR)  Stanisław Szczepaniak (POL)  Jon Istad (NOR)
1969  Alexander Tikhonov (USSR)  Rinnat Safin (USSR)  Magnar Solberg (NOR)
1970  Alexander Tikhonov (USSR)  Tor Svendsberget (NOR)  Viktor Mamatov (USSR)
1971  Dieter Speer (GDR)  Alexander Tikhonov (USSR)  Magnar Solberg (NOR)
1973  Alexander Tikhonov (USSR)  Gennady Kovalyev (USSR)  Tor Svendsberget (NOR)
1974  Juhani Suutarinen (FIN)  Gheorghe Gârniţă (ROU)  Tor Svendsberget (NOR)
1975  Heikki Ikola (FIN)  Nikolay Kruglov (USSR)  Esko Saira (FIN)
1977  Heikki Ikola (FIN)  Sigleif Johansen (NOR)  Alexander Tikhonov (USSR)
1978  Odd Lirhus (NOR)  Frank Ullrich (GDR)  Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
1979  Klaus Siebert (GDR)  Alexander Tikhonov (USSR)  Sigleif Johansen (NOR)
1981  Heikki Ikola (FIN)  Frank Ullrich (GDR)  Erkki Antila (FIN)
1982  Frank Ullrich (GDR)  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)  Terje Krokstad (NOR)
1983  Frank Ullrich (GDR)  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)  Peter Angerer (FRG)
1985  Juri Kashkarov (USSR)  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)  Tapio Piipponen (FIN)
1986  Valeriy Medvedtsev (USSR)  André Sehmisch (GDR)  Alfred Eder (AUT)
1987  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)  Josh Thompson (USA)  Jan Matouš (TCH)
1989  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)  Gisle Fenne (NOR)  Fritz Fischer (FRG)
1990  Valeriy Medvedtsev (USSR)  Sergei Tchepikov (USSR)  Anatoliy Zdanovich (USSR)
1991  Mark Kirchner (GER)  Alexandr Popov (USSR)  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)
1993  Andreas Zingerle (ITA)  Sergei Tarasov (RUS)  Sergei Tchepikov (RUS)
1995  Tomasz Sikora (POL)  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR)  Oleg Ryzhenkov (BLR)
1996  Sergei Tarasov (RUS)  Vladimir Drachev (RUS)  Vadim Sashurin (BLR)
1997  Ricco Groß (GER)  Oleg Ryzhenkov (BLR)  Ludwig Gredler (AUT)
1999  Sven Fischer (GER)  Ricco Groß (GER)  Vadim Sashurin (BLR)
2000  Wolfgang Rottmann (AUT)  Ludwig Gredler (AUT)  Frank Luck (GER)
2001  Paavo Puurunen (FIN)  Vadim Sashurin (BLR)  Ilmārs Bricis (LAT)
2003  Halvard Hanevold (NOR)  Vesa Hietalahti (FIN)  Ricco Groß (GER)
2004  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)  Tomasz Sikora (POL)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2005  Roman Dostál (CZE)  Michael Greis (GER)  Ricco Groß (GER)
2007  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)  Michael Greis (GER)  Michal Šlesingr (CZE)
2008  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Maxim Maksimov (RUS)
2009  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Christoph Stephan (GER)  Jakov Fak (CRO)
2011  Tarjei Bø (NOR)  Maxim Maksimov (RUS)  Christoph Sumann (AUT)
2012  Jakov Fak (SLO)  Simon Fourcade (FRA)  Jaroslav Soukup (CZE)
2013  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Tim Burke (USA)  Fredrik Lindström (SWE)
2015  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)  Ondřej Moravec (CZE)
2016  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Dominik Landertinger (AUT)  Simon Eder (AUT)
2017  Lowell Bailey (USA)  Ondřej Moravec (CZE)  Martin Fourcade (FRA)
2019  Arnd Peiffer (GER)  Vladimir Iliev (BUL)  Tarjei Bø (NOR)
2020  Martin Fourcade (FRA) (4)  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Dominik Landertinger (AUT)
2021  Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR)  Arnd Peiffer (GER)  Johannes Dale (NOR)
2023  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR)  Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE)
2024  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Tarjei Bø (NOR)  Benedikt Doll (GER)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway11101132
2 Soviet Union1010626
3 Finland63615
4 France6118
5 East Germany55111
6 Germany45413
7 Russia1326
8 Poland1304
9 Austria1258
10 United States1203
11 Czech Republic1135
 Sweden1135
13 Italy1001
 Slovenia1001
15 Belarus0235
16 Bulgaria0101
 Romania0101
18 West Germany0022
19 Croatia0011
 Czechoslovakia0011
 Latvia0011
Totals (21 entries)505050150

Sprint (10 km) edit

This event was first held in 1974.

Season Winner Runner-up Third
1974  Juhani Suutarinen (FIN)  Günther Bartnick (GDR)  Torsten Wadman (SWE)
1975  Nikolay Kruglov (USSR)  Aleksandr Elizarov (USSR)  Klaus Siebert (GDR)
1976  Alexander Tikhonov (USSR)  Aleksandr Elizarov (USSR)  Nikolay Kruglov (USSR)
1977  Alexander Tikhonov (USSR)  Nikolay Kruglov (USSR)  Alexander Ushakov (USSR)
1978  Frank Ullrich (GDR)  Eberhard Rösch (GDR)  Klaus Siebert (GDR)
1979  Frank Ullrich (GDR)  Odd Lirhus (NOR)  Luigi Weiss (ITA)
1981  Frank Ullrich (GDR)  Erkki Antila (FIN)  Yvon Mougel (FRA)
1982  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)  Frank Ullrich (GDR)  Vladimir Alikin (USSR)
1983  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)  Peter Angerer (FRG)  Alfred Eder (AUT)
1985  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)  Johann Passler (ITA)
1986  Valeriy Medvedtsev (USSR)  Franz Schuler (AUT)  André Sehmisch (GDR)
1987  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)  Matthias Jacob (GDR)  André Sehmisch (GDR)
1989  Frank Luck (GDR)  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)  Juri Kashkarov (USSR)
1990  Mark Kirchner (GDR)  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)  Sergei Tchepikov (USSR)
1991  Mark Kirchner (GER)  Frank Luck (GER)  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)
1993  Mark Kirchner (GER)  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR)  Sergei Tarasov (RUS)
1995  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA)  Pavel Muslimov (RUS)  Ricco Groß (GER)
1996  Vladimir Drachev (RUS)  Viktor Maigourov (RUS)  René Cattarinussi (ITA)
1997  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA)  René Cattarinussi (ITA)  Oleg Ryzhenkov (BLR)
1999  Frank Luck (GER)  Patrick Favre (ITA)  Frode Andresen (NOR)
2000  Frode Andresen (NOR)  Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)  René Cattarinussi (ITA)
2001  Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)  René Cattarinussi (ITA)  Halvard Hanevold (NOR)
2003  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Ricco Groß (GER)  Zdeněk Vítek (CZE)
2004  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)  Ricco Groß (GER)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2005  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Sven Fischer (GER)  Ilmārs Bricis (LAT)
2007  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Michal Šlesingr (CZE)  Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR)
2008  Maxim Chudov (RUS)  Halvard Hanevold (NOR)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2009  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (4)  Lars Berger (NOR)  Halvard Hanevold (NOR)
2011  Arnd Peiffer (GER)  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Tarjei Bø (NOR)
2012  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)  Carl Johan Bergman (SWE)
2013  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Jakov Fak (SLO)
2015  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Nathan Smith (CAN)  Tarjei Bø (NOR)
2016  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Serhiy Semenov (UKR)
2017  Benedikt Doll (GER)  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Martin Fourcade (FRA)
2019  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Alexander Loginov (RUS)  Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)
2020  Alexander Loginov (RUS)  Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)  Martin Fourcade (FRA)
2021  Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE)  Simon Desthieux (FRA)  Émilien Jacquelin (FRA)
2023  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Tarjei Bø (NOR)  Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR)
2024  Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR)  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway12121034
2 East Germany74415
3 Germany54110
4 France44513
5 Russia4419
6 Soviet Union43512
7 Italy1348
8 Finland1102
9 Sweden1023
10 Austria0112
 Czech Republic0112
12 Canada0101
 West Germany0101
14 Ukraine0022
15 Belarus0011
 Latvia0011
 Slovenia0011
Totals (17 entries)393939117

Pursuit (12.5 km) edit

This event was first held in 1997.

Season Winner Runner-up Third
1997  Viktor Maigourov (RUS)  Sergei Tarasov (RUS)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
1998  Vladimir Drachev (RUS)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
1999  Ricco Groß (GER)  Frank Luck (GER)  Sven Fischer (GER)
2000  Frank Luck (GER)  Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
2001  Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)  Sven Fischer (GER)
2003  Ricco Groß (GER)  Halvard Hanevold (NOR)  Paavo Puurunen (FIN)
2004  Ricco Groß (GER)  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2005  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Sergei Tchepikov (RUS)  Sven Fischer (GER)
2007  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Maxim Chudov (RUS)  Vincent Defrasne (FRA)
2008  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Maxim Chudov (RUS)  Alexander Wolf (GER)
2009  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (4)  Maxim Chudov (RUS)  Alexander Os (NOR)
2011  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)  Tarjei Bø (NOR)
2012  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Carl Johan Bergman (SWE)  Anton Shipulin (RUS)
2013  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Anton Shipulin (RUS)
2015  Erik Lesser (GER)  Anton Shipulin (RUS)  Tarjei Bø (NOR)
2016  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
2017  Martin Fourcade (FRA) (4)  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2019  Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR)  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)
2020  Émilien Jacquelin (FRA)  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Alexander Loginov (RUS)
2021  Émilien Jacquelin (FRA)  Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE)  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)
2023  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR)  Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE)
2024  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR)  Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway79925
2 France63413
3 Germany51410
4 Russia37313
5 Ukraine1001
6 Sweden0213
7 Finland0011
Totals (7 entries)22222266

Mass start (15 km) edit

This event was first held in 1999.

Season Winner Runner-up Third
1999  Sven Fischer (GER)  Vladimir Drachev (RUS)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2000  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)  Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2001  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Sven Fischer (GER)
2002  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)  Sven Fischer (GER)  Frode Andresen (NOR)
2003  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Sven Fischer (GER)  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
2004  Raphaël Poirée (FRA) (4)  Lars Berger (NOR)  Sergei Konovalov (RUS)
2005  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Sven Fischer (GER)  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
2007  Michael Greis (GER)  Andreas Birnbacher (GER)  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
2008  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)  Maxim Chudov (RUS)
2009  Dominik Landertinger (AUT)  Christoph Sumann (AUT)  Ivan Tcherezov (RUS)
2011  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)  Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS)  Lukas Hofer (ITA)
2012  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Björn Ferry (SWE)  Fredrik Lindström (SWE)
2013  Tarjei Bø (NOR)  Anton Shipulin (RUS)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
2015  Jakov Fak (SLO)  Ondřej Moravec (CZE)  Tarjei Bø (NOR)
2016  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Martin Fourcade (FRA)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2017  Simon Schempp (GER)  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Simon Eder (AUT)
2019  Dominik Windisch (ITA)  Antonin Guigonnat (FRA)  Julian Eberhard (AUT)
2020  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)  Émilien Jacquelin (FRA)
2021  Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR)  Johannes Dale (NOR)  Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)
2023  Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE)  Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE)  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)
2024  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)  Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT)  Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway95721
2 France53614
3 Germany3418
4 Sweden1214
5 Austria1124
6 Italy1012
7 Slovenia1001
8 Russia0437
9 Czech Republic0101
 Latvia0101
Totals (10 entries)21212163

Relay (4 × 7.5 km) edit

This event was first held unofficially in 1965. It was a success, and replaced the team competition as an official event in 1966.

Season Winner Runner-up Third
1966  Norway
Jon Istad
Ragnar Tveiten
Ivar Nordkild
Olav Jordet
 Poland
Józef Gąsienica Sobczak
Stanisław Szczepaniak
Stanisław Łukaszczyk
Józef Rubiś
 Sweden
Olle Petrusson
Tore Eriksson
Holmfrid Olsson
Sture Ohlin
1967  Norway
Jon Istad
Ragnar Tveiten
Ola Wærhaug
Olav Jordet
 Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov
Viktor Mamatov
Rinnat Safin
Nikolay Puzanov
 Sweden
Olle Petrusson
Tore Eriksson
Holmfrid Olsson
Sture Ohlin
1969  Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov
Viktor Mamatov
Rinnat Safin
Vladimir Gundartsev
 Norway
Jon Istad
Ragnar Tveiten
Magnar Solberg
Esten Gjelten
 Finland
Kalevi Vähäkylä
Mauri Röppänen
Mauno Peltonen
Esko Marttinen
1970  Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov
Viktor Mamatov
Rinnat Safin
Alexander Ushakov
 Norway
Tor Svendsberget
Ragnar Tveiten
Magnar Solberg
Esten Gjelten
 East Germany
Hans-Günther Jahn
Hansjörg Knauthe
Dieter Speer
Horst Koschka
1971  Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov
Viktor Mamatov
Rinnat Safin
Nazim Mukhitov
 Norway
Tor Svendsberget
Ragnar Tveiten
Magnar Solberg
Ivar Nordkild
 Poland
Józef Roczak
Andrzej Rapacz
Aleksander Klima
Józef Stopka
1973  Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov
Rinnat Safin
Juri Kolmakov
Gennady Kovalyev
 Norway
Tor Svendsberget
Esten Gjelten
Ragnar Tveiten
Kjell Hovda
 East Germany
Dieter Speer
Manfred Geyer
Herbert Wiegand
Günther Bartnick
1974  Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov
Alexander Ushakov
Nikolay Kruglov
Juri Kolmakov
 Finland
Simo Halonen
Carl-Henrik Flöjt
Juhani Suutarinen
Heikki Ikola
 Norway
Kjell Hovda
Kåre Hovda
Terje Hanssen
Tor Svendsberget
1975  Finland
Carl-Henrik Flöjt
Simo Halonen
Juhani Suutarinen
Heikki Ikola
 Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov
Aleksandr Elizarov
Alexander Ushakov
Nikolay Kruglov
 Poland
Jan Szpunar
Andrzej Rapacz
Ludwig Zięba
Wojciech Truchan
1977  Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov (6)
Aleksandr Elizarov
Alexander Ushakov
Nikolay Kruglov
 Finland
Erkki Antila
Raimo Seppänen
Simo Halonen
Heikki Ikola
 East Germany
Manfred Beer
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Manfred Geyer
1978  East Germany
Manfred Beer
Frank Ullrich
Klaus Siebert
Eberhard Rösch
 Norway
Odd Lirhus
Sigleif Johansen
Roar Nilsen
Tor Svendsberget
 West Germany
Gerhard Winkler
Andreas Schweiger
Hansi Estner
Heinrich Mehringer
1979  East Germany
Manfred Beer
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch
 Finland
Simo Halonen
Heikki Ikola
Erkki Antila
Raimo Seppänen
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Alikin
Vladimir Barnashov
Nikolay Kruglov
Alexander Tikhonov
1981  East Germany
Mathias Jung
Matthias Jacob
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch
 West Germany
Peter Angerer
Peter Schweiger
Fritz Fischer
Franz Bernreiter
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Alikin
Anatoly Alyabyev
Vladimir Barnashov
Vladimir Gavrikov
1982  East Germany
Frank Ullrich
Mathias Jung
Matthias Jacob
Bernd Helmich
 Norway
Eirik Kvalfoss
Kjell Søbak
Odd Lirhus
Rolf Storsveen
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Alikin
Anatoly Alyabyev
Vladimir Barnashov
Viktor Semyonov
1983  Soviet Union
Algimantas Šalna
Juri Kashkarov
Petr Miloradov
Sergei Bulygin
 East Germany
Frank Ullrich
Mathias Jung
Matthias Jacob
Frank-Peter Roetsch
 Norway
Kjell Søbak
Eirik Kvalfoss
Odd Lirhus
Øivind Nerhagen
1985  Soviet Union
Juri Kashkarov
Algimantas Šalna
Sergei Bulygin
Andrei Senkov
 East Germany
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
Ralf Göthel
André Sehmisch
 West Germany
Peter Angerer
Walter Pichler
Fritz Fischer
Herbert Fritzenwenger
1986  Soviet Union
Juri Kashkarov
Dmitry Vasilyev
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Sergei Bulygin
 East Germany
Jürgen Wirth
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
André Sehmisch
 Italy
Werner Kiem
Gottlieb Taschler
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle
1987  East Germany
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
André Sehmisch
Jürgen Wirth
 Soviet Union
Dmitry Vasilyev
Juri Kashkarov
Alexandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
 West Germany
Ernst Reiter
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer
1989  East Germany
Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Birk Anders
Frank-Peter Roetsch
 Soviet Union
Juri Kashkarov
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Bulygin
 Norway
Geir Einang
Sylfest Glimsdal
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss
1990  Italy
Pieralberto Carrara
Wilfried Pallhuber
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle
 France
Christian Dumont
Xavier Blond
Hervé Flandin
Thierry Gerbier
 East Germany
Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Mark Kirchner
Birk Anders
1991  Germany
Ricco Groß
Frank Luck
Mark Kirchner
Fritz Fischer
 Soviet Union
Juri Kashkarov
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Tarasov
Sergei Tchepikov
 Norway
Geir Einang
Eirik Kvalfoss
Jon Åge Tyldum
Gisle Fenne
1993  Italy
Wilfried Pallhuber
Johann Passler
Pieralberto Carrara
Andreas Zingerle
 Russia
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Valeri Kiriyenko
Sergei Tarasov
Sergei Tchepikov
 Germany
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
Mark Kirchner
Jens Steinigen
1995  Germany
Ricco Groß
Mark Kirchner
Frank Luck
Sven Fischer
 France
Lionel Laurent
Patrice Bailly-Salins
Thierry Dusserre
Hervé Flandin
 Belarus
Igor Khokhriakov
Alexandr Popov
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Vadim Sashurin
1996  Russia
Viktor Maigourov
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Tarasov
Alexei Kobelev
 Germany
Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Frank Luck
Sven Fischer
 Belarus
Alexei Aidarov
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Vadim Sashurin
Alexandr Popov
1997  Germany
Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
 Norway
Egil Gjelland
Jon Åge Tyldum
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Italy
René Cattarinussi
Wilfried Pallhuber
Patrick Favre
Pieralberto Carrara
1999  Belarus
Alexei Aidarov
Petr Ivashko
Vadim Sashurin
Oleg Ryzhenkov
 Russia
Viktor Maigourov
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Rozhkov
Pavel Rostovtsev
 Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Dag Bjørndalen
Frode Andresen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
2000  Russia
Viktor Maigourov
Sergei Rozhkov
Vladimir Drachev
Pavel Rostovtsev
 Norway
Egil Gjelland
Frode Andresen
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Germany
Frank Luck
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Ricco Groß
2001  France
Gilles Marguet
Vincent Defrasne
Julien Robert
Raphaël Poirée
 Belarus
Alexei Aidarov
Alexander Syman
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Vadim Sashurin
 Norway
Egil Gjelland
Frode Andresen
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
2003  Germany
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Ricco Groß
Frank Luck
 Russia
Viktor Maigourov
Pavel Rostovtsev
Sergei Rozhkov
Sergei Tchepikov
 Belarus
Alexei Aidarov
Vladimir Drachev
Rustam Valliulin
Oleg Ryzhenkov
2004  Germany
Frank Luck (6)
Ricco Groß
Sven Fischer
Michael Greis
 Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Lars Berger
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 France
Ferreol Cannard
Vincent Defrasne
Julien Robert
Raphaël Poirée
2005  Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Stian Eckhoff
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Russia
Sergei Rozhkov
Nikolay Kruglov Jr.
Pavel Rostovtsev
Sergei Tchepikov
 Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Wolfgang Rottmann
Christoph Sumann
2007  Russia
Ivan Tcherezov
Maxim Chudov
Dmitri Yaroshenko
Nikolay Kruglov Jr.
 Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Lars Berger
Frode Andresen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Germany
Ricco Groß
Michael Rösch
Sven Fischer
Michael Greis
2008  Russia
Ivan Tcherezov
Nikolay Kruglov Jr.
Dmitri Yaroshenko
Maxim Chudov
 Norway
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Rune Brattsveen
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Germany
Michael Rösch
Alexander Wolf
Andreas Birnbacher
Michael Greis
2009  Norway
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Lars Berger
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann
 Germany
Michael Rösch
Christoph Stephan
Arnd Peiffer
Michael Greis
2011  Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Alexander Os
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Tarjei Bø
 Russia
Anton Shipulin
Evgeny Ustyugov
Maxim Maksimov
Ivan Tcherezov
 Ukraine
Olexander Bilanenko
Andriy Deryzemlya
Serhiy Semenov
Serhiy Sednev
2012  Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Rune Brattsveen
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 France
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
Simon Fourcade
Alexis Bœuf
Martin Fourcade
 Germany
Simon Schempp
Andreas Birnbacher
Michael Greis
Arnd Peiffer
2013  Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Henrik L'Abée-Lund
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 France
Simon Fourcade
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
Alexis Bœuf
Martin Fourcade
 Germany
Simon Schempp
Andreas Birnbacher
Arnd Peiffer
Erik Lesser
2015  Germany
Erik Lesser
Daniel Böhm
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 France
Simon Fourcade
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Martin Fourcade
2016  Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (6)
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Canada
Christian Gow
Nathan Smith
Scott Gow
Brendan Green
2017  Russia
Alexey Volkov
Maxim Tsvetkov
Anton Babikov
Anton Shipulin
 France
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Martin Fourcade
 Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Julian Eberhard
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
2019  Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Roman Rees
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
 Russia
Matvey Eliseev
Nikita Porshnev
Dmitry Malyshko
Alexander Loginov
2020  France
Émilien Jacquelin
Martin Fourcade
Simon Desthieux
Quentin Fillon Maillet
 Norway
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Johannes Dale
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Philipp Horn
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
2021  Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Tarjei Bø (6)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 Sweden
Peppe Femling
Jesper Nelin
Martin Ponsiluoma
Sebastian Samuelsson
Russian Biathlon Union
Said Karimulla Khalili
Matvey Eliseev
Alexander Loginov
Eduard Latypov
2023  France
Antonin Guigonnat
Fabien Claude
Émilien Jacquelin
Quentin Fillon Maillet
 Norway
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Tarjei Bø
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Sweden
Peppe Femling
Martin Ponsiluoma
Jesper Nelin
Sebastian Samuelsson
2024  Sweden
Viktor Brandt
Jesper Nelin
Martin Ponsiluoma
Sebastian Samuelsson
 Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 France
Éric Perrot
Fabien Claude
Émilien Jacquelin
Quentin Fillon Maillet

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway1015631
2 Soviet Union95317
3 Germany63817
4 East Germany63413
5 Russia55111
6 France35311
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biathlon, world, championships, international, biathlon, competitions, magdalena, neuner, kaisa, mäkäräinen, during, 2012, world, championships, kontiolahti, north, karelia, finlandstatusactivegenresporting, eventdate, february, marchfrequencyannuallocation, v. International biathlon competitions Biathlon World ChampionshipsMagdalena Neuner and Kaisa Makarainen during the 2012 World Championships in Kontiolahti North Karelia FinlandStatusactiveGenresporting eventDate s February MarchFrequencyannualLocation s variousInaugurated1958 160 1958 Organised byIBUBiathlon World Championships 2024 The first Biathlon World Championships BWCH was held in 1958 with individual and team contests for men The original team event Team time was held for the last time in 1965 to be replaced in 1966 by the team event Relay 4 7 5 km which we know today The number of events has grown significantly over the years Beginning in 1984 women biathletes had their own World Championships and finally from 1989 both genders have been participating in joint Biathlon World Championships In 1978 the development was enhanced by the change from the large army rifle calibre to a small bore rifle while the range to the target was reduced from 150 to 50 meters 91 1 93 Contents 1 Venues 2 Men 2 1 Individual 20 km 2 2 Sprint 10 km 2 3 Pursuit 12 5 km 2 4 Mass start 15 km 2 5 Relay 4 7 5 km 2 6 Team time 2 7 Team 3 Women 3 1 Individual 15 km 3 2 Sprint 7 5 km 3 3 Pursuit 10 km 3 4 Mass start 12 5 km 3 5 Relay 4 6 km 3 6 Team 4 Mixed 4 1 Mixed relay 4 2 Single mixed relay 5 Total medals by country 6 Multiple medalists 6 1 Men 6 1 1 All events 6 1 2 Individual events 6 2 Women 6 2 1 All events 6 2 2 Individual events 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Venues edit The Biathlon World Championships of the season takes place during February or March Some years it has been necessary to schedule parts of the Championships at other than the main venue because of weather and or snow conditions Full joint Biathlon World Championships have never been held in Olympic Winter Games seasons Biathlon World Championships in non IOC events however have been held in Olympic seasons In 2005 the then new event of Mixed Relay two legs done by women two legs by men was arranged separately from the ordinary Championships Past Championships 1958 Saalfelden Austria 1959 Courmayeur Italy 1961 Umea Sweden 1962 Hameenlinna Finland 1963 Seefeld Austria 1965 Elverum Norway 1966 Garmisch Partenkirchen West Germany 1967 Altenberg East Germany first event in East Europe 1969 Zakopane Poland 1970 Ostersund Sweden 1971 Hameenlinna Finland 1973 Lake Placid New York United States first event outside Europe and in the Americas 1974 Minsk USSR 1975 Antholz Anterselva Italy 1976 Antholz Anterselva Italy Sprint 1977 Vingrom Norway 1978 Hochfilzen Austria 1979 Ruhpolding West Germany 1981 Lahti Finland 1982 Minsk USSR 1983 Antholz Anterselva Italy 1984 Chamonix France Women 1985 Ruhpolding West Germany Men and Egg am Etzel near Einsiedeln Switzerland Women 1986 Oslo Norway Men and Falun Sweden Women 1987 Lake Placid New York United States Men and Lahti Finland Women 1988 Chamonix France Women 1989 Feistritz an der Drau Austria first joint Biathlon World Championships 1990 Minsk USSR Oslo Norway and Kontiolahti Finland 1991 Lahti Finland 1992 Novosibirsk Russia Team 1993 Borovets Bulgaria 1994 Canmore Canada Team 1995 Antholz Anterselva Italy 1996 Ruhpolding Germany 1997 Brezno Osrblie Slovakia 1998 Pokljuka Slovenia Pursuit and Hochfilzen Austria Team 1999 Kontiolahti Finland and Oslo Norway 2000 Oslo Norway and Lahti Finland 2001 Pokljuka Slovenia 2002 Oslo Norway Mass start 2003 Khanty Mansiysk Russia 2004 Oberhof Germany 2005 Hochfilzen Austria and Khanty Mansiysk Russia Mixed relay 2006 Pokljuka Slovenia Mixed relay 2007 Antholz Anterselva Italy 2008 Ostersund Sweden 2009 Pyeongchang South Korea first event in Asia 2010 Khanty Mansiysk Russia Mixed relay 2011 Khanty Mansiysk Russia 2012 Ruhpolding Germany 2013 Nove Mesto na Morave Czech Republic 2015 Kontiolahti Finland 2016 Oslo Norway 2017 Hochfilzen Austria 2019 Ostersund Sweden 2020 Antholz Anterselva Italy 2021 Pokljuka Slovenia 2023 Oberhof Germany 2024 Nove Mesto na Morave Czech Republic Upcoming 2025 Lenzerheide Switzerland 2027 Otepaa Estonia Men edit Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines Individual 20 km edit This event was first held in 1958 Season Winner Runner up Third 1958 160 Adolf Wiklund 160 SWE 160 Olle Gunneriusson 160 SWE 160 Viktor Butakov 160 USSR 1959 160 Vladimir Melanin 160 USSR 160 Dmitri Sokolov 160 USSR 160 Sven Agge 160 SWE 1961 160 Kalevi Huuskonen 160 FIN 160 Aleksandr Privalov 160 USSR 160 Paavo Repo 160 FIN 1962 160 Vladimir Melanin 160 USSR 160 Antti Tyrvainen 160 FIN 160 Valentin Pshenitsyn 160 USSR 1963 160 Vladimir Melanin 160 USSR 160 Antti Tyrvainen 160 FIN 160 Hannu Posti 160 FIN 1965 160 Olav Jordet 160 NOR 160 Nikolay Puzanov 160 USSR 160 Antti Tyrvainen 160 FIN 1966 160 Jon Istad 160 NOR 160 Jozef Gasienica Sobczak 160 POL 160 Vladimir Gundartsev 160 USSR 1967 160 Viktor Mamatov 160 USSR 160 Stanislaw Szczepaniak 160 POL 160 Jon Istad 160 NOR 1969 160 Alexander Tikhonov 160 USSR 160 Rinnat Safin 160 USSR 160 Magnar Solberg 160 NOR 1970 160 Alexander Tikhonov 160 USSR 160 Tor Svendsberget 160 NOR 160 Viktor Mamatov 160 USSR 1971 160 Dieter Speer 160 GDR 160 Alexander Tikhonov 160 USSR 160 Magnar Solberg 160 NOR 1973 160 Alexander Tikhonov 160 USSR 160 Gennady Kovalyev 160 USSR 160 Tor Svendsberget 160 NOR 1974 160 Juhani Suutarinen 160 FIN 160 Gheorghe Garniţă 160 ROU 160 Tor Svendsberget 160 NOR 1975 160 Heikki Ikola 160 FIN 160 Nikolay Kruglov 160 USSR 160 Esko Saira 160 FIN 1977 160 Heikki Ikola 160 FIN 160 Sigleif Johansen 160 NOR 160 Alexander Tikhonov 160 USSR 1978 160 Odd Lirhus 160 NOR 160 Frank Ullrich 160 GDR 160 Eberhard Rosch 160 GDR 1979 160 Klaus Siebert 160 GDR 160 Alexander Tikhonov 160 USSR 160 Sigleif Johansen 160 NOR 1981 160 Heikki Ikola 160 FIN 160 Frank Ullrich 160 GDR 160 Erkki Antila 160 FIN 1982 160 Frank Ullrich 160 GDR 160 Eirik Kvalfoss 160 NOR 160 Terje Krokstad 160 NOR 1983 160 Frank Ullrich 160 GDR 160 Frank Peter Roetsch 160 GDR 160 Peter Angerer 160 FRG 1985 160 Juri Kashkarov 160 USSR 160 Frank Peter Roetsch 160 GDR 160 Tapio Piipponen 160 FIN 1986 160 Valeriy Medvedtsev 160 USSR 160 Andre Sehmisch 160 GDR 160 Alfred Eder 160 AUT 1987 160 Frank Peter Roetsch 160 GDR 160 Josh Thompson 160 USA 160 Jan Matous 160 TCH 1989 160 Eirik Kvalfoss 160 NOR 160 Gisle Fenne 160 NOR 160 Fritz Fischer 160 FRG 1990 160 Valeriy Medvedtsev 160 USSR 160 Sergei Tchepikov 160 USSR 160 Anatoliy Zdanovich 160 USSR 1991 160 Mark Kirchner 160 GER 160 Alexandr Popov 160 USSR 160 Eirik Kvalfoss 160 NOR 1993 160 Andreas Zingerle 160 ITA 160 Sergei Tarasov 160 RUS 160 Sergei Tchepikov 160 RUS 1995 160 Tomasz Sikora 160 POL 160 Jon Age Tyldum 160 NOR 160 Oleg Ryzhenkov 160 BLR 1996 160 Sergei Tarasov 160 RUS 160 Vladimir Drachev 160 RUS 160 Vadim Sashurin 160 BLR 1997 160 Ricco Gross 160 GER 160 Oleg Ryzhenkov 160 BLR 160 Ludwig Gredler 160 AUT 1999 160 Sven Fischer 160 GER 160 Ricco Gross 160 GER 160 Vadim Sashurin 160 BLR 2000 160 Wolfgang Rottmann 160 AUT 160 Ludwig Gredler 160 AUT 160 Frank Luck 160 GER 2001 160 Paavo Puurunen 160 FIN 160 Vadim Sashurin 160 BLR 160 Ilmars Bricis 160 LAT 2003 160 Halvard Hanevold 160 NOR 160 Vesa Hietalahti 160 FIN 160 Ricco Gross 160 GER 2004 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 160 Tomasz Sikora 160 POL 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 2005 160 Roman Dostal 160 CZE 160 Michael Greis 160 GER 160 Ricco Gross 160 GER 2007 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 160 Michael Greis 160 GER 160 Michal Slesingr 160 CZE 2008 160 Emil Hegle Svendsen 160 NOR 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Maxim Maksimov 160 RUS 2009 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Christoph Stephan 160 GER 160 Jakov Fak 160 CRO 2011 160 Tarjei Bo 160 NOR 160 Maxim Maksimov 160 RUS 160 Christoph Sumann 160 AUT 2012 160 Jakov Fak 160 SLO 160 Simon Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Jaroslav Soukup 160 CZE 2013 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Tim Burke 160 USA 160 Fredrik Lindstrom 160 SWE 2015 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Emil Hegle Svendsen 160 NOR 160 Ondrej Moravec 160 CZE 2016 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Dominik Landertinger 160 AUT 160 Simon Eder 160 AUT 2017 160 Lowell Bailey 160 USA 160 Ondrej Moravec 160 CZE 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 2019 160 Arnd Peiffer 160 GER 160 Vladimir Iliev 160 BUL 160 Tarjei Bo 160 NOR 2020 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 4 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Dominik Landertinger 160 AUT 2021 160 Sturla Holm Laegreid 160 NOR 160 Arnd Peiffer 160 GER 160 Johannes Dale 160 NOR 2023 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Sturla Holm Laegreid 160 NOR 160 Sebastian Samuelsson 160 SWE 2024 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Tarjei Bo 160 NOR 160 Benedikt Doll 160 GER Medal table RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 160 Norway111011322 160 Soviet Union10106263 160 Finland636154 160 France61185 160 East Germany551116 160 Germany454137 160 Russia13268 160 Poland13049 160 Austria125810 160 United States120311 160 Czech Republic1135 160 Sweden113513 160 Italy1001 160 Slovenia100115 160 Belarus023516 160 Bulgaria0101 160 Romania010118 160 West Germany002219 160 Croatia0011 160 Czechoslovakia0011 160 Latvia0011Totals 21 entries 505050150 Sprint 10 km edit This event was first held in 1974 Season Winner Runner up Third 1974 160 Juhani Suutarinen 160 FIN 160 Gunther Bartnick 160 GDR 160 Torsten Wadman 160 SWE 1975 160 Nikolay Kruglov 160 USSR 160 Aleksandr Elizarov 160 USSR 160 Klaus Siebert 160 GDR 1976 160 Alexander Tikhonov 160 USSR 160 Aleksandr Elizarov 160 USSR 160 Nikolay Kruglov 160 USSR 1977 160 Alexander Tikhonov 160 USSR 160 Nikolay Kruglov 160 USSR 160 Alexander Ushakov 160 USSR 1978 160 Frank Ullrich 160 GDR 160 Eberhard Rosch 160 GDR 160 Klaus Siebert 160 GDR 1979 160 Frank Ullrich 160 GDR 160 Odd Lirhus 160 NOR 160 Luigi Weiss 160 ITA 1981 160 Frank Ullrich 160 GDR 160 Erkki Antila 160 FIN 160 Yvon Mougel 160 FRA 1982 160 Eirik Kvalfoss 160 NOR 160 Frank Ullrich 160 GDR 160 Vladimir Alikin 160 USSR 1983 160 Eirik Kvalfoss 160 NOR 160 Peter Angerer 160 FRG 160 Alfred Eder 160 AUT 1985 160 Frank Peter Roetsch 160 GDR 160 Eirik Kvalfoss 160 NOR 160 Johann Passler 160 ITA 1986 160 Valeriy Medvedtsev 160 USSR 160 Franz Schuler 160 AUT 160 Andre Sehmisch 160 GDR 1987 160 Frank Peter Roetsch 160 GDR 160 Matthias Jacob 160 GDR 160 Andre Sehmisch 160 GDR 1989 160 Frank Luck 160 GDR 160 Eirik Kvalfoss 160 NOR 160 Juri Kashkarov 160 USSR 1990 160 Mark Kirchner 160 GDR 160 Eirik Kvalfoss 160 NOR 160 Sergei Tchepikov 160 USSR 1991 160 Mark Kirchner 160 GER 160 Frank Luck 160 GER 160 Eirik Kvalfoss 160 NOR 1993 160 Mark Kirchner 160 GER 160 Jon Age Tyldum 160 NOR 160 Sergei Tarasov 160 RUS 1995 160 Patrice Bailly Salins 160 FRA 160 Pavel Muslimov 160 RUS 160 Ricco Gross 160 GER 1996 160 Vladimir Drachev 160 RUS 160 Viktor Maigourov 160 RUS 160 Rene Cattarinussi 160 ITA 1997 160 Wilfried Pallhuber 160 ITA 160 Rene Cattarinussi 160 ITA 160 Oleg Ryzhenkov 160 BLR 1999 160 Frank Luck 160 GER 160 Patrick Favre 160 ITA 160 Frode Andresen 160 NOR 2000 160 Frode Andresen 160 NOR 160 Pavel Rostovtsev 160 RUS 160 Rene Cattarinussi 160 ITA 2001 160 Pavel Rostovtsev 160 RUS 160 Rene Cattarinussi 160 ITA 160 Halvard Hanevold 160 NOR 2003 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Ricco Gross 160 GER 160 Zdenek Vitek 160 CZE 2004 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 160 Ricco Gross 160 GER 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 2005 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Sven Fischer 160 GER 160 Ilmars Bricis 160 LAT 2007 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Michal Slesingr 160 CZE 160 Andriy Deryzemlya 160 UKR 2008 160 Maxim Chudov 160 RUS 160 Halvard Hanevold 160 NOR 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 2009 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 4 160 Lars Berger 160 NOR 160 Halvard Hanevold 160 NOR 2011 160 Arnd Peiffer 160 GER 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Tarjei Bo 160 NOR 2012 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Emil Hegle Svendsen 160 NOR 160 Carl Johan Bergman 160 SWE 2013 160 Emil Hegle Svendsen 160 NOR 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Jakov Fak 160 SLO 2015 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Nathan Smith 160 CAN 160 Tarjei Bo 160 NOR 2016 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Serhiy Semenov 160 UKR 2017 160 Benedikt Doll 160 GER 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 2019 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Alexander Loginov 160 RUS 160 Quentin Fillon Maillet 160 FRA 2020 160 Alexander Loginov 160 RUS 160 Quentin Fillon Maillet 160 FRA 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 2021 160 Martin Ponsiluoma 160 SWE 160 Simon Desthieux 160 FRA 160 Emilien Jacquelin 160 FRA 2023 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Tarjei Bo 160 NOR 160 Sturla Holm Laegreid 160 NOR 2024 160 Sturla Holm Laegreid 160 NOR 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Vetle Sjastad Christiansen 160 NOR Medal table RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 160 Norway121210342 160 East Germany744153 160 Germany541104 160 France445135 160 Russia44196 160 Soviet Union435127 160 Italy13488 160 Finland11029 160 Sweden102310 160 Austria0112 160 Czech Republic011212 160 Canada0101 160 West Germany010114 160 Ukraine002215 160 Belarus0011 160 Latvia0011 160 Slovenia0011Totals 17 entries 393939117 Pursuit 12 5 km edit This event was first held in 1997 Season Winner Runner up Third 1997 160 Viktor Maigourov 160 RUS 160 Sergei Tarasov 160 RUS 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 1998 160 Vladimir Drachev 160 RUS 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 1999 160 Ricco Gross 160 GER 160 Frank Luck 160 GER 160 Sven Fischer 160 GER 2000 160 Frank Luck 160 GER 160 Pavel Rostovtsev 160 RUS 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 2001 160 Pavel Rostovtsev 160 RUS 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 160 Sven Fischer 160 GER 2003 160 Ricco Gross 160 GER 160 Halvard Hanevold 160 NOR 160 Paavo Puurunen 160 FIN 2004 160 Ricco Gross 160 GER 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 2005 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Sergei Tchepikov 160 RUS 160 Sven Fischer 160 GER 2007 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Maxim Chudov 160 RUS 160 Vincent Defrasne 160 FRA 2008 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Maxim Chudov 160 RUS 160 Alexander Wolf 160 GER 2009 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 4 160 Maxim Chudov 160 RUS 160 Alexander Os 160 NOR 2011 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Emil Hegle Svendsen 160 NOR 160 Tarjei Bo 160 NOR 2012 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Carl Johan Bergman 160 SWE 160 Anton Shipulin 160 RUS 2013 160 Emil Hegle Svendsen 160 NOR 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Anton Shipulin 160 RUS 2015 160 Erik Lesser 160 GER 160 Anton Shipulin 160 RUS 160 Tarjei Bo 160 NOR 2016 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Emil Hegle Svendsen 160 NOR 2017 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 4 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 2019 160 Dmytro Pidruchnyi 160 UKR 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Quentin Fillon Maillet 160 FRA 2020 160 Emilien Jacquelin 160 FRA 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Alexander Loginov 160 RUS 2021 160 Emilien Jacquelin 160 FRA 160 Sebastian Samuelsson 160 SWE 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 2023 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Sturla Holm Laegreid 160 NOR 160 Sebastian Samuelsson 160 SWE 2024 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Sturla Holm Laegreid 160 NOR 160 Vetle Sjastad Christiansen 160 NOR Medal table RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 160 Norway799252 160 France634133 160 Germany514104 160 Russia373135 160 Ukraine10016 160 Sweden02137 160 Finland0011Totals 7 entries 22222266 Mass start 15 km edit This event was first held in 1999 Season Winner Runner up Third 1999 160 Sven Fischer 160 GER 160 Vladimir Drachev 160 RUS 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 2000 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 160 Pavel Rostovtsev 160 RUS 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 2001 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Sven Fischer 160 GER 2002 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 160 Sven Fischer 160 GER 160 Frode Andresen 160 NOR 2003 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Sven Fischer 160 GER 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 2004 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 4 160 Lars Berger 160 NOR 160 Sergei Konovalov 160 RUS 2005 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Sven Fischer 160 GER 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 2007 160 Michael Greis 160 GER 160 Andreas Birnbacher 160 GER 160 Raphael Poiree 160 FRA 2008 160 Emil Hegle Svendsen 160 NOR 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 160 Maxim Chudov 160 RUS 2009 160 Dominik Landertinger 160 AUT 160 Christoph Sumann 160 AUT 160 Ivan Tcherezov 160 RUS 2011 160 Emil Hegle Svendsen 160 NOR 160 Evgeny Ustyugov 160 RUS 160 Lukas Hofer 160 ITA 2012 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Bjorn Ferry 160 SWE 160 Fredrik Lindstrom 160 SWE 2013 160 Tarjei Bo 160 NOR 160 Anton Shipulin 160 RUS 160 Emil Hegle Svendsen 160 NOR 2015 160 Jakov Fak 160 SLO 160 Ondrej Moravec 160 CZE 160 Tarjei Bo 160 NOR 2016 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Martin Fourcade 160 FRA 160 Ole Einar Bjorndalen 160 NOR 2017 160 Simon Schempp 160 GER 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Simon Eder 160 AUT 2019 160 Dominik Windisch 160 ITA 160 Antonin Guigonnat 160 FRA 160 Julian Eberhard 160 AUT 2020 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Quentin Fillon Maillet 160 FRA 160 Emilien Jacquelin 160 FRA 2021 160 Sturla Holm Laegreid 160 NOR 160 Johannes Dale 160 NOR 160 Quentin Fillon Maillet 160 FRA 2023 160 Sebastian Samuelsson 160 SWE 160 Martin Ponsiluoma 160 SWE 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 2024 160 Johannes Thingnes Bo 160 NOR 160 Andrejs Rastorgujevs 160 LAT 160 Quentin Fillon Maillet 160 FRA Medal table RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 160 Norway957212 160 France536143 160 Germany34184 160 Sweden12145 160 Austria11246 160 Italy10127 160 Slovenia10018 160 Russia04379 160 Czech Republic0101 160 Latvia0101Totals 10 entries 21212163 Relay 4 7 5 km edit This event was first held unofficially in 1965 It was a success and replaced the team competition as an official event in 1966 Season Winner Runner up Third 1966 160 NorwayJon IstadRagnar TveitenIvar NordkildOlav Jordet 160 Poland Jozef Gasienica SobczakStanislaw SzczepaniakStanislaw LukaszczykJozef Rubis 160 SwedenOlle PetrussonTore ErikssonHolmfrid OlssonSture Ohlin 1967 160 NorwayJon IstadRagnar TveitenOla WaerhaugOlav Jordet 160 Soviet Union Alexander TikhonovViktor MamatovRinnat SafinNikolay Puzanov 160 SwedenOlle PetrussonTore ErikssonHolmfrid OlssonSture Ohlin 1969 160 Soviet Union Alexander TikhonovViktor MamatovRinnat SafinVladimir Gundartsev 160 NorwayJon IstadRagnar TveitenMagnar SolbergEsten Gjelten 160 FinlandKalevi VahakylaMauri RoppanenMauno PeltonenEsko Marttinen 1970 160 Soviet Union Alexander TikhonovViktor MamatovRinnat SafinAlexander Ushakov 160 NorwayTor SvendsbergetRagnar TveitenMagnar SolbergEsten Gjelten 160 East GermanyHans Gunther JahnHansjorg KnautheDieter SpeerHorst Koschka 1971 160 Soviet Union Alexander TikhonovViktor MamatovRinnat SafinNazim Mukhitov 160 NorwayTor SvendsbergetRagnar TveitenMagnar SolbergIvar Nordkild 160 PolandJozef RoczakAndrzej RapaczAleksander KlimaJozef Stopka 1973 160 Soviet Union Alexander TikhonovRinnat SafinJuri KolmakovGennady Kovalyev 160 NorwayTor SvendsbergetEsten GjeltenRagnar TveitenKjell Hovda 160 East GermanyDieter SpeerManfred GeyerHerbert WiegandGunther Bartnick 1974 160 Soviet Union Alexander TikhonovAlexander UshakovNikolay KruglovJuri Kolmakov 160 FinlandSimo HalonenCarl Henrik FlojtJuhani SuutarinenHeikki Ikola 160 NorwayKjell HovdaKare HovdaTerje HanssenTor Svendsberget 1975 160 FinlandCarl Henrik FlojtSimo HalonenJuhani SuutarinenHeikki Ikola 160 Soviet Union Alexander TikhonovAleksandr ElizarovAlexander UshakovNikolay Kruglov 160 Poland Jan SzpunarAndrzej RapaczLudwig ZiebaWojciech Truchan 1977 160 Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov 6 Aleksandr ElizarovAlexander UshakovNikolay Kruglov 160 FinlandErkki AntilaRaimo SeppanenSimo HalonenHeikki Ikola 160 East GermanyManfred BeerKlaus SiebertFrank UllrichManfred Geyer 1978 160 East GermanyManfred BeerFrank UllrichKlaus SiebertEberhard Rosch 160 NorwayOdd LirhusSigleif JohansenRoar NilsenTor Svendsberget 160 West GermanyGerhard WinklerAndreas SchweigerHansi EstnerHeinrich Mehringer 1979 160 East GermanyManfred BeerKlaus SiebertFrank UllrichEberhard Rosch 160 FinlandSimo HalonenHeikki IkolaErkki AntilaRaimo Seppanen 160 Soviet Union Vladimir AlikinVladimir BarnashovNikolay KruglovAlexander Tikhonov 1981 160 East GermanyMathias JungMatthias JacobFrank UllrichEberhard Rosch 160 West GermanyPeter AngererPeter SchweigerFritz FischerFranz Bernreiter 160 Soviet UnionVladimir AlikinAnatoly AlyabyevVladimir BarnashovVladimir Gavrikov 1982 160 East GermanyFrank UllrichMathias JungMatthias JacobBernd Helmich 160 NorwayEirik KvalfossKjell SobakOdd LirhusRolf Storsveen 160 Soviet UnionVladimir AlikinAnatoly AlyabyevVladimir BarnashovViktor Semyonov 1983 160 Soviet UnionAlgimantas SalnaJuri KashkarovPetr MiloradovSergei Bulygin 160 East GermanyFrank UllrichMathias JungMatthias JacobFrank Peter Roetsch 160 NorwayKjell SobakEirik KvalfossOdd LirhusOivind Nerhagen 1985 160 Soviet UnionJuri KashkarovAlgimantas SalnaSergei BulyginAndrei Senkov 160 East GermanyFrank Peter RoetschMatthias JacobRalf GothelAndre Sehmisch 160 West GermanyPeter AngererWalter PichlerFritz FischerHerbert Fritzenwenger 1986 160 Soviet UnionJuri KashkarovDmitry VasilyevValeriy MedvedtsevSergei Bulygin 160 East GermanyJurgen WirthFrank Peter RoetschMatthias JacobAndre Sehmisch 160 ItalyWerner KiemGottlieb TaschlerJohann PasslerAndreas Zingerle 1987 160 East GermanyFrank Peter RoetschMatthias JacobAndre SehmischJurgen Wirth 160 Soviet UnionDmitry VasilyevJuri KashkarovAlexandr PopovValeriy Medvedtsev 160 West GermanyErnst ReiterHerbert FritzenwengerPeter AngererFritz Fischer 1989 160 East GermanyFrank LuckAndre SehmischBirk AndersFrank Peter Roetsch 160 Soviet UnionJuri KashkarovSergei TchepikovAlexandr PopovSergei Bulygin 160 NorwayGeir EinangSylfest GlimsdalGisle FenneEirik Kvalfoss 1990 160 ItalyPieralberto CarraraWilfried PallhuberJohann PasslerAndreas Zingerle 160 FranceChristian DumontXavier BlondHerve FlandinThierry Gerbier 160 East GermanyFrank LuckAndre SehmischMark KirchnerBirk Anders 1991 160 GermanyRicco GrossFrank LuckMark KirchnerFritz Fischer 160 Soviet UnionJuri KashkarovAlexandr PopovSergei TarasovSergei Tchepikov 160 NorwayGeir EinangEirik KvalfossJon Age TyldumGisle Fenne 1993 160 ItalyWilfried PallhuberJohann PasslerPieralberto CarraraAndreas Zingerle 160 RussiaValeriy MedvedtsevValeri KiriyenkoSergei TarasovSergei Tchepikov 160 GermanySven FischerFrank LuckMark KirchnerJens Steinigen 1995 160 GermanyRicco GrossMark KirchnerFrank LuckSven Fischer 160 FranceLionel LaurentPatrice Bailly SalinsThierry DusserreHerve Flandin 160 BelarusIgor KhokhriakovAlexandr PopovOleg RyzhenkovVadim Sashurin 1996 160 RussiaViktor MaigourovVladimir DrachevSergei TarasovAlexei Kobelev 160 GermanyRicco GrossPeter SendelFrank LuckSven Fischer 160 Belarus Alexei AidarovOleg RyzhenkovVadim SashurinAlexandr Popov 1997 160 GermanyRicco GrossPeter SendelSven FischerFrank Luck 160 NorwayEgil GjellandJon Age TyldumDag BjorndalenOle Einar Bjorndalen 160 ItalyRene CattarinussiWilfried PallhuberPatrick FavrePieralberto Carrara 1999 160 Belarus Alexei AidarovPetr IvashkoVadim SashurinOleg Ryzhenkov 160 RussiaViktor MaigourovVladimir DrachevSergei RozhkovPavel Rostovtsev 160 NorwayHalvard HanevoldDag BjorndalenFrode AndresenOle Einar Bjorndalen 2000 160 RussiaViktor MaigourovSergei RozhkovVladimir DrachevPavel Rostovtsev 160 NorwayEgil GjellandFrode AndresenHalvard HanevoldOle Einar Bjorndalen 160 GermanyFrank LuckPeter SendelSven FischerRicco Gross 2001 160 FranceGilles MarguetVincent DefrasneJulien RobertRaphael Poiree 160 Belarus Alexei AidarovAlexander SymanOleg RyzhenkovVadim Sashurin 160 NorwayEgil GjellandFrode AndresenHalvard HanevoldOle Einar Bjorndalen 2003 160 GermanyPeter SendelSven FischerRicco GrossFrank Luck 160 RussiaViktor MaigourovPavel RostovtsevSergei RozhkovSergei Tchepikov 160 Belarus Alexei AidarovVladimir DrachevRustam ValliulinOleg Ryzhenkov 2004 160 GermanyFrank Luck 6 Ricco GrossSven FischerMichael Greis 160 NorwayHalvard HanevoldLars BergerEgil GjellandOle Einar Bjorndalen 160 FranceFerreol CannardVincent DefrasneJulien RobertRaphael Poiree 2005 160 NorwayHalvard HanevoldStian EckhoffEgil GjellandOle Einar Bjorndalen 160 RussiaSergei RozhkovNikolay Kruglov Jr Pavel RostovtsevSergei Tchepikov 160 AustriaDaniel MesotitschFriedrich PinterWolfgang RottmannChristoph Sumann 2007 160 RussiaIvan TcherezovMaxim ChudovDmitri YaroshenkoNikolay Kruglov Jr 160 NorwayHalvard HanevoldLars BergerFrode AndresenOle Einar Bjorndalen 160 GermanyRicco GrossMichael RoschSven FischerMichael Greis 2008 160 RussiaIvan TcherezovNikolay Kruglov Jr Dmitri YaroshenkoMaxim Chudov 160 NorwayEmil Hegle SvendsenRune BrattsveenHalvard HanevoldOle Einar Bjorndalen 160 GermanyMichael RoschAlexander WolfAndreas BirnbacherMichael Greis 2009 160 NorwayEmil Hegle SvendsenLars BergerHalvard HanevoldOle Einar Bjorndalen 160 AustriaDaniel MesotitschSimon EderDominik LandertingerChristoph Sumann 160 GermanyMichael RoschChristoph StephanArnd PeifferMichael Greis 2011 160 NorwayOle Einar BjorndalenAlexander OsEmil Hegle SvendsenTarjei Bo 160 RussiaAnton ShipulinEvgeny UstyugovMaxim MaksimovIvan Tcherezov 160 UkraineOlexander BilanenkoAndriy DeryzemlyaSerhiy SemenovSerhiy Sednev 2012 160 NorwayOle Einar BjorndalenRune BrattsveenTarjei BoEmil Hegle Svendsen 160 FranceJean Guillaume BeatrixSimon FourcadeAlexis BœufMartin Fourcade 160 GermanySimon SchemppAndreas BirnbacherMichael GreisArnd Peiffer 2013 160 NorwayOle Einar BjorndalenHenrik L Abee LundTarjei BoEmil Hegle Svendsen 160 FranceSimon FourcadeJean Guillaume BeatrixAlexis BœufMartin Fourcade 160 GermanySimon SchemppAndreas BirnbacherArnd PeifferErik Lesser 2015 160 GermanyErik LesserDaniel BohmArnd PeifferSimon Schempp 160 NorwayOle Einar BjorndalenTarjei BoJohannes Thingnes BoEmil Hegle Svendsen 160 FranceSimon FourcadeJean Guillaume BeatrixQuentin Fillon MailletMartin Fourcade 2016 160 NorwayOle Einar Bjorndalen 6 Tarjei BoJohannes Thingnes BoEmil Hegle Svendsen 160 GermanyErik LesserBenedikt DollArnd PeifferSimon Schempp 160 CanadaChristian GowNathan SmithScott GowBrendan Green 2017 160 RussiaAlexey VolkovMaxim TsvetkovAnton BabikovAnton Shipulin 160 FranceJean Guillaume BeatrixQuentin Fillon MailletSimon DesthieuxMartin Fourcade 160 AustriaDaniel MesotitschJulian EberhardSimon EderDominik Landertinger 2019 160 NorwayLars Helge BirkelandVetle Sjastad ChristiansenTarjei BoJohannes Thingnes Bo 160 GermanyErik LesserRoman ReesArnd PeifferBenedikt Doll 160 RussiaMatvey EliseevNikita PorshnevDmitry MalyshkoAlexander Loginov 2020 160 FranceEmilien JacquelinMartin FourcadeSimon DesthieuxQuentin Fillon Maillet 160 NorwayVetle Sjastad ChristiansenJohannes DaleTarjei BoJohannes Thingnes Bo 160 GermanyErik LesserPhilipp HornArnd PeifferBenedikt Doll 2021 160 NorwaySturla Holm LaegreidTarjei Bo 6 Johannes Thingnes BoVetle Sjastad Christiansen 160 SwedenPeppe FemlingJesper 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