Biathlon World Championships
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The first Biathlon World Championship (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual (official) and relay (unofficial) contests for men. 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 BWCHs.
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BWCH venues
The season's BWCHs 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 BWCHs have never been held in Olympic Winter Games seasons. BWCHs 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.Arranged Championships:
- 1958 Saalfelden, Austria
- 1959 Courmayer, Italy
- 1961 Umeå, Sweden
- 1962 Hämeenlinna-Tavastehus, Finland
- 1963 Seefeld, Austria
- 1965 Elverum, Norway
- 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
- 1967 Altenberg, East Germany
- 1969 Zakopane, Poland
- 1970 Östersund, Sweden
- 1971 Hämeenlinna-Tavastehus, Finland
- 1973 Lake Placid, New York, USA
- 1974 Minsk, USSR
- 1975 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
- 1976 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy (Sprint)
- 1977 Lillehammer-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, USA (Men) and Lahti, Finland (Women)
- 1988 Chamonix, France (Women)
- 1989 Feistritz, Austria (first joint Men+Women BWCH)
- 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 (K-M: Mixed Relay)
- 2006 Pokljuka, Slovenia (Mixed Relay)
- 2007 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy [(WWW)]
- 2008 Östersund, Sweden [(WWW)]
- 2009 Yongpyong, PyeongChang, South Korea [(WWW)]
Men
Romanization of Cyrillic alphabet-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.
Individual (20 km)
This event was first held in 1958.
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Sprint (10 km)
This event was first held in 1974.
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Pursuit (12.5 km)
This event was first held in 1997.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 2005 |
Mass start (15 km)
This event was first held in 1999.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Relay (4 × 7.5 km)
This event was first held unofficially in 1958 and officially in 1966. The 1959 to 1965 contests were three legs only.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |
USSR | ||
| 1959 |
USSR | ||
| 1961 |
USSR | ||
| 1962 |
USSRVladimir MelaninValentin PzhenitsynNikolay Pusanov | Antti Tyrväinen Hannu Posti Kalevi Huuskonen | Jon Istad Olav Jordet Henry Hermansen |
| 1963 |
USSRVladimir MelaninNikolay MezharyakovValentin Pzhenitsyn | Antti Tyrväinen Hannu Posti Veikko Hakulinen | Jon Istad Olav Jordet Egil Nygård |
| 1965 | Olav Jordet Ola Wærhaug Ivar Nordkild |
USSRNikolay PusanovVladimir MelaninVassiliy Makarov | Stanislav Szczepaniak Jozef Robis Josef Sobczak-Gasienica |
| 1966 | Jon Istad Ragnar Tveiten Ivar Nordkild Olav Jordet | Josef Sobczak-Gasienica Stanislav Szczepaniak Stanislav Lukacztzyk Jozef Rubis | Olle Petrusson Tore Eriksson Holmfrid Olsson Sture Ohlin |
| 1967 | Jon Istad Ragnar Tveiten Ola Wærhaug Olav Jordet |
USSRAleksandr TikhonovViktor MamatovRinnat SafinNikolay Pusanov | Olle Petrusson Tore Eriksson Holmfrid Olsson Sture Ohlin |
| 1969 |
USSRAleksandr TikhonovViktor MamatovRinnat SafinVladimir Gundartsev | Jon Istad Ragnar Tveiten Magnar Solberg Esten Gjelten | Kalevi Vehäkyla Mauri Röppanen Mauno Peltonen Esko Marttinen |
| 1970 |
USSRAleksandr TikhonovViktor MamatovRinnat SafinAleksandr Ushakov | Tor Svendsberget Ragnar Tveiten Magnar Solberg Esten Gjelten | Hans-Günther Jahn Hansjörg Knauthe Dieter Speer Horst Koschka |
| 1971 |
USSRAleksandr TikhonovViktor MamatovRinnat SafinNikolay Muzhytov | Tor Svendsberget Ragnar Tveiten Magnar Solberg Ivar Nordkild | Jozef Roczak Andrzej Rapacz Alexander Klima Jozef Stopka |
| 1973 |
USSRAleksandr TikhonovRinnat SafinYuriy KolmakovGennady Kovalyev | Tor Svendsberget Esten Gjelten Ragnar Tveiten Kjell Hovda | Dieter Speer Manfred Geyer Herbert Wiegand Günther Bartnick |
| 1974 |
USSRAleksandr TikhonovAleksandr UshakovNikolay KruglovYuriy Kolmakov | Simo Halonen Carl-Henrik Flöjt Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola | Kjell Hovda Kåre Hovda Terje Hanssen Tor Svendsberget |
| 1975 | Carl-Henrik Flöjt Simo Halonen Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola |
USSRAleksandr TikhonovAleksandr YelizarovAleksandr UshakovNikolay Kruglov | Jan Szpunar Andrzej Rapacz Ludwig Zieba Wojciech Truchan |
| 1977 |
USSRAleksandr TikhonovAleksandr YelizarovAleksandr UshakovNikolay Kruglov | Erkki Antila Raimo Seppänen Simo Halonen Heikki Ikola | Manfred Beer Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Manfred Geyer |
| 1978 | Manfred Beer Frank Ullrich Klaus Siebert Eberhard Rösch | Odd Lirhus Sigleif Johansen Roar Nilsen Tor Svendsberget | Gerhard Winkler Andreas Schweiger Hansi Estner Heinrich Mehringer |
| 1979 | Manfred Beer Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch | Simo Halonen Heikki Ikola Erkki Antila Raimo Seppänen |
USSRVladimir AlikinVladimir BarnachovNikolay KruglovAleksandr Tikhonov |
| 1981 | Mathias Jung Matthias Jacob Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch | Peter Angerer Peter Schweiger Fritz Fischer Franz Bernreiter |
USSRVladimir AlikinAnatoly AlyabyevVladimir BarnachovVladimir Gavrikov |
| 1982 | Frank Ullrich Matthias Jung Matthias Jacob Bernd Helmich | Eirik Kvalfoss Kjell Søbak Odd Lirhus Rolf Storsveen |
USSRVladimir AlikinAnatoly AlyabyevVladimir BarnachovViktor Semyonov |
| 1983 |
USSRAlgimantas ShalnaYuriy KachkarovPetr MiloradovSergei Buligine | Frank Ullrich Mathias Jung Matthias Jacob Frank-Peter Roetsch | Kjell Søbak Eirik Kvalfoss Odd Lirhus Øyvind Nerhagen |
| 1985 |
USSRYuriy KachkarovAlgimantas ShalnaSergei BuligineAndrei Senkov | Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob Ralf Göthel André Sehmisch | Peter Angerer Walter Pichler Fritz Fischer Herbert Fritzenwenger |
| 1986 |
USSRYuriy KachkarovDmitri VassilievValery MedvedtsevSergei Buligine | Jürgen Wirth Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch | Werner Kiem Gottlieb Taschler Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle |
| 1987 | Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch Jürgen Wirth |
USSRDmitri VassilievYuriy KachkarovAlexander Vladimirovich PopovValery Medvedtsev | Ernst Reiter Herbert Fritzenwenger Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer |
| 1989 | Frank Luck André Sehmisch Birk Anders Frank-Peter Roetsch |
USSRYuriy KachkarovSergei TchepikovAlexander Vladimirovich PopovSergei Buligine | Geir Einang Sylfest Glimsdal Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss |
| 1990 | Pier Alberto Carrara Wilfried Pallhuber Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle | Christian Dumont Xavier Blond Hervè Flandin Thierry Gerbier | Frank Luck André Sehmisch Mark Kirchner Birk Anders |
| 1991 | Ricco Groß Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Fritz Fischer |
USSRYuriy KachkarovAlexander Vladimirovich PopovSergei TarasovSergei Tchepikov | Geir Einang Eirik Kvalfoss Jon Åge Tyldum Gisle Fenne |
| 1993 | Wilfried Pallhuber Johann Passler Pier Alberto Carrara Andreas Zingerle | Valery Medvedtsev Valery Kirienko Sergei Tarasov Sergei Tchepukov | Sven Fischer Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Jens Steinigen |
| 1995 | Ricco Groß Mark Kirchner Frank Luck Sven Fischer | Lionel Laurent Patrice Bailly-Salins Thierry Dusserre Hervè Flandin | Igor Khokhriakov Alexander Vladimirovich Popov Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin |
| 1996 | Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Dratchev Sergei Tarasov Alexei Kobelev | Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Frank Luck Sven Fischer | Aleksei Aidarov Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin Alexander Vladimirovich Popov |
| 1997 | Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck | Egil Gjelland Jon Åge Tyldum Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen | René Catarinussi Wilfried Pallhuber Patrick Favre Pier Alberto Carrara |
| 1999 | Aleksei Aidarov Petr Ivashko Vadim Sashurin Oleg Ryzhenkov | Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Dratchev Sergei Rozhkov Pavel Rostovtsev | Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
| 2000 | Viktor Maigourov Sergei Rozhkov Vladimir Dratchev Pavel Rostovtsev | Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Frank Luck Peter Sendel Sven Fischer |
| 2001 | Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée | Aleksei Aidarov Alexander Syman Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin | Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
| 2003 | Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Ricco Groß Frank Luck | Viktor Maigourov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov | Aleksei Aidarov Vladimir Dratchev Rustam Valliulin Oleg Ryzhenkov |
| 2004 | Frank Luck Ricco Groß Sven Fischer Michael Greis | Halvard Hanevold Lars Berger Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Ferreol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée |
| 2005 | Halvard Hanevold Stian Eckhoff Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sergei Rozhkov Nikolai Kruglov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Tchepikov | Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Wolfgang Rottmann Christoph Sumann |
Team
This event was held from 1989 to 1998.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |
USSRYuriy KachkarovSergei BuligineAlexander PopovSergei Tchepikov | Franz Wudy Herbert Fritzenwenger Georg Fischer Fritz Fischer | Andreas Heymann André Sehmisch Raik Dittrich Steffen Hoos |
| 1990 | Raik Dittrich Mark Kirchner Birk Anders Frank Luck |
CzechoslovakiaTomáš KosIvan MasařikJiří HolubecJan Matouš | Christian Dumont Stéphane Bouthiaux Hervè Flandin Thierry Gerbier |
| 1991 | Hubert Leitgeb Gottlieb Taschler Simon Demetz Wilfried Pallhuber | Sverre Istad Jon Åge Tyldum Ivar Michal Ulekleiv Frode Løberg |
USSRAnatoliy ZdanovichSergei TarasovSergei TchepikovValery Medvedtsev |
| 1992 | Unified Team Yevgeniy Redkin Anatoliy Zdanovich Alexander Popov Aleksei Tropnikov | Frode Løberg Jon Åge Tyldum Sylfest Glimsdal Gisle Fenne | Aivo Udras Urmas Kaldvee Hillar Zahkna Kaiju Ojaste |
| 1993 | Fritz Fischer Frank Luck Steffen Hoos Sven Fischer | Aleksei Kobelev Valeriy Kirienko Sergei Loskin Sergei Tchepikov | Gilles Marguet Thierry Dusserre Xavier Blond Lionel Laurent |
| 1994 | Pier Alberto Carrara Hubert Leitgeb Andreas Zingerle Wilfried Pallhuber | Vladimir Dratchev Aleksei Kobelev Valeriy Kirienko Sergei Tarasov | Jens Steinigen Marco Morgenstern Peter Sendel Steffen Hoos |
| 1995 | Frode Andresen Dag Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Jon Åge Tyldum | Petr Garabik Romàn Dostal Jiří Holubec Ivan Masařík | Thierry Dusserre Franck Perrot Lionel Laurent Stéphane Bouthiaux |
| 1996 | Petr Ivachko Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexander Popov Vadim Sashurin | Vladimir Dratchev Pavel Muslimov Viktor Maigurov Sergei Roikov | René Catarinussi Hubert Leitgeb Pier Alberto Carrara Patrick Favre |
| 1997 | Oleg Ryzhenkov Petr Ivachko Alexander Popov Vadim Sashurin | Carsten Heymann Mark Kirchner Frank Luck Peter Sendel | Wieslaw Ziemianin Jan Ziemianin Wojciech Kozub Tomasz Sikora |
| 1998 | Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Sylfest Glimsdal Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Ricco Groß Carsten Heymann Sven Fischer Frank Luck | Vladimir Dratchev Aleksei Kobelev Sergei Roikov Viktor Maigurov |
Women
Romanization of Cyrillic alphabet-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.
Individual (15 km)
This event was first held in 1984. Through 1988 the distance was 10 km.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1984 | |||
| 1985 | |||
| 1986 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1990 |
Iva Schkodreva (BUL) | ||
| 1991 |
Iva Schkodreva (BUL) | ||
| 1993 |
Svetlana Paramygina|BLR}} | ||
| 1995 |
Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL) | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 1997 |
Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL) | ||
| 1999 | |||
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| 2001 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2005 |
Sprint (7.5 km)
This event was first held in 1984. Through 1988 the distance was 5 km.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1984 | |||
| 1985 | |||
| 1986 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| 1989 |
Zwetana Krasteva (BUL) | ||
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| 2004 |
Glagow (GER) | ||
| 2005 |
(² Olena Zubrilova changed her citizenship from Ukrainian to Belarusian in 2002)
(³ Liv Grete Skjelbreid married biathlete Raphaël Poirée in 2000)
Pursuit (10 km)
This event was first held in 1997.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2003 |
Glagow (GER) | | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2005 |
Mass start (12.5 km)
This event was first held in 1999. In 2002, the distance was 15 km.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1999 | |||
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| 2001 | |||
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| 2004 | |||
| 2005 |
Relay (4 × 7.5/6 km)
This event was first held in 1984. Through 1991, the event was 3 × 5 km. In 2003, leg distance was set to 6 km.
(¹ Olena Zubrilova changed her citizenship from Ukrainian to Belarusian in 2002)
(² Liv Grete Skjelbreid married biathlete Raphaël Poirée in 2000)
Team
This event was held from 1989 to 1998.(¹ Olena Zubrilova changed her citizenship from Ukrainian to belarusian in 2002) (² Liv Grete Skjelbreid married biathlete Raphaël Poirée in 2000) |}
Mixed
Romanization of Cyrillic alphabet-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.Relay (4 × 6 km)
This event was first held in 2005, at the Biathlon World Cup finals in Khanty-Mansiysk. In 2005 the women biathletes did the first two legs, and the men did the following two, while in 2006 the sequence was woman–man–woman–man.
See also
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