Biathlon World Championships 2019

The Biathlon World Championships 2019 took place in Östersund, Sweden, from 6 to 17 March 2019.

Biathlon World Championships 2019
Host cityÖstersund
CountrySweden
Events12
Opening ceremony6 March
Closing ceremony17 March
Officially opened byCarl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Main venueÖstersund Ski Stadium

There were a total of 12 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and two mixed relay races. The single mixed relay was on the program of the World Championships for the first time. All the events during this championships also counted for the 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup season.

Host selection

On 7 September 2014, Östersund won the voting (27 votes) in St. Wolfgang, Austria over Antholz, Italy (16 votes), Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic (4 votes) and Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (2 votes).[1] This was third time when World Championships was held in Östersund; the town had previously hosted the event in 1970 and 2008.

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).[2]

Date Time Event
7 March16:15W 2 × 6 km + M 2 × 7.5 km mixed relay
8 March16:15Women's 7.5 km sprint
9 March16:30Men's 10 km sprint
10 March13:45Women's 10 km pursuit
16:10Men's 12.5 km pursuit
12 March15:30Women's 15 km individual
13 March16:10Men's 20 km individual
14 March17:10W 6 km + M 7.5 km single mixed relay
16 March13:15Women's 4 × 6 km relay
16:30Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
17 March13:15Women's 12.5 km mass start
16:00Men's 15 km mass start

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Sweden)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)5319
2 Germany (GER)2237
3 Italy (ITA)2215
4 Sweden (SWE)*1113
5 Ukraine (UKR)1012
6 Slovakia (SVK)1001
7 Russia (RUS)0213
8 France (FRA)0134
9 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
10 Austria (AUT)0011
Totals (10 nations)12121236

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km sprint[3]
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway
24:37.6
(0+1)
Alexander Loginov
 Russia
24:51.3
(0+0)
Quentin Fillon Maillet
 France
24:54.1
(0+0)
12.5 km pursuit[4]
Dmytro Pidruchnyi
 Ukraine
31:54.1
(2+0+0+0)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway
32:02.4
(0+1+1+3)
Quentin Fillon Maillet
 France
32:11.8
(2+0+0+1)
20 km individual[5]
Arnd Peiffer
 Germany
52:42.4
(0+0+0+0)
Vladimir Iliev
 Bulgaria
53:51.1
(0+1+0+0)
Tarjei Bø
 Norway
53:51.5
(0+1+0+0)
4 × 7.5 km relay[6]
 Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
1:12:03.7
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+3)
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Roman Rees
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
1:12:41.8
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+1)
 Russia
Matvey Eliseev
Nikita Porshnev
Dmitry Malyshko
Alexander Loginov
1:13:07.8
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
15 km mass start[7]
Dominik Windisch
 Italy
40:54.1
(1+1+1+0)
Antonin Guigonnat
 France
41:16.9
(2+0+0+1)
Julian Eberhard
 Austria
41:17.4
(0+0+3+1)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
7.5 km sprint[8]
Anastázia Kuzminová
 Slovakia
22:17.5
(1+0)
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
 Norway
22:27.2
(0+0)
Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany
22:30.1
(0+0)
10 km pursuit[9]
Denise Herrmann
 Germany
31:45.9
(0+0+2+0)
Tiril Eckhoff
 Norway
32:17.3
(0+0+2+0)
Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany
32:17.5
(0+0+1+0)
15 km individual[10]
Hanna Öberg
 Sweden
43:10.4
(0+0+0+0)
Lisa Vittozzi
 Italy
43:34.0
(0+0+0+0)
Justine Braisaz
 France
43:42.9
(0+0+1+0)
4 × 6 km relay[11]
 Norway
Synnøve Solemdal
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
1:12:00.1
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+2) (1+3)
(0+1) (0+0)
 Sweden
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
1:12:24.4
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+3)
 Ukraine
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Vita Semerenko
Yuliia Dzhima
Valentyna Semerenko
1:12:35.2
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+1)
12.5 km mass start[12]
Dorothea Wierer
 Italy
37:26.4
(0+0+0+2)
Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht
 Russia
37:31.3
(0+0+1+1)
Denise Herrmann
 Germany
37:41.8
(0+1+2+1)

Mixed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2 × 6 km W + 2 × 7.5 km M relay[13]
 Norway
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
1:17:41.4
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
 Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Denise Herrmann
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
1:17:54.5
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+2)
 Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
1:18:51.0
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+2)
(0+2) (0+3)
(0+2) (0+3)
6 km W + 7.5 km M single relay[14]
 Norway
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Johannes Thingnes Bø
35:43.2
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
 Italy
Dorothea Wierer
Lukas Hofer
35:56.6
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
 Sweden
Hanna Öberg
Sebastian Samuelsson
36:03.2
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+1)

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