Biathlon World Championships

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 at another time and place than the ordinary Championships.

Arranged Championships:

Upcoming:

Men

See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.

Sprint (10 km)

This event was first held in 1974.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1974 Juhani Suutarinen (FIN) Günther Bartnick (GDR) Torsten Wadman (SWE)
1975 Nikolay Kruglov Sr. (URS) Alexander Elisarov (URS) Klaus Siebert (GDR)
1976 Alexander Tikhonov (URS) Alexander Elisarov (URS) Nikolay Kruglov Sr. (URS)
1977 Alexander Tikhonov (URS) Nikolay Kruglov Sr. (URS) Alexander Ushakov (URS)
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 (URS)
1983 Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) Peter Angerer (FRG) Alfred Eder (AUT)
1985 Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR) Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) Johann Passler (ITA)
1986 Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) Peter Angerer (FRG) Franz Schuler (AUT)
1987 Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR) Matthias Jacob (GDR) André Sehmisch (GDR)
1989 Frank Luck (FRG) Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) Yuri Kashkarov (URS)
1990 Mark Kirchner (FRG) Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) Sergei Tchepikov (URS)
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 Mouslimov (RUS) Ricco Groß (GER)
1996 Vladimir Dratchev (RUS) Viktor Maigourov (RUS) Rene Cattarinussi (ITA)
1997 Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA) Rene Cattarinussi (ITA) Oleg Ryzhenkov (BLR)
1999 Frank Luck (GER) Patrick Favre (ITA) Frode Andresen (NOR)
2000 Frode Andresen (NOR) Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS) Rene Cattarinussi (ITA)
2001 Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS) Rene Cattarinussi (ITA) Halvard Hanevold (NOR)
2003 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Ricco Groß (GER) Zdenek Vitek (CZE)
2004 Raphaël Poirée (FRA) Ricco Groß (GER) Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2005 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Sven Fischer (GER) Ilmars Bricis (LAT)

Pursuit (12.5 km)

This event was first held in 1997.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1997 Viktor Maigourov (RUS) Sergei Tarasov (RUS) Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
1998 Vladimir Dratchev (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)

Mass start (15 km)

This event was first held in 1999.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1999 Sven Fischer (GER) Vladimir Dratchev (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)
2003 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Sven Fischer (GER) Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
2004 Raphaël Poirée (FRA) Lars Berger (NOR) Sergei Konovalov (RUS)
2005 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Sven Fischer (GER) Raphaël Poirée (FRA)

Individual (20 km)

This event was first held in 1958.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1958 Adolf Wiklund (SWE) Olle Gunneriusson (SWE) Viktor Butakov (URS)
1959 Vladimir Melanin (URS) Dimitri Sokolov (URS) Sven Agge (SWE)
1961 Kalevi Huuskoen (FIN) Alexander Privalov (URS) Paavo Repo (FIN)
1962 Vladimir Melanin (URS) Antti Tyrvainen (FIN) Valentin Pshenitsyn (URS)
1963 Vladimir Melanin (URS) Antti Tyrvainen (FIN) Hannu Posti (FIN)
1965 Olav Jordet (NOR) Nikolai Puzanov (URS) Antti Tyrvainen (FIN)
1966 Jon Istad (NOR) Josef Sobczak (POL) Vladimir Gundartsev (URS)
1967 Viktor Mamatov (URS) Stanislav Szozepaniak (POL) Jon Istad (NOR)
1969 Alexander Tikhonov (URS) Rinnat Safin (URS) Magnar Solberg (NOR)
1970 Alexander Tikhonov (URS) Tor Svendsberget (NOR) Viktor Mamatov (URS)
1971 Dieter Speer (GDR) Alexander Tikhonov (URS) Magnar Solberg (NOR)
1973 Alexander Tikhonov (URS) Gennadiy Kovalev (URS) Tor Svendsberget (NOR)
1974 Juhani Suutarinen (FIN) George Girnitsa (ROM) Tor Svendsberget (NOR)
1975 Heikki Ikola (FIN) Nikolay Kruglov Sr. (URS) Esko Saira (FIN)
1977 Heikki Ikola (FIN) Sigleif Johansen (NOR) Alexander Tikhonov (URS)
1978 Odd Lirhus (NOR) Frank Ullrich (GDR) Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
1979 Klaus Siebert (GDR) Alexander Tikhonov (URS) 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 Rötsch (GDR) Peter Angerer (FRG)
1985 Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR) Yuri Kashkarov (URS) Tapio Pipponen (FIN)
1986 Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) André Sehmisch (GDR) Alfred Eder (AUT)
1987 Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR) Josh Thompson (USA) Jan Matous (TCH)
1989 Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) Gisle Fenne (NOR) Fritz Fischer (FRG)
1990 Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) Sergei Tchepikov (URS) Anatoliy Zdanovich (URS)
1991 Mark Kirchner (GER) Alexander Popov (URS) 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 Dratchev (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) Ilmars 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 Dostal (CZE) Michael Greis (GER) Ricco Groß (GER)

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 Sweden USSR Norway
1959 USSR Sweden Norway
1961 Finland USSR Sweden
1962 USSR Finland Norway
1963 USSR Finland Norway
1965 Norway USSR Poland
1966 Norway Poland Sweden
1967 Norway USSR Sweden
1969 USSR Norway Finland
1970 USSR Norway E. Germany
1971 USSR Norway Poland
1973 USSR Norway E. Germany
1974 USSR Finland Norway
1975 Finland USSR Poland
1977 USSR Finland E. Germany
1978 E. Germany Norway W. Germany
1979 E. Germany Finland USSR
1981 E. Germany W. Germany USSR
1982 E. Germany Norway USSR
1983 USSR E. Germany Norway
1985 USSR E. Germany W. Germany
1986 USSR E. Germany Italy
1987 E. Germany USSR W. Germany
1989 USSR E. Germany Norway
1990 Italy France W. Germany
1991 Germany USSR Norway
1993 Italy Russia Germany
1995 Germany France Belarus
1996 Russia Germany Belarus
1997 Germany Norway Italy
1999 Belarus Russia Norway
2000 Russia Norway Germany
2001 France Belarus Norway
2003 Germany Russia Belarus
2004 Germany Norway France
2005 Norway Russia Austria

Team

This event was held from 1989 to 1998.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1989 USSR Finland Italy
1990 W. Germany Czechoslov. France
1991 Italy Norway USSR
1992 Unified Team Norway Estonia
1993 Germany Russia France
1994 Italy Russia Germany
1995 Germany France Belarus
1996 Belarus Russia Italy
1997 Belarus Germany Poland
1998 Norway Germany Russia

Women

See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.

Sprint (7.5 km)

This event was first held in 1984. Through 1988 the distance was 5 km.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1984 Venera Chernychova (URS) Sanna Grønlid (NOR) Andrea Grossegger (AUT)
1985 Sanna Grønlid (NOR) Kaya Parve (URS) Venera Chernychova (URS)
1986 Kaya Parve (URS) Nadeshda Belova (URS) Eva Korpela (SWE)
1987 Elena Golovina (URS) Venera Chernychova (URS) Anne Elvebakk (NOR)
1988 Petra Schaaf (FRG) Eva Korpela (SWE) Anne Elvebakk (NOR)
1989 Anne Elvebakk (NOR) Zwetana Krasteva (BUL) Natalia Prikostshikova (URS)
1990 Anne Elvebakk (NOR) Svetlana Davidova (URS) Elin Kristiansen (NOR)
1991 Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR) Svetlana Davidova (URS) Elena Golovina (URS)
1993 Myriam Bédard (CAN) Nadeshda Talanova (RUS) Elena Belova (RUS)
1995 Anne Briand (FRA) Uschi Disl (GER) Corinne Niogret (FRA)
1996 Olga Romasko (RUS) Ann Elen Skjelbreid (NOR) Magdalena Wallin (SWE)¹
1997 Olga Romasko (RUS) Olena Zubrilova (UKR) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)¹
1999 Martina Zellner (GER) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) Olena Zubrilova (UKR)²
2000 Liv Grete Skjelbreid (NOR)³ Katrin Apel (GER) Martina Zellner (GER)
2001 Kati Wilhelm (GER) Uschi Disl (GER) Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)³
2003 Sylvie Becaert (FRA) Olena Petrova (UKR) Katerina Holubcova (CZE)
2004 Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)³ Anna Bogali (RUS) Ivanova (BLR), Glagow (GER)
2005 Uschi Disl (GER) Olga Zaitseva (RUS) Olena Zubrilova (BLR)²

(¹ Magdalena Wallin married biathlete Henrik Forsberg in 1996)
(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 Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) Olena Zubrilova (UKR) Olga Romasko (RUS)
1998 Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) Corinne Niogret (FRA) Martina Zellner (GER)
1999 Olena Zubrilova (UKR) Martina Halinarova (SVK) Martina Zellner (GER)
2000 Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) Uschi Disl (GER) Florence Baverel-Robert (FRA)
2001 Liv Grete Poirée (NOR) Corinne Niogret (FRA) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)
2003 Bailly (FRA), Glagow (GER)
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Svetlana Ishmouratova (RUS)
2004 Liv Grete Poirée (NOR) Martina Glagow (GER) Anna Bogali (RUS)
2005 Uschi Disl (GER) Xianying Liu (CHN) Olga Zaitseva (RUS)

Mass start (12.5 km)

This event was first held in 1999.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1999 Olena Zubrilova (UKR) Olena Petrova (UKR) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)
2000 Liv Grete Poirée (NOR) Galina Koukleva (RUS) Corinne Niogret (FRA)
2001 Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) Martina Glagow (GER) Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)
2003 Albina Akhatova (RUS) Svetlana Ishmouratova (RUS) Sandrine Bailly (FRA)
2004 Liv Grete Poirée (NOR) Katrin Apel (GER) Sandrine Bailly (FRA)
2005 Gro M. Istad-Kristiansen (NOR) Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) Olga Pyleva (RUS)

Individual (15 km)

This event was first held in 1984. Through 1988 the distance was 10 km.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1984 Venera Chernychova (URS) Liudmila Zabolotniana (URS) Tatiana Brylina (URS)
1985 Kaya Parve (URS) Sanna Grønlid (NOR) Eva Korpela (SWE)
1986 Eva Korpela (SWE) Siv Bråten (NOR) Sanna Grønlid (NOR)
1987 Sanna Grønlid (NOR) Kaya Parve (URS) Tuija Vuoksialo (FIN)
1988 Anne Elvebakk (NOR) Elin Kristiansen (NOR) Venera Chernychova (URS)
1989 Petra Schaaf (FRG) Anne Elvebakk (NOR) Svetlana Davidova (URS)
1990 Svetlana Davidova (URS) Iva Schkodreva (BUL) Petra Schaaf (FRG)
1991 Petra Schaaf (GER) Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR) Iva Schkodreva (BUL)
1993 Petra Schaaf (GER) Myriam Bédard (CAN) Svetlana Paramygina (BLR)
1995 Corinne Niogret (FRA) Uschi Disl (GER) Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL)
1996 Emmanuelle Claret (FRA) Olga Melnik (RUS) Olena Petrova (UKR)
1997 Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) Olena Zubrilova (UKR) Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL)
1999 Olena Zubrilova (UKR) Corinne Niogret (FRA) Albina Akhatova (RUS)
2000 Corinne Niogret (FRA) Shumei Yu (CHN) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)
2001 Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) Liv Grete Poirée (NOR) Olena Zubrilova (UKR)¹
2003 Katerina Holubcova (CZE) Olena Zubrilova (BLR)¹ Gunn Margit Andreassen (NOR)
2004 Olga Pyleva (RUS) Albina Akhatova (RUS) Olena Petrova (UKR)
2005 Andrea Henkel (GER) Ribo Sun (CHN) Linda Tjørhom (NOR)

(¹ Olena Zubrilova changed her citizenship from Ukrainian to Belarusian in 2002)

Relay (4 × 7.5 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.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1984 USSR Norway USA
1985 USSR Norway Finland
1986 USSR Sweden Norway
1987 USSR Sweden Norway
1988 USSR Norway Sweden
1989 USSR Bulgaria Czechoslov.
1990 USSR Norway Finland
1991 USSR Norway Germany
1993 Czech Rep. France Russia
1995 Germany France Norway
1996 Germany France Ukraine
1997 Germany Norway Russia
1999 Germany Russia France
2000 Russia Germany Ukraine
2001 Russia Germany Ukraine
2003 Russia Ukraine Germany
2004 Norway Russia Germany
2005 Russia Germany Belarus

Team

This event was held from 1989 to 1998.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1989 USSR Norway W. Germany
1990 USSR W. Germany Bulgaria
1991 USSR Bulgaria Norway
1992 Germany Unified Team Czechoslov.
1993 France Belarus Poland
1994 Belarus Norway France
1995 Norway Germany France
1996 Germany Ukraine France
1997 Norway Russia Ukraine
1998 Russia Norway Finland

Mixed

Relay (4 × 6 km)

This event was first held in 2005, at the BWC finals in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2005 Russia I Russia II Germany I

See also

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