Biathlon World Championships 2015

Biathlon World Championships 2015
Host city	Kontiolahti
Country	Finland
Events	11
Opening	5 March
Closing	15 March
	← Nové Město 2013 Oslo 2016 ⊟

The 47th Biathlon World Championships were held in Kontiolahti, Finland from 5 March to 15 March 2015.^[1]^[2]^[3]

There were a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and mixed relay. All the events during this championships also counted for the 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup season.

Schedule

All times are local (UTC 2).^[4]

Date	Time	Event
5 March	18:15	2 × 6 km 2 × 7.5 km mixed relay
7 March	14:00	Men's 10 km sprint
7 March	17:30	Women's 7.5 km sprint
8 March	14:15	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
8 March	17:00	Women's 10 km pursuit
11 March	18:15	Women's 15 km individual
12 March	18:15	Men's 20 km individual
13 March	18:15	Women's 4 × 6 km relay
14 March	17:30	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
15 March	14:30	Women's 12.5 km mass start
15 March	17:15	Men's 15 km mass start

Medal winners

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 km sprint^[5] details	Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway	24:12.8 (0 1)	Nathan Smith Canada	24:24.9 (0 1)	Tarjei Bø Norway	24:38.1 (0 0)
12.5 km pursuit^[6] details	Erik Lesser Germany	30:47.9 (0 0 0 0)	Anton Shipulin Russia	31:04.9 (0 1 0 0)	Tarjei Bø Norway	31:06.6 (0 0 1 0)
20 km individual^[7] details	Martin Fourcade France	47:29.4 (0 1 0 0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway	47:50.3 (0 0 0 0)	Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic	48:09.9 (0 1 0 0)
4 × 7.5 km relay^[8] details	Germany Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	1:13:49.5 (0 0) (0 0) (0 0) (0 2) (0 0) (0 0) (0 0) (0 1)	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	1:14:04.9 (0 0) (0 0) (0 0) (0 3) (0 0) (0 2) (0 0) (0 1)	France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade	1:14:23.1 (0 0) (0 0) (0 1) (0 1) (0 1) (0 0) (0 1) (0 0)
15 km mass start^[9] details	Jakov Fak Slovenia	36:24.9 (0 0 1 0)	Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic	36:25.9 (1 0 0 0)	Tarjei Bø Norway	36:28.6 (0 0 1 0)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
7.5 km sprint^[10] details	Marie Dorin Habert France	22:16.8 (0 1)	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Poland	22:26.4 (0 0)	Valentyna Semerenko Ukraine	22:36.5 (0 1)
10 km pursuit^[11] details	Marie Dorin Habert France	30:07.7 (0 0 2 1)	Laura Dahlmeier Germany	30:23.0 (1 0 0 1)	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Poland	30:39.3 (0 1 2 0)
15 km individual^[12] details	Ekaterina Yurlova Russia	41:32.2 (0 0 0 0)	Gabriela Soukalová Czech Republic	41:55.4 (0 0 0 1)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland	41:56.6 (0 1 1 0)
4 × 6 km relay^[13] details	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier	1:11:54.6 (0 0) (0 2) (0 1) (0 2) (0 0) (0 1) (0 0) (0 0)	France Anaïs Bescond Enora Latuillière Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin Habert	1:12:54.9 (0 0) (0 1) (0 1) (0 1) (1 3) (0 1) (0 2) (0 0)	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Karin Oberhofer Nicole Gontier Dorothea Wierer	1:13:00.7 (0 0) (0 0) (0 1) (0 3) (0 2) (0 2) (0 0) (0 1)
12.5 km mass start^[14] details	Valentyna Semerenko Ukraine	34:32.9 (0 0 0 0)	Franziska Preuß Germany	34:39.1 (0 0 0 1)	Karin Oberhofer Italy	34:45.5 (1 1 0 0)

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2 × 6 2 × 7.5 km W M relay^[15] details	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec	1:20:27.2 (0 2) (0 2) (0 0) (0 0) (0 0) (0 2) (0 1) (0 1)	France Anaïs Bescond Marie Dorin Habert Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Martin Fourcade	1:20:47.4 (0 1) (0 3) (0 0) (0 1) (0 0) (0 3) (0 0) (0 0)	Norway Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø	1:20:54.9 (0 0) (0 0) (0 0) (1 3) (0 0) (0 0) (0 0) (0 0)

Medal table

Top nations


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	3	2	1	6
2	Germany (GER)	3	2	0	5
3	Norway (NOR)	1	2	4	7
4	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	1	4
5	Russia (RUS)	1	1	0	2
6	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	1	2
7	Slovenia (SVN)	1	0	0	1
8	Poland (POL)	0	1	1	2
9	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
10	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
11	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		11	11	11	33

Top athletes

All athletes with three or more medals.

References

^ "Kontiolahden Urheilijat" [Kontiolahti Sports Club]. Kontiolahti: Kontiolahden Urheilijat r.y. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
^ "Überraschend Kontiolahti als WM-Ausrichter 2015 gewählt". Biathlon-online.de. September 5, 2010. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
^ "A Kontiolahti i mondiali di biathlon 2015" (in Italian). Wintersport-news.it. Archived from the original on October 20, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
^ "IBU World Championships 2015 Schedule". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ Men's sprint results
^ Men's pursuit results
^ Men's individual results
^ Men's relay results
^ Men's mass start results
^ Women's sprint results
^ Women's pursuit results
^ Women's individual results
^ Women's relay results
^ Women's mass start results
^ Mixed relay results

External links

[1] "Kontiolahden Urheilijat" [Kontiolahti Sports Club]. Kontiolahti: Kontiolahden Urheilijat r.y. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

[2] "Überraschend Kontiolahti als WM-Ausrichter 2015 gewählt". Biathlon-online.de. September 5, 2010. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

[3] "A Kontiolahti i mondiali di biathlon 2015" (in Italian). Wintersport-news.it. Archived from the original on October 20, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2012.

[4] "IBU World Championships 2015 Schedule". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[5] Men's sprint results

[6] Men's pursuit results

[7] Men's individual results

[8] Men's relay results

[9] Men's mass start results

[10] Women's sprint results

[11] Women's pursuit results

[12] Women's individual results

[13] Women's relay results

[14] Women's mass start results

[15] Mixed relay results

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