Biathlon World Championships 2017

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Biathlon World Championships 2017
Host cityHochfilzen
CountryAustria
Events11
Opening9 February
Closing19 February

The 49th Biathlon World Championships was held from 9 to 19 February 2017 in Hochfilzen, Austria. 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 count for the Biathlon World Cup season.

Host selection

The second candidate city was Östersund, Sweden. Hochfilzen was selected as the host city on September 2, 2012 during the X IBU Congress in Merano, Italy (27 to 20 votes). This will be fourth time when World Championships will be held in Hochfilzen; the city had previously hosted the event in 1978, 1998 and 2005.

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).

Date Time Event
9 February 14:45 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km Mixed Relay
10 February 14:45 Women's 7.5 km Sprint
11 February 14:45 Men's 10 km Sprint
12 February 10:30 Women's 10 km Pursuit
14:45 Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
15 February 14:30 Women's 15 km Individual
16 February 14:30 Men's 20 km Individual
17 February 14:45 Women's 4 × 6 km Relay
18 February 14:45 Men's 4 × 7.5 km Relay
19 February 11:30 Women's 12.5 km Mass Start
14:45 Men's 15 km Mass Start

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)7108
2 France (FRA)1247
3 Czech Republic (CZE)1214
4 United States (USA)1102
5 Russia (RUS)1012
6 Norway (NOR)0314
7 Belarus (BLR)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
9 Austria (AUT)0022
10 Finland (FIN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (11 entries)11111133

Top athletes

All athletes with two or more medals.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Laura Dahlmeier (GER)5106
2 Simon Schempp (GER)2002
 Vanessa Hinz (GER)2002
4 Martin Fourcade (FRA)1225
5 Gabriela Koukalová (CZE)1113
6 Anton Shipulin (RUS)1012
7 Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)0303
8 Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)0202
9 Anaïs Chevalier (FRA)0123
10 Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)0112
11 Simon Eder (AUT)0022

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km sprint
Benedikt Doll
 Germany
23:27.4
(0+0)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway
23:28.1
(0+0)
Martin Fourcade
 France
23:50.5
(1+1)
12.5 km pursuit
Martin Fourcade
 France
30:16.9
(0+0+0+1)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway
30:39.7
(1+1+1+0)
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway
30:42.5
(0+0+0+1)
20 km individual
Lowell Bailey
 United States
48:07.4
(0+0+0+0)
Ondřej Moravec
 Czech Republic
48:10.7
(0+0+0+0)
Martin Fourcade
 France
48:28.6
(1+0+1+0)
4 × 7.5 km relay
 Russia
Alexey Volkov
Maxim Tsvetkov
Anton Babikov
Anton Shipulin
1:14:15.0
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
 France
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Martin Fourcade
1:14:20.8
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+3) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
 Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Julian Eberhard
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
1:14:35.1
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+1)
15 km mass start
Simon Schempp
 Germany
35:38.3
(0+0+0+0)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway
35:47.3
(0+0+0+1)
Simon Eder
 Austria
35:48.4
(0+0+0+0)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
7.5 km sprint
Gabriela Koukalová
 Czech Republic
19:12.6
(0+0)
Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany
19:16.6
(0+0)
Anaïs Chevalier
 France
19:37.7
(0+0)
10 km pursuit
Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany
28:02.3
(1+0+0+0)
Darya Domracheva
 Belarus
28:13.9
(0+0+0+0)
Gabriela Koukalová
 Czech Republic
28:18.9
(2+0+1+0)
15 km individual
Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany
41:30.1
(1+0+0+0)
Gabriela Koukalová
 Czech Republic
41:54.8
(1+0+0+0)
Alexia Runggaldier
 Italy
43:15.7
(0+0+0+0)
4 × 6 km relay
 Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Maren Hammerschmidt
Franziska Hildebrand
Laura Dahlmeier
1:11:16.6
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+3)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+2)
 Ukraine
Iryna Varvynets
Yuliia Dzhima
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Olena Pidhrushna
1:11:23.0
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
 France
Anaïs Chevalier
Célia Aymonier
Justine Braisaz
Marie Dorin Habert
1:11:24.7
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+3) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
12.5 km mass start
Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany
33:13.8
(0+0+0+0)
Susan Dunklee
 United States
33:18.4
(0+0+0+0)
Kaisa Mäkäräinen
 Finland
33:33.9
(1+0+0+0)

Mixed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay
 Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Laura Dahlmeier
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
1:09:06.4
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+2) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
 France
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Martin Fourcade
1:09:08.6
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (1+3)
(0+0) (0+0)
 Russia
Olga Podchufarova
Tatiana Akimova
Alexander Loginov
Anton Shipulin
1:09:09.6
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+0) (0+0)

References

  1. ^ "Oslo and Hochfilzen Selected as World Championship Host". biathlonworld.com. September 2, 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  3. ^ Men's sprint results
  4. ^ Men's pursuit results
  5. ^ Men's individual results
  6. ^ Men's relay results
  7. ^ Men's mass start results
  8. ^ Women's sprint results
  9. ^ Women's pursuit results
  10. ^ Women's individual results
  11. ^ Women's relay results
  12. ^ Women's mass start results
  13. ^ Mixed relay results

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