Biathlon World Championships 2015

Biathlon World Championships 2015
Individual		men		women
Sprint		men		women
Pursuit		men		women
Mass start		men		women
Relay		men	mixed	women

The 47th Biathlon World Championships was 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]

Medal winners

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
20 km individual[5]	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)
10 km sprint[6]	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[7]	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)
15 km mass start[8]	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)
4 × 7.5 km relay[9]	Germany Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	1:13:49.5	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	1:14:04.9	France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade	1:14:23.1

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km individual[10]	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)
7.5 km sprint[11]	Marie Dorin Habert  France	22:16.8 (0+1)	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak  Poland	22:26.4 (0+0)	Valj Semerenko  Ukraine	22:36.5 (0+1)
10 km pursuit[12]	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)
12.5 km mass start[13]	Valj 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)
4 × 6 km relay[14]	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier	1:11:54.6	France Anaïs Bescond Enora Latuillière Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin Habert	1:12:54.9	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Karin Oberhofer Nicole Gontier Dorothea Wierer	1:13:00.7

Mixed

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

Medal table

Top nations

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
01 !	France	3	2	1	6
02 !	Germany	3	2	0	5
03 !	Norway	1	2	4	7
4	Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
5	Russia	1	1	0	2
6	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
7	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
8	Poland	0	1	1	2
9	Canada	0	1	0	1
10	Italy	0	0	2	2
11	Finland	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

Top athletes

All athletes with three or more medals.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)	2	2	0	4
2	Ondřej Moravec (CZE)	1	1	1	3
	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	1	1	1	3
	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	1	1	1	3
5	Tarjei Bø (NOR)	0	1	4	5

References

External links

• Official website
• IBU Site

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