The 23nd IBU Open European Championships were held in Tyumen, Russia from February 24 to February 28, 2016.
There were total of 8 competitions: single mixed relay, relay mixed, sprint women, sprint men, pursuit women, pursuit men, mass start women and mass start men.
The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.
Date | Time | Event |
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February 24 | 11:00 | Single Mixed Relay |
14:00 | Relay Mixed | |
February 25 | 11:00 | Sprint Women |
14:00 | Sprint Men | |
February 27 | 10:00 | Pursuit Women |
13:00 | Pursuit Men | |
February 28 | 10:00 | Mass Start Women |
13:00 | Mass Start Men | |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's 10 km sprint Details | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 23:40.3 (0+1) | Henrik L'Abée-Lund Norway | 23:45.3 (0+0) | Anton Babikov Russia | 23:50.0 (0+0) |
Men's 12.5 km pursuit Details | Anton Babikov Russia | 30:01.5 (0+0+0+1) | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 30:01.6 (0+0+0+1) | Florian Graf Germany | 30:47.5 (1+0+1+0) |
Men's 15 km mass start Details | Florian Graf Germany | 38:20.5 (0+1+0+0) | Jaroslav Soukup Czech Republic | 38:24.6 (0+1+0+0) | Vladimir Iliev Bulgaria | 38:29.5 (0+1+1+0) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Women's 7.5 km sprint Details | Nadine Horchler Germany | 21:53.0 (0+1) | Karolin Horchler Germany | 22:05.7 (0+0) | Annika Knoll Germany | 22:21.5 (0+0) |
Women's 10 km pursuit Details | Nadezhda Skardino Belarus | 30:01.7 (0+0+0+2) | Karolin Horchler Germany | 30:09.1 (1+0+1+0) | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway | 30:15.8 (0+1+2+0) |
Women's 12.5 km mass start Details | Luise Kummer Germany | 36:05.1 (1+0+0+1) | Paulína Fialková Slovakia | 36:13.1 (2+0+1+0) | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway | 36:16.4 (1+0+2+1) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Single mixed relay Details | Russia Victoria Slivko Anton Babikov Victoria Slivko Anton Babikov | 36:59.0 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) | Germany Luise Kummer Matthias Dorfer Luise Kummer Matthias Dorfer | 37:36.9 (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) | Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | 37:51.7 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) |
2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5 km relay Details | Russia Anastasia Zagoruiko Olga Iakushova Matvey Eliseev Evgeniy Garanichev | 1:10:56.3 (0+2) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) | Slovakia Paulína Fialková Jana Gereková Matej Kazár Martin Otčenáš | 1:10:56.4 (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) | Norway Sigrid Bilstad Neraasen Bente Landheim Henrik L'Abée-Lund Håvard Bogetveit | 1:12:00.4 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+3) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
3 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
6 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 nations) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
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