Biathlon World Championships 2017

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Biathlon World Championships 2017
Biathlon World Championships 2017 logo.png
Host city Hochfilzen
Country Austria
Events11
Opening9 February
Closing19 February

The 49th Biathlon World Championships was held from 9 to 19 February 2017 in Hochfilzen, Austria. [1] 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.

Contents

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). [2]

DateTimeEvent
9 February14:452 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km Mixed Relay
10 February14:45Women's 7.5 km Sprint
11 February14:45Men's 10 km Sprint
12 February10:30Women's 10 km Pursuit
14:45Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
15 February14:30Women's 15 km Individual
16 February14:30Men's 20 km Individual
17 February14:45Women's 4 × 6 km Relay
18 February14:45Men's 4 × 7.5 km Relay
19 February11:30Women's 12.5 km Mass Start
14:45Men's 15 km Mass Start

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)7108
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1247
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1214
4Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)1102
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1012
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0314
7Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)0101
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0101
9Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0022
10Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0011
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0011
Totals (11 entries)11111133

Top athletes

All athletes with two or more medals.

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

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
10 km sprint [3]
details
Benedikt Doll
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
23:27.4
(0+0)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
23:28.1
(0+0)
Martin Fourcade
Flag of France.svg  France
23:50.5
(1+1)
12.5 km pursuit [4]
details
Martin Fourcade
Flag of France.svg  France
30:16.9
(0+0+0+1)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
30:39.7
(1+1+1+0)
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
30:42.5
(0+0+0+1)
20 km individual [5]
details
Lowell Bailey
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
48:07.4
(0+0+0+0)
Ondřej Moravec
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
48:10.7
(0+0+0+0)
Martin Fourcade
Flag of France.svg  France
48:28.6
(1+0+1+0)
4 × 7.5 km relay [6]
details
Flag of Russia.svg  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)
Flag of France.svg  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)
Flag of Austria.svg  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 [7]
details
Simon Schempp
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
35:38.3
(0+0+0+0)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
35:47.3
(0+0+0+1)
Simon Eder
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
35:48.4
(0+0+0+0)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
7.5 km sprint [8]
details
Gabriela Koukalová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
19:12.6
(0+0)
Laura Dahlmeier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
19:16.6
(0+0)
Anaïs Chevalier
Flag of France.svg  France
19:37.7
(0+0)
10 km pursuit [9]
details
Laura Dahlmeier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
28:02.3
(1+0+0+0)
Darya Domracheva
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
28:13.9
(0+0+0+0)
Gabriela Koukalová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
28:18.9
(2+0+1+0)
15 km individual [10]
details
Laura Dahlmeier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
41:30.1
(1+0+0+0)
Gabriela Koukalová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
41:54.8
(1+0+0+0)
Alexia Runggaldier
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
43:15.7
(0+0+0+0)
4 × 6 km relay [11]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  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)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  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)
Flag of France.svg  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 [12]
details
Laura Dahlmeier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
33:13.8
(0+0+0+0)
Susan Dunklee
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
33:18.4
(0+0+0+0)
Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
33:33.9
(1+0+0+0)

Mixed

EventGoldSilverBronze
2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay [13]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  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)
Flag of France.svg  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)
Flag of Russia.svg  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)

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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