Host city | Oberhof |
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Country | Germany |
Events | 12 |
Opening | 8 February |
Closing | 19 February |
Website | Website |
Biathlon World Championships 2023 | ||
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Individual | men | women |
Sprint | men | women |
Pursuit | men | women |
Mass start | men | women |
Relay | men | women |
Mixed relay | single | team |
The Biathlon World Championships 2023 took place in Oberhof, Germany, from 8 to 19 February 2023. [1] [2]
All times are local (UTC+1). [3]
Date | Time | Event |
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8 February | 14:45 | 4 × 6 km W+M mixed relay |
10 February | 14:30 | Women's 7.5 km sprint |
11 February | 14:30 | Men's 10 km sprint |
12 February | 13:25 | Women's 10 km pursuit |
15:30 | Men's 12.5 km pursuit | |
14 February | 14:30 | Men's 20 km individual |
15 February | 14:30 | Women's 15 km individual |
16 February | 15:10 | 6 km W + 7.5 km M single mixed relay |
18 February | 11:45 | Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay |
15:00 | Women's 4 × 6 km relay | |
19 February | 12:30 | Men's 15 km mass start |
15:15 | Women's 12.5 km mass start |
* Host nation (Germany)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Norway | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
3 | France | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Germany * | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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7.5 km sprint | Denise Herrmann-Wick Germany | 21:19.7 (0+0) | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 21:21.9 (0+0) | Linn Persson Sweden | 21:45.9 (0+0) |
10 km pursuit | Julia Simon France | 32:00.8 (0+0+0+1) | Denise Herrmann-Wick Germany | 32:27.8 (1+0+1+2) | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 32:38.5 (1+1+1+0) |
15 km individual | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 43:36.1 (1+0+0+0) | Linn Persson Sweden | 43:46.4 (0+0+0+0) | Lisa Vittozzi Italy | 44:04.1 (0+0+0+1) |
4 × 6 km relay | Italy Samuela Comola Dorothea Wierer Hannah Auchentaller Lisa Vittozzi | 1:14:39.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) | Germany Vanessa Voigt Hanna Kebinger Sophia Schneider Denise Herrmann-Wick | 1:15:04.4 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | Sweden Linn Persson Anna Magnusson Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg | 1:15:35.4 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (2+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) |
12.5 km mass start | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 36:48.0 (1+1+0+0) | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway | 36:52.8 (0+1+0+0) | Julia Simon France | 37:08.8 (1+1+0+1) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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4 × 6 km W+M relay | Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Røiseland Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Thingnes Bø | 1:04:41.0 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) | Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Didier Bionaz Tommaso Giacomel | 1:04:53.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | France Julia Simon Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Émilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet | 1:05:37.8 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+3) (0+0) |
6 km W + 7.5 km M single relay | Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Johannes Thingnes Bø | 35:37.1 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) | Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser David Komatz | 35:50.9 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) | Italy Lisa Vittozzi Tommaso Giacomel | 36:28.1 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (2+3) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Denise Herrmann-Wick (GER) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
7 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
10 | Julia Simon (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
11 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
13 | Antonin Guigonnat (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Fabien Claude (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Hannah Auchentaller (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Samuela Comola (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
18 | Linn Persson (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
19 | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Tommaso Giacomel (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
21 | David Komatz (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Didier Bionaz (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Hanna Kebinger (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Sophia Schneider (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Vanessa Voigt (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
28 | Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Anna Magnusson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Elvira Öberg (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Jesper Nelin (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Peppe Femling (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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