| Biathlon at the Winter World University Games | |
|---|---|
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| Events | 10 (men: 5; women: 5) |
| Games | |
Biathlon events have been contested at the Universiade as an optional sport in 1983, 1989 and 1993, becoming a compulsory sport after 1997.
| Biathlon at the Winter World University Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Events | 10 (men: 5; women: 5) |
| Games | |
Biathlon events have been contested at the Universiade as an optional sport in 1983, 1989 and 1993, becoming a compulsory sport after 1997.
| Event | 83 | 89 | 93 | 97 | 99 | 01 | 03 | 05 | 07 | 09 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual 20 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14 |
| Men's sprint 10 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14 |
| Men's pursuit 12,5 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 | ||||
| Men's mass start 15 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||||
| Men's relay 4 x 7,5 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | |||||
| Women's individual 15 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | |
| Women's sprint 7,5 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | |
| Women's pursuit 10 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 | ||||
| Women's mass start 12,5 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||||
| Women's relay 4 x 6 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||||
| Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7,5 km | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  Vadim Kurales |  Ørjan Moseng |  Axel Garnier |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 |  Taras Dolny | Andrei Nepein | Leonid Novikov |
| 1985–1987 | not included in the program | ||
| 1989 |  Jan Matoush | Leonid Reztsov | Gennady Karpinkin |
| 1991 | not included in the program | ||
| 1993 |  Pavel Mouslimov | Franck Perrot |  Tan Hongbin |
| 1995 | not included in the program | ||
| 1997 | Marian Malek |  Guenther Beck | Andrei Ovtcharenko |
| 1999 | Vladimir Beresnev |  Tomasz Sikora |  Marek Matiasko |
| 2001 | Tomasz Sikora | Victor Gain |  Roustam Valioulin |
| 2003 |  Olexander Bilanenko | Pavol Hurajt | Alexei Korobeinikov |
| 2005 | Olexander Bilanenko | Alexandr Syman | Pavol Hurajt |
| 2007 | Sergei Novikov | Serhiy Sednev | Roman Pryma |
| 2009 | Artem Gusev | Remy Borgeot | Serhiy Semenov |
| 2011 | Alexey Trustov |  Krasimir Anev | Matej Kazar |
| 2013 | Sergei Kliachin | Aleksandr Mingalev |  Milanko Petrović |
| 2015 | Dmytro Rusinov | Vadim Filimonov | Yuri Shopin |
| 2017 | Baptiste Jouty | Sergei Korastylev | Semyon Suchilov |
| 2019 | Nikita Porshnev | Semyon Suchilov | Félix Cottet-Puinel |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Soviet Union |  Romania | Bulgaria |
| 1985–1987 | not included in the program | ||
| 1989 | Soviet Union | Bulgaria | China |
| 1991 | not included in the program | ||
| 1993 | Belarus | Russia | China |
| 1995 | not included in the program | ||
| 1997 | Russia | Ukraine | Czech Republic |
| 1999 | Russia | Ukraine | Belarus |
| 2001 | Belarus | Russia | Poland |
| 2003 | Russia | Belarus | Ukraine |
| 2005 | Russia | Ukraine | Slovakia |
| 2007 | Belarus | Ukraine | Russia |
| 2009–2023 | not included in the program | ||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–1987 | not included in the program | ||
| 1989 | Maria Manolova | Elena Batsevich | Wang Jingge |
| 1991 | not included in the program | ||
| 1993 | Elena Doumnova | Agata Suszka | Alla Elsoukova |
| 1995 | not included in the program | ||
| 1997 | Elena Maslova | Emmanuelle Termier |  Rachel Steer |
| 1999 | Martina Schwarzbacherova | Adriana Babik | Oksana Khvostenko |
| 2001 | Martina Schwarzbacherova | Celine Drezet | Olga Nazarova |
| 2003 | Ksenia Zikounkova | Olga Nazarova | Marina Bortchoukova |
| 2005 | Yekaterina Yuryeva | Oksana Yakovleva | Natalya Burdyga |
| 2007 | Oksana Yakovleva | Nadezhda Skardino | Vita Semerenko |
| 2009 | Anna Kunaeva | Nadezhda Chastina |  Franziska Hildebrand |
| 2011 | Daria Virolaynen | Franziska Hildebrand | Darya Yurkevich |
| 2013 | Natalia Prekopova | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Jitka Landova |
| 2015 | Alina Raikova | Ekaterina Avvakumova | Paulina Fialkova |
| 2017 | Alina Raikova | Galina Vishnevskaya | Nadiia Bielkina |
| 2019 | Natalia Gerbulova | Ekaterina Moshkova | Elena Chirkova |
| 2023 | not included in the program | ||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Anna Nędza-Kubiniec |  Shilo Rousseau | Tereza Jandová |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–1987 | not included in the program | ||
| 1989 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | China |
| 1991 | not included in the program | ||
| 1993 | Russia | China |  Finland |
| 1995 | not included in the program | ||
| 1997 | Russia | Ukraine | Czech Republic |
| 1999 | Slovakia | Russia | Poland |
| 2001 | Russia | Belarus | Ukraine |
| 2003 | Russia | Ukraine | Belarus |
| 2005 | Ukraine | Belarus | Russia |
| 2007 | Belarus | Ukraine | Russia |
| 2009–2023 | not included in the program | ||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–2017 | not included in the program | ||
| 2009 | Russia | France | Ukraine |
| 2011 | Ukraine | Russia | Bulgaria |
| 2013 | Russia | Ukraine | Czech Republic |
| 2015 | Russia | Kazakhstan | Ukraine |
| 2017 | Russia | Kazakhstan | Ukraine |
| 2019 | Russia | Czech Republic | France |
| 2023 | Czech Republic | France | Ukraine |
Last updated after the 2023 Winter Universiade
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 50 | 41 | 38 | 129 |
| 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | 22 | 30 | 23 | 75 |
| 3 | Belarus (BLR) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 10 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Slovakia (SVK) | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | China (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 12 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 131 | 131 | 131 | 393 | |
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