| Summer Biathlon World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date(s) | midyear |
| Frequency | annual |
| Inaugurated | 1990 |
| Organised by | IBU |
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The Summer Biathlon World Championships are the world championships in summer biathlon which have been held annually since 1990.
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 |  Lake Placid |  Sergei Tarasov (RUS) | Alexandr Popov (RUS) |  Dave McMahon (CAN) |
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 |  Hochfilzen | Alexei Kobelev (RUS) |  Janez Ožbolt (SLO) |  Vadim Sashurin (BLR) |
This event was not held in 2007.
This event was first held in 1990. It was not held in 2006, and last held in 2007.
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 |  Forni Avoltri |  Olexander Bilanenko (UKR) | Vyacheslav Derkach (UKR) |  Marek Matiaško (SVK) |
| 2004 | Brezno-Osrblie | Pavol Hurajt (SVK) | Timur Nurmeev (RUS) | Alexey Mironov (RUS) |
| 2005 |  Muonio | Alexandr Syman (BLR) | Alexei Kobelev (RUS) |  Jaroslav Soukup (CZE) |
| 2007 |  Otepää | Alexey Katrenko (RUS) | Indrek Tobreluts (EST) | Ivan Bogdanov (RUS) |
This event was first held in 1997 and last held in 2005. From 1997 to 2002 the distance was 4 × 6 km.
This event was only held in 1996.
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Hochfilzen | Olessia Toupilenko (RUS) |  Gunn Margit Andreassen (NOR) |  Liu Jinfeng (CHN) |
From 1996 to 2002 the distance was 4 km.
From 1997 to 2002 the distance was 6 km. This event was not held in 2007.
This event was first held in 2003. It was not held in 2006, and last held in 2007.
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Forni Avoltri | Tatiana Moiseeva (RUS) | Olga Nazarova (BLR) | Olena Zubrilova (BLR) |
| 2004 | Brezno-Osrblie | Olga Nazarova (BLR) | Lubov Ermolaeva (RUS) | Svetlana Khandohina (BLR) |
| 2005 | Muonio | Natalya Sokolova (BLR) | Tatiana Moiseeva (RUS) | Olga Nazarova (BLR) |
| 2007 | Otepää | Natalya Sokolova (BLR) |  Elena Khrustaleva (KAZ) | Natalia Sorokina (RUS) |
This event was first held in 1997 and last held in 2005. From 1997 to 2002 the distance was 4 × 4 km.
This event was only held in 2006 and 2007.
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Minsk |  Timofey Lapshin (KOR) | Klemen Bauer (SLO) | Eduard Latypov (RUS) |
| 2021 | Nové Město |  George Buta (ROU) | Yaroslav Kostyukov (RBU) |  Florent Claude (BEL) |
| 2022 |  Ruhpolding | Philipp Horn (GER) |  Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | Peppe Femling (SWE) |
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Brezno/Osrblie |  Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) | Tomáš Mikyska (CZE) | Artem Tyshchenko (UKR) |
From 2006 to 2018 the distance was 10 km
From 2006 to 2018 the distance was 12.5 km
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ruhpolding | Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | Roman Rees (GER) | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) |
| 2023 | Brezno/Osrblie | Taras Lesiuk (UKR) | Dmitrii Shamaev (ROU) |  Vytautas Strolia (LTU) |
In 2019 the distance was 5 km
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Minsk | Valentyna Semerenko (UKR) | Lucie Charvátová (CZE) | Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS) |
| 2021 | Nové Město | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | Irina Kazakevich (RBU) |
| 2022 | Ruhpolding | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | Nastassia Kinnunen (FIN) |
| 2023 | Brezno/Osrblie | Marion Wiesensarter (GER) | Tuuli Tomingas (EST) | Lisa Maria Spark (GER) |
From 2006 to 2018 the distance was 7.5 km
From 2006 to 2018 the distance was 10 km
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ruhpolding | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | Denise Herrmann (GER) | Markéta Davidová (CZE) |
| 2023 | Brezno/Osrblie | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | Tuuli Tomingas (EST) | Marion Wiesensarter (GER) |
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