|  | |
| Host city | Kontiolahti | 
|---|---|
| Country | Finland | 
| Events | 11 | 
| Opening | 5 March | 
| Closing | 15 March | 
| Biathlon at the 2015 World Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|  | |||
| Individual | men | women | |
| Sprint | men | women | |
| Pursuit | men | women | |
| Mass start | men | women | |
| Relay | men | women | mixed | 
The 47th Biathlon World Championships were held in Kontiolahti, Finland from 5 March to 15 March 2015.[1][2][3]
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 counted for the 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup season.
Schedule
All times are local (UTC+2).[4]
| Date | Time | Event | 
|---|---|---|
| 5 March | 18:15 | 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km mixed relay | 
| 7 March | 14:00 | Men's 10 km sprint | 
| 17:30 | Women's 7.5 km sprint | |
| 8 March | 14:15 | Men's 12.5 km pursuit | 
| 17:00 | Women's 10 km pursuit | |
| 11 March | 18:15 | Women's 15 km individual | 
| 12 March | 18:15 | Men's 20 km individual | 
| 13 March | 18:15 | Women's 4 × 6 km relay | 
| 14 March | 17:30 | Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay | 
| 15 March | 14:30 | Women's 12.5 km mass start | 
| 17:15 | Men's 15 km mass start | 
Medal winners
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km sprint[5] | Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway | 24:12.8 (0+1) | Nathan Smith .svg.png.webp) Canada | 24:24.9 (0+1) | Tarjei Bø  Norway | 24:38.1 (0+0) | 
| 12.5 km pursuit[6] | Erik Lesser  Germany | 30:47.9 (0+0+0+0) | Anton Shipulin  Russia | 31:04.9 (0+1+0+0) | Tarjei Bø  Norway | 31:06.6 (0+0+1+0) | 
| 20 km individual[7] | Martin Fourcade  France | 47:29.4 (0+1+0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway | 47:50.3 (0+0+0+0) | Ondřej Moravec  Czech Republic | 48:09.9 (0+1+0+0) | 
| 4 × 7.5 km relay[8] |  Germany | 1:13:49.5 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) |  Norway | 1:14:04.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) |  France | 1:14:23.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) | 
| 15 km mass start[9] | Jakov Fak  Slovenia | 36:24.9 (0+0+1+0) | Ondřej Moravec  Czech Republic | 36:25.9 (1+0+0+0) | Tarjei Bø  Norway | 36:28.6 (0+0+1+0) | 
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 km sprint[10] | Marie Dorin Habert  France | 22:16.8 (0+1) | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak  Poland | 22:26.4 (0+0) | Valentyna Semerenko  Ukraine | 22:36.5 (0+1) | 
| 10 km pursuit[11] | Marie Dorin Habert  France | 30:07.7 (0+0+2+1) | Laura Dahlmeier  Germany | 30:23.0 (1+0+0+1) | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak  Poland | 30:39.3 (0+1+2+0) | 
| 15 km individual[12] | Ekaterina Yurlova  Russia | 41:32.2 (0+0+0+0) | Gabriela Soukalová  Czech Republic | 41:55.4 (0+0+0+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland | 41:56.6 (0+1+1+0) | 
| 4 × 6 km relay[13] |  Germany | 1:11:54.6 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) |  France | 1:12:54.9 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) |  Italy | 1:13:00.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | 
| 12.5 km mass start[14] | Valentyna Semerenko  Ukraine | 34:32.9 (0+0+0+0) | Franziska Preuß  Germany | 34:39.1 (0+0+0+1) | Karin Oberhofer  Italy | 34:45.5 (1+1+0+0) | 
Mixed
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay[15] |  Czech Republic | 1:20:27.2 (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) |  France | 1:20:47.4 (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) |  Norway | 1:20:54.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | 
Medal table
Top nations
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 
| 2 |  Germany (GER) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 
| 3 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 
| 4 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 
| 5 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| 6 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 7 |  Slovenia (SVN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 8 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 9 | .svg.png.webp) Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 10 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 
| 11 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Totals (11 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Top athletes
All athletes with three or more medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 
| 2 |  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 
|  Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
|  Ondřej Moravec (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 
References
- ↑ "Kontiolahden Urheilijat" [Kontiolahti Sports Club]. Kontiolahti: Kontiolahden Urheilijat r.y. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ↑ "Überraschend Kontiolahti als WM-Ausrichter 2015 gewählt". Biathlon-online.de. September 5, 2010. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
- ↑ "A Kontiolahti i mondiali di biathlon 2015" (in Italian). Wintersport-news.it. Archived from the original on October 20, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
- ↑ "IBU World Championships 2015 Schedule". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ↑ Men's sprint results
- ↑ Men's pursuit results
- ↑ Men's individual results
- ↑ Men's relay results
- ↑ Men's mass start results
- ↑ Women's sprint results
- ↑ Women's pursuit results
- ↑ Women's individual results
- ↑ Women's relay results
- ↑ Women's mass start results
- ↑ Mixed relay results
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