Biathlon World Championships 2017

Biathlon World Championships 2017
Host city	Hochfilzen
Country	Austria
Events	11
Opening	9 February
Closing	19 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.

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]

Date	Time	Event
9 February	14:45	2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km Mixed Relay
10 February	14:45	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
11 February	14:45	Men's 10 km Sprint
12 February	10:30	Women's 10 km Pursuit
12 February	14:45	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
15 February	14:30	Women's 15 km Individual
16 February	14:30	Men's 20 km Individual
17 February	14:45	Women's 4 × 6 km Relay
18 February	14:45	Men's 4 × 7.5 km Relay
19 February	11:30	Women's 12.5 km Mass Start
19 February	14:45	Men's 15 km Mass Start

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	7	1	0	8
2	France (FRA)	1	2	4	7
3	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	1	4
4	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
5	Russia (RUS)	1	0	1	2
6	Norway (NOR)	0	3	1	4
7	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
7	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
9	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
10	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
10	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		11	11	11	33

Top athletes

All athletes with two or more medals.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Laura Dahlmeier (GER)	5	1	0	6
2	Simon Schempp (GER)	2	0	0	2
2	Vanessa Hinz (GER)	2	0	0	2
4	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	1	2	2	5
5	Gabriela Koukalová (CZE)	1	1	1	3
6	Anton Shipulin (RUS)	1	0	1	2
7	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	0	3	0	3
8	Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)	0	2	0	2
9	Anaïs Chevalier (FRA)	0	1	2	3
10	Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)	0	1	1	2
11	Simon Eder (AUT)	0	0	2	2

Men

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

Women

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

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay[13]	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)	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)	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)

References

"Oslo and Hochfilzen Selected as World Championship Host". biathlonworld.com. September 2, 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012.
"Schedule". Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
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

External links

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[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

World championships in 2017
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Winter sports	Alpine skiing Bandy (men) Biathlon Bobsleigh / skeleton Curling men women mixed mixed doubles Figure skating Freestyle skiing / snowboarding Ice hockey men women Luge Nordic skiing Speed skating allround sprint single distances short track
Cue & mind sports	Chess women rapid blitz Darts BDO PDC Draughts men women rapid / blitz Russian version Pool Nine-ball Snooker six-red
Motor sports	Air race Endurance racing F1 Powerboat Formula One Motocross men women team MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 Radio-controlled 1:10 off-road Rally Rallycross Speedway individual team Sidecarcross Superbike Supersport Touring car