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Biathlon World Championships 2017

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Biathlon World Championships 2017
Host cityHochfilzen
CountryAustria
Events11
Opening9 February
Closing19 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

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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

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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
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
14:45 Men's 15 km Mass Start

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)7108
2 France (FRA)1247
3 Czech Republic (CZE)1214
4 United States (USA)1102
5 Russia (RUS)1012
6 Norway (NOR)0314
7 Belarus (BLR)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
9 Austria (AUT)0022
10 Finland (FIN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (11 entries)11111133

Top athletes

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All athletes with two or more medals.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Laura Dahlmeier (GER)5106
2 Simon Schempp (GER)2002
 Vanessa Hinz (GER)2002
4 Martin Fourcade (FRA)1225
5 Gabriela Koukalová (CZE)1113
6 Anton Shipulin (RUS)1012
7 Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)0303
8 Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)0202
9 Anaïs Chevalier (FRA)0123
10 Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)0112
11 Simon Eder (AUT)0022

Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km sprint[3]
details
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]
details
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]
details
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]
details
 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]
details
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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
7.5 km sprint[8]
details
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]
details
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]
details
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]
details
 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]
details
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

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

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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
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