# Biathlon at the Winter World University Games

Biathlon events have been contested at the Universiade as an optional sport in 1983, 1989 and 1993, becoming a compulsory sport after 1997.

## Editions

| Games | Year | Host city | Host country | Winner | Second | Third |
| XI | 1983 | Sofia | Bulgaria | Soviet Union | Romania | Bulgaria |
| XIV | 1989 | Sofia | Bulgaria | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Bulgaria |
| XVI | 1993 | Zakopane | Poland | Russia | China | Belarus |
| XVIII | 1997 | Muju County | South Korea | Russia | France | Czech Republic |
| XIX | 1999 | Poprad | Slovakia | Slovakia | Poland | Russia |
| XX | 2001 | Zakopane | Poland | Russia | Poland | Belarus |
| XXI | 2003 | Forni Avoltri | Italy | Ukraine | Russia | Belarus |
| XXII | 2005 | Seefeld in Tirol | Austria | Russia | Ukraine | Poland |
| XXIII | 2007 | Cesana San Sicario | Italy | Belarus | Ukraine | Russia |
| XXIV | 2009 | Harbin | China | Russia | Ukraine | China |
| XV | 2011 | Erzurum | Turkey | Ukraine | Russia | Bulgaria |
| XXVI | 2013 | Tesero | Italy | Russia | Poland | Ukraine |
| XXVII | 2015 | Osrblie | Slovakia | Russia | Ukraine | Czech Republic/ Slovakia |
| XXVIII | 2017 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | Russia | Kazakhstan | France |
| XXIX | 2019 | Krasnoyarsk | Russia | Russia | Norway | Czech Republic |
| XXX | 2023 | Lake Placid | United States | Kazakhstan | Canada | Czech Republic |
| XXXI | 2025 | Pragelato | Italy | Ukraine | Poland | France |

## Events

| Event | 83 | 89 | 93 | 97 | 99 | 01 | 03 | 05 | 07 | 09 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 25 | Years |
| Men's individual 20 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | | 15 |
| Men's individual 15 km | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | 2 |
| Men's sprint 10 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17 |
| Men's pursuit 12,5 km | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 |
| Men's mass start 15 km | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11 |
| Men's relay 4 x 7,5 km | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| Women's individual 15 km | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | | 14 |
| Women's individual 12.5 km | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | 2 |
| Women's sprint 7,5 km | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 |
| Women's pursuit 10 km | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 |
| Women's mass start 12,5 km | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11 |
| Women's relay 4 x 6 km | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7,5 km | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 6 |
| Single mixed relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | • | 1 |

## Medalists
### Men
#### Individual 15 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2023 | Vadim Kurales | Ørjan Moseng | Axel Garnier |
| 2025 | Bohdan Borkovskyi | Patrik Kuuttinen | Petr Hák |

#### Individual 20 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983 | Taras Dolny | Andrei Nepein | Leonid Novikov |
| 1985–1987 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1989 | Jan Matouš | Leonid Reztsov | Gennady Karpinkin |
| 1991 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1993 | Pavel Mouslimov | Franck Perrot | Tan Hongbin |
| 1995 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1997 | Marian Málek | Guenther Beck | Andrey Ovcharenko |
| 1999 | Vladimir Beresnev | Tomasz Sikora | Marek Matiaško |
| 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 |

#### Sprint 10 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983 | Taras Dolny | Leonid Novikov | Andrei Nepein |
| 1985–1987 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1989 | Jan Matouš | Konstantin Vaigin | Gennady Karpinkin |
| 1991 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1993 | Franck Perrot | Gennady Karpinkin | Nicolai Dobrokhvalov |
| 1995 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1997 | Franck Perrot | Anton Kalinin | Guenther Beck |
| 1999 | Tomasz Sikora | Andrei Prokounin | Vladimir Beresnev |
| 2001 | Tomasz Sikora | Roustam Valioulin | Sergei Novikov |
| 2003 | Andriy Deryzemlya | Filipp Shoulman | Vladimir Berestnev |
| 2005 | Andrei Makoveev | Olexander Bilanenko | Alexandr Syman |
| 2007 | Sergei Novikov | Sergey Tarasov | Serhiy Sednev |
| 2009 | Artem Gusev | Oleg Berezhnoy | Jaroslav Soukup |
| 2011 | Artem Pryma | Sergii Semenov | Evgeniy Garanichev |
| 2013 | Milanko Petrović | Vitaliy Kilchytskyy | Dmytro Pidruchnyi |
| 2015 | Yaroslav Ivanov | Maksim Burtasov | Yuri Shopin |
| 2017 | Semyon Suchilov | Dmitry Ivanov | Roman Yeryomin |
| 2019 | Eduard Latypov | Dmitry Ivanov | Nikita Porshnev |
| 2023 | Bekentay Turlubekov | Bjorn Westervelt | Alexandr Mukhin |

#### Pursuit 12,5 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1985–1997 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1999 | Tomasz Sikora | Vladimir Beresnev | Aliaksandr Syman |
| 2001 | Tomasz Sikora | Guenther Beck | Pavol Hurajt |
| 2003 | Vyacheslav Derkach | Alexei Korobeinikov | Andriy Deryzemlya |
| 2005 | Andrei Makoveev | Andriy Deryzemlya | Olexander Bilanenko |
| 2007 | Andrei Makoveev | Jaroslav Soukup | Sergey Tarasov |
| 2009 | Oleg Berezhnoy | Artem Gusev | Jaroslav Soukup |
| 2011 | Sergii Semenov | Artem Pryma | Evgeniy Garanichev |
| 2013 | Aleksandr Pechenkin | Sergei Kliachin | Alexei Almoukov |
| 2015 | Yuri Shopin | Yaroslav Ivanov | Maksim Burtasov |
| 2017 | Sergey Korastylev | Dmitry Ivanov | Semen Suchilov |
| 2019 | Dmitry Ivanov | Eduard Latypov | Nikita Porshnev |
| 2023 | Bjorn Westervelt | Dmytrii Hrushchak | Wojciech Janik |
| 2023 | Bohan Borkovskyi | Serhii Suprun | Paul Fontaine |

#### Mass start 15 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983–2001 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 2003 | Andriy Deryzemlya | Vyacheslav Derkach | Vladimir Berestnev |
| 2005 | Mikhail Kochkin | Roman Pryma | Jaroslav Soukup |
| 2007 | Andrei Makoveev | Oleg Berezhnoy | Serhiy Sednev |
| 2009 | Jaroslav Soukup | Alexey Trustov | Artem Gusev |
| 2011 | Roman Pryma | Krasimir Anev | Alexey Trustov |
| 2013 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Tomáš Krupčík | Dmitrii Elkhin |
| 2015 | Vitaliy Kilchytskyy | Dmytro Rusinov | Yuri Shopin |
| 2017 | Baptiste Jouty | Roman Yeryomin | Anton Pantov |
| 2019 | Espen Uldal | Maksim Varabei | Adam Václavík |
| 2023 | Axel Garnier | Alexandr Mukhin | Ørjan Moseng |

#### Relay 4 x 7,5 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983 | Soviet Union | Romania | Bulgaria |
| 1985–1987 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1989 | Soviet Union | Bulgaria | China |
| 1991 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1993 | Belarus | Russia | China |
| 1995 | not included in the program | not included in the program | 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 | not included in the program | not included in the program |

### Women
#### Individual 15 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983–1987 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1989 | Maria Manolova | Elena Batsevich | Wang Jingge |
| 1991 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1993 | Elena Doumnova | Agata Suszka | Alla Elsoukova |
| 1995 | not included in the program | not included in the program | 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 Landová |
| 2015 | Alina Raikova | Ekaterina Avvakumova | Paulína Fialková |
| 2017 | Alina Raikova | Galina Vishnevskaya | Nadiia Bielkina |
| 2019 | Natalia Gerbulova | Ekaterina Moshkova | Elena Chirkova |
| 2023 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |

#### Sprint 7,5 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983–1987 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1989 | Louisa Cherepanova | Natalia Ivanova | Song Aiqin |
| 1991 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1993 | Wang Jinfen | Elena Doumnova | Wang Jinping |
| 1995 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1997 | Elena Maslova | Rachel Steer | Kamila Horáková |
| 1999 | Martina Schwarzbacherová | Marcela Pavkovčeková | Soňa Mihoková |
| 2001 | Irina Malguina | Olga Zaitseva | Iryna Tananaika |
| 2003 | Olga Nazarova | Tatiana Moiseeva | Natalya Burdyga |
| 2005 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Oksana Khvostenko | Natalya Burdyga |
| 2007 | Darya Domracheva | Valj Semerenko | Vita Semerenko |
| 2009 | Nadezhda Chastina | Marina Korovina | Agnieszka Grzybek |
| 2011 | Vita Semerenko | Evgeniya Sedova | Emilia Yordanova |
| 2013 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Monika Hojnisz | Tatiana Semenova |
| 2015 | Paulina Fialkova | Evgeniya Pavlova | Jitka Landová |
| 2017 | Galina Vishnevskaya | Iana Bondar | Anastasiya Egorova |
| 2019 | Ekaterina Moshkova | Irina Kazakevich | Tamara Voronina |
| 2023 | Anna Nędza-Kubiniec | Shilo Rousseau | Tereza Jandová |

#### Pursuit 10 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1985–1997 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1999 | Agata Suszka | Martina Schwarzbacherová | Anna Murínová |
| 2001 | Irina Malguina | Martina Schwarzbacherová | Olga Zaitseva |
| 2003 | Oksana Khvostenko | Joulia Makarova | Radka Doskočilová |
| 2005 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Oksana Khvostenko | Natalya Burdyga |
| 2007 | Vita Semerenko | Valj Semerenko | Ludmilla Kolinchik |
| 2009 | Anna Kunaeva | Liu Yuan-Yuan | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak |
| 2011 | Vita Semerenko | Daria Virolaynen | Evgeniya Sedova |
| 2013 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Monika Hojnisz | Tatiana Semenova |
| 2015 | Evgeniya Pavlova | Paulína Fialková | Kristina Smirnova |
| 2017 | Nadiia Bielkina | Olga Shesterikova | Larissa Kuklina |
| 2019 | Ekaterina Moshkova | Irina Kazakevich | Tamara Voronina |
| 2023 | Shilo Rousseau | Anna Nędza-Kubiniec | Barbara Skrobiszewska |
| 2025 | Barbara Skrobiszewska | Amelia Liszka | Daryna Chalyk |

#### 12.5 km short individual

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2023 | Anna Nędza-Kubiniec | Shilo Rousseau | Tereza Jandová |
| 2025 | Noemie Remonnay | Amelia Liszka | Daryna Chalyk |

#### Mass start 12,5 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983–2001 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 2003 | Oksana Khvostenko | Tatiana Moiseeva | Raisa Matveeva |
| 2005 | Oksana Khvostenko | Liudmila Ananka | Ksenia Zikunkova |
| 2007 | Nadezhda Skardino | Nadezhda Kolesnikova | Valj Semerenko |
| 2009 | Song Chaoqing | Anna Sorokina | Nadezhda Chastina |
| 2011 | Maria Sadilova | Anna Kunaeva | Franziska Hildebrand |
| 2013 | Jitka Landová | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Iryna Varvynets |
| 2015 | Jitka Landová | Eva Puskarčíková | Iana Bondar |
| 2017 | Galina Vishnevskaya | Iana Bondar | Larisa Kuklina |
| 2019 | Ekaterina Moshkova | Elizaveta Kaplina | Elena Chirkova |
| 2023 | Kristýna Otcovská | Pauline Machut | Anna Blanc |

#### Relay 4 x 6 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983–1987 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1989 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | China |
| 1991 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 1993 | Russia | China | Finland |
| 1995 | not included in the program | not included in the program | 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 | not included in the program | not included in the program |

### Mixed
#### Relay 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7,5 km

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983–2017 | not included in the program | not included in the program | 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 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |

#### Single mixed relay

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983–2019 | not included in the program | not included in the program | not included in the program |
| 2023 | Czech Republic | France | Ukraine |
| 2025 | Ukraine | Czech Republic | Poland |

## Medal table

Last updated after the 2025 Winter World University Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 50 | 41 | 38 | 129 |
| 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | 26 | 32 | 26 | 84 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 12 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Belarus (BLR) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Slovakia (SVK) | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 5 | 5 | 15 | 25 |
| 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 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 140 | 140 | 140 | 420 |