# 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 was the opening event of the season and was held in Pokljuka, Slovenia, from 2–9 December 2018.

## Schedule of events

The events took place at the following times.
| Date | Time | Events |
| 2 December | 11:00 CET | 6 km + 7.5 km Single Mixed Relay |
| 2 December | 13:35 CET | 2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Mixed Relay |
| 6 December | 09:15 CET | Men's 20 km Individual |
| 6 December | 13:15 CET | Women's 15 km Individual |
| 7 December | 13:15 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| 8 December | 13:15 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| 9 December | 10:45 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |
| 9 December | 13:45 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |

## Medal winners
### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 20 km Individual | Martin Fourcade France | 47:09.2 (0+0+0+0) | Johannes Kühn Germany | 47:13.4 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Eder Austria | 47:28.9 (0+0+0+0) |
| 10 km Sprint | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 23:46.3 (0+1) | Antonin Guigonnat France | 24:02.4 (0+0) | Alexander Loginov Russia | 24:02.7 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 30:20.4 (1+0+0+2) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 30:20.5 (0+0+0+0) | Alexander Loginov Russia | 30:22.3 (0+0+1+0) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km Individual | Yuliia Dzhima Ukraine | 43:06.6 (0+0+0+0) | Monika Hojnisz Poland | 43:12.5 (0+0+0+1) | Markéta Davidová Czech Republic | 43:23.1 (0+0+0+1) |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 20:08.1 (0+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 20:22.9 (0+0) | Justine Braisaz France | 20:50.2 (0+0) |
| 10 km Pursuit | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 29:16.9 (0+0+0+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 29:58.2 (0+0+0+0) | Paulína Fialková Slovakia | 30:16.1 (0+0+0+0) |

### Mixed

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 6 km + 7.5 km Single Mixed Relay | Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Lars Helge Birkeland | 38:26.7 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) | Austria Lisa Hauser Simon Eder | 38:35.2 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) | Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Artem Tyshchenko | 38:47.4 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) |
| 2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Mixed Relay | France Anaïs Bescond Justine Braisaz Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux | 1:10:02.8 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) | Switzerland Elisa Gasparin Lena Häcki Benjamin Weger Jeremy Finello | 1:10:41.5 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) | Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer | 1:10:54.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (1+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) |

## Achievements
### Best individual performance for all time

* Johannes Kühn (GER), 2nd place in Individual
* Antonin Guigonnat (FRA), 2nd place in Sprint
* Sindre Pettersen (NOR), 6th place in Sprint
* Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE), 9th place in Individual
* Jesper Nelin (SWE), 13th place in Individual
* Scott Gow (CAN), 14th place in Individual
* Christian Gow (CAN), 14th place in Pursuit
* Felix Leitner (AUT), 17th place in Individual
* Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE), 18th place in Individual
* Mikito Tachizaki (JPN), 24th place in Individual
* Karol Dombrovski (LTU), 25th place in Individual
* Philipp Horn (GER), 28th place in Pursuit
* Thierry Chenal (ITA), 32nd place in Sprint
* Eduard Latypov (RUS), 41st place in Pursuit
* Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec (POL), 48th place in Individual
* Saverio Zini (ITA), 72nd place in Sprint
* Jaakko Ranta (FIN), 83rd place in Individual
* Dujin Choi (KOR), 91st place in Individual
* Travis Cooper (USA), 103rd place in Sprint
* Yuliia Dzhima (UKR), 1st place in Individual
* Monika Hojnisz (POL), 2nd place in Individual
* Markéta Davidová (CZE), 3rd place in Individual
* Julia Simon (FRA), 4th place in Sprint
* Clare Egan (USA), 6th place in Pursuit
* Evgeniya Pavlova (RUS), 8th place in Sprint
* Anna Weidel (GER), 10th place in Sprint
* Valeria Vasnetcova (RUS), 13th place in Individual
* Margarita Vasileva (RUS), 13th place in Sprint
* Emma Nilsson (SWE), 18th place in Individual
* Venla Lehtonen (FIN), 36th place in Individual
* Yelizaveta Belchenko (KAZ), 47th place in Pursuit
* Emilie Aagheim Kalkenberg (NOR), 48th place in Pursuit
* Anastassiya Kondratyeva (KAZ), 66th place in Sprint
* Asuka Hachisuka (JPN), 84th place in Sprint
* Jenny Fellman (FIN), 91st place in Sprint

### First individual World Cup race

* Sindre Pettersen (NOR), 44th place in Individual
* Mihail Usov (MDA), 62nd place in Individual
* Philipp Horn (GER), 77th place in Individual
* Yang Xingyuan (CHN), 95th place in Individual
* Kristiyan Stoyanov (BUL), 97th place in Sprint
* Eduard Latypov (RUS), 99th place in Individual
* Raul Antonio Flore (ROU), 100th place in Sprint
* Zhu Zhenyu (CHN), 104th place in Sprint
* Travis Cooper (USA), 105th place in Individual
* Saverio Zini (ITA), 106th place in Individual
* Evgeniya Pavlova (RUS), 31st place in Individual
* Margarita Vasileva (RUS), 42nd place in Individual
* Irina Kruchinkina (BLR), 44th place in Individual
* Anna Weidel (GER), 66th place in Individual
* Karoline Offigstad Knotten (NOR), 75th place in Sprint
* Lea Einfalt (SLO), 77th place in Individual
* Lyudmila Akhatova (KAZ), 87th place in Individual
* Asuka Hachisuka (JPN), 99th place in Individual
* Jenny Fellman (FIN), 101st place in Individual