# Biathlon World Championships 2019

The Biathlon World Championships 2019 took place in Östersund, Sweden, from 6 to 17 March 2019.
There were a total of 12 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and two mixed relay races. The single mixed relay was on the program of the World Championships for the first time. All the events during this championships also counted for the 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup season.

## Host selection

On 7 September 2014, Östersund won the voting (27 votes) in St. Wolfgang, Austria over Antholz, Italy (16 votes), Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic (4 votes) and Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (2 votes). This was third time when World Championships was held in Östersund; the town had previously hosted the event in 1970 and 2008.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 7 March | 16:15 | W 2 × 6 km + M 2 × 7.5 km mixed relay |
| 8 March | 16:15 | Women's 7.5 km sprint |
| 9 March | 16:30 | Men's 10 km sprint |
| 10 March | 13:45 | Women's 10 km pursuit |
| 10 March | 16:10 | Men's 12.5 km pursuit |
| 12 March | 15:30 | Women's 15 km individual |
| 13 March | 16:10 | Men's 20 km individual |
| 14 March | 17:10 | W 6 km + M 7.5 km single mixed relay |
| 16 March | 13:15 | Women's 4 × 6 km relay |
| 16 March | 16:30 | Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay |
| 17 March | 13:15 | Women's 12.5 km mass start |
| 17 March | 16:00 | Men's 15 km mass start |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Sweden)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE)* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

### Top athletes

All athletes with two or more medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Dominik Windisch (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Benedikt Doll (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Alexander Loginov (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Lukas Hofer (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 10 km sprint details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:37.6 (0+1) | Alexander Loginov Russia | 24:51.3 (0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 24:54.1 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km pursuit details | Dmytro Pidruchnyi Ukraine | 31:54.1 (2+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 32:02.4 (0+1+1+3) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 32:11.8 (2+0+0+1) |
| 20 km individual details | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 52:42.4 (0+0+0+0) | Vladimir Iliev Bulgaria | 53:51.1 (0+1+0+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 53:51.5 (0+1+0+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay details | NorwayLars Helge Birkeland Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø | 1:12:03.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) | GermanyErik Lesser Roman Rees Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll | 1:12:41.8 (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) | RussiaMatvey Eliseev Nikita Porshnev Dmitry Malyshko Alexander Loginov | 1:13:07.8 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) |
| 15 km mass start details | Dominik Windisch Italy | 40:54.1 (1+1+1+0) | Antonin Guigonnat France | 41:16.9 (2+0+0+1) | Julian Eberhard Austria | 41:17.4 (0+0+3+1) |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 22:17.5 (1+0) | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway | 22:27.2 (0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 22:30.1 (0+0) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Denise Herrmann Germany | 31:45.9 (0+0+2+0) | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 32:17.3 (0+0+2+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 32:17.5 (0+0+1+0) |
| 15 km individual details | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 43:10.4 (0+0+0+0) | Lisa Vittozzi Italy | 43:34.0 (0+0+0+0) | Justine Braisaz France | 43:42.9 (0+0+1+0) |
| 4 × 6 km relay details | NorwaySynnøve Solemdal Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland | 1:12:00.1 (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) | SwedenLinn Persson Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg | 1:12:24.4 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+3) | UkraineAnastasiya Merkushyna Vita Semerenko Yuliia Dzhima Valentyna Semerenko | 1:12:35.2 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) |
| 12.5 km mass start details | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 37:26.4 (0+0+0+2) | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht Russia | 37:31.3 (0+0+1+1) | Denise Herrmann Germany | 37:41.8 (0+1+2+1) |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2 × 6 km W + 2 × 7.5 km M relay details | NorwayMarte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | 1:17:41.4 (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) | GermanyVanessa Hinz Denise Herrmann Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll | 1:17:54.5 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) | ItalyLisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch | 1:18:51.0 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) (0+3) |
| 6 km W + 7.5 km M single relay details | NorwayMarte Olsbu Røiseland Johannes Thingnes Bø | 35:43.2 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | ItalyDorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer | 35:56.6 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) | SwedenHanna Öberg Sebastian Samuelsson | 36:03.2 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) |