# Biathlon World Championships 2017

The 49th Biathlon World Championships was held from 9 to 19 February 2017 in Hochfilzen, Austria. 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).
| 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) | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 10 km sprint 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 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 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 details | RussiaAlexey 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) | FranceJean-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) | AustriaDaniel 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 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 7.5 km sprint 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 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 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 details | GermanyVanessa 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) | UkraineIryna 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) | FranceAnaïs 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 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay details | GermanyVanessa 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) | FranceAnaïs 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) | RussiaOlga 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) |