# Biathlon World Championships 2016

The 48th Biathlon World Championships was held in Oslo, Norway from 3 to 13 March 2016.
There were 11 competitions in total: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, relay races for men and women, and mixed relay. All the events during this championships also counted towards the Biathlon World Cup.

## Host selection

Oslo was the sole candidate for this championship. Oslo was announced as the host city on 2 September 2012 during the X IBU Congress in Merano, Italy. Two years earlier Oslo lost Biathlon World Championships 2015 to Kontiolahti. This was the sixth time that these World Championships were held in Oslo; the city had previously hosted the event in 1986, 1990 (certain events held in Oslo due to difficult weather in the host city of Minsk), 1999 (certain events held in Oslo due to difficult weather in the host city of Kontiolahti), 2000 and 2002 (only the mass start as it was not on the program for the 2002 Olympics).

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 3 March | 15:30 | 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km mixed relay |
| 5 March | 11:30 | Men's 10 km sprint |
| 5 March | 14:30 | Women's 7.5 km sprint |
| 6 March | 13:30 | Men's 12.5 km pursuit |
| 6 March | 15:45 | Women's 10 km pursuit |
| 9 March | 13:00 | Women's 15 km individual |
| 10 March | 15:30 | Men's 20 km individual |
| 11 March | 15:30 | Women's 4 × 6 km relay |
| 12 March | 15:30 | Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay |
| 13 March | 13:00 | Women's 12.5 km mass start |
| 13 March | 16:00 | Men's 15 km mass start |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

### Top athletes

All athletes with two or more medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Marte Olsbu (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Simon Schempp (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Medal winners
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 10 km sprint details | Martin Fourcade France | 25:35.4 (0+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 26:02.3 (0+0) | Serhiy Semenov Ukraine | 26:03.0 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km pursuit details | Martin Fourcade France | 32:56.5 (0+0+1+2) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 33:16.5 (1+0+0+1) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 33:27.7 (0+0+0+1) |
| 20 km individual details | Martin Fourcade France | 49:13.9 (0+1+0+0) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 49:19.0 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Eder Austria | 49:28.3 (0+0+0+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay details | NorwayOle Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:13:16.8 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) | GermanyErik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | 1:13:28.3 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) | CanadaChristian Gow Nathan Smith Scott Gow Brendan Green | 1:13:40.2 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) |
| 15 km mass start details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 37:05.1 (0+0+1+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 37:07.9 (1+0+0+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 37:11.8 (0+0+0+0) |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 21:10.8 (0+0) | Marie Dorin Habert France | 21:25.8 (0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 21:30.6 (1+0) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 30:49.2 (0+0+0+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 31:37.5 (0+1+1+0) | Marie Dorin Habert France | 31:46.5 (0+0+2+1) |
| 15 km individual details | Marie Dorin Habert France | 44:02.8 (0+0+0+1) | Anaïs Bescond France | 44:15.0 (0+0+0+1) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 45:20.6 (1+0+1+0) |
| 4 × 6 km relay details | NorwaySynnøve Solemdal Fanny Horn Birkeland Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu | 1:07:10.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) | FranceJustine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert | 1:07:15.3 (0+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) | GermanyFranziska Preuß Franziska Hildebrand Maren Hammerschmidt Laura Dahlmeier | 1:07:38.7 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) |
| 12.5 km mass start details | Marie Dorin Habert France | 35:28.5 (0+0+0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 35:35.8 (0+0+1+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 35:36.6 (0+0+1+0) |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay details | FranceAnaïs Bescond Marie Dorin Habert Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade | 1:14:01.0 (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) | GermanyFranziska Preuß Franziska Hildebrand Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | 1:14:05.3 (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) | NorwayMarte Olsbu Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø | 1:14:15.4 (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) |