# Biathlon World Championships 2020

The Biathlon World Championships 2020 took place in Rasen-Antholz, Italy, from 12 to 23 February 2020.

## Host selection

On 4 September 2016, Antholz-Anterselva won the voting (30 votes) during the twelfth IBU Congress in Chișinău over Pokljuka (15 votes) and Oberhof, Germany (four votes). Also, Nové Město na Moravě withdrew their bid for 2020 before the vote took place. The 2020 event is staged in Antholz for the sixth time.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 13 February | 14:45 | 2 × 6 km W + 2 × 6 km M mixed relay |
| 14 February | 14:45 | Women's 7.5 km sprint |
| 15 February | 14:45 | Men's 10 km sprint |
| 16 February | 13:00 | Women's 10 km pursuit |
| 16 February | 15:15 | Men's 12.5 km pursuit |
| 18 February | 14:15 | Women's 15 km individual |
| 19 February | 14:15 | Men's 20 km individual |
| 20 February | 15:15 | 6 km W + 7.5 km M single mixed relay |
| 22 February | 11:45 | Women's 4 × 6 km relay |
| 22 February | 14:45 | Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay |
| 23 February | 12:30 | Women's 12.5 km mass start |
| 23 February | 15:00 | Men's 15 km mass start |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Italy* | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 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 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Émilien Jacquelin (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Alexander Loginov (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Erik Lesser (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 10 km sprint details | Alexander Loginov Russia | 22:48.1 (0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 22:54.6 (1+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 23:07.6 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km pursuit details | Émilien Jacquelin France | 31:15.2 (0+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 31:15.6 (1+1+0+0) | Alexander Loginov Russia | 31:29.1 (0+0+0+1) |
| 20 km individual details | Martin Fourcade France | 49:43.1 (0+0+0+1) | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 50:40.1 (1+0+0+1) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 51:05.2 (0+0+0+1) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay details | FranceÉmilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet | 1:12:35.9 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) | NorwayVetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø | 1:12:57.4 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) | GermanyErik Lesser Philipp Horn Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll | 1:13:12.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (1+3) |
| 15 km mass start details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 38:09.5 (0+0+0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 38:51.5 (1+0+1+1) | Émilien Jacquelin France | 39:04.5 (1+0+1+0) |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 21:13.1 (0+1) | Susan Dunklee United States | 21:19.9 (0+0) | Lucie Charvátová Czech Republic | 21:34.4 (1+0) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 29:22.0 (0+0+0+1) | Denise Herrmann Germany | 29:31.5 (1+0+1+1) | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 29:37.8 (1+0+0+2) |
| 15 km individual details | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 43:07.7 (1+1+0+0) | Vanessa Hinz Germany | 43:09.9 (0+0+0+1) | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 43:23.5 (0+1+0+1) |
| 4 × 6 km relay details | NorwaySynnøve Solemdal Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland | 1:07:05.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+3) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) | GermanyKarolin Horchler Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann | 1:07:16.4 (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) | UkraineAnastasiya Merkushyna Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna | 1:07:24.1 (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) |
| 12.5 km mass start details | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 39:14.0 (1+1+0+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 39:34.7 (1+0+1+1) | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 39:40.1 (1+0+0+2) |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4 × 6 km W+M relay details | NorwayMarte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø | 1:02:27.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) | ItalyLisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch | 1:02:43.3 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) | Czech RepublicEva Kristejn Puskarčíková Markéta Davidová Ondřej Moravec Michal Krčmář | 1:02:58.5 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) |
| 6 km W + 7.5 km M single relay details | NorwayMarte Olsbu Røiseland Johannes Thingnes Bø | 34:19.9 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) | GermanyFranziska Preuß Erik Lesser | 34:37.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) | FranceAnaïs Bescond Émilien Jacquelin | 34:49.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) |