# Biathlon World Championships 2000

The 35th Biathlon World Championships were held for the second time in Oslo, Norway from 19 February to 26 February 2000. Due to fog, the men's relay was moved to Lahti, Finland on March 11.

## Men's results
### 20 km individual

* Date / Start Time: Wed February 23, 2000 / 13:00 CET
| Place | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
| | Wolfgang Rottmann | AUT | 0+0+0+1 | 53:36.2 | |
| | Ludwig Gredler | AUT | 0+1+0+1 | 54:11.2 | +35.0 |
| | Frank Luck | GER | 0+0+0+1 | 54:58.1 | +1:21.9 |
| 4 | Raphaël Poirée | FRA | 1+0+0+1 | 55:00.7 | +1:24.5 |
| 5 | Alexei Aidarov | BLR | 1+0+0+0 | 55:02.9 | +1:26.7 |
| 6 | Peter Sendel | GER | 1+0+0+0 | 55:08.5 | +1:32.3 |
| 7 | Marek Matiaško | SVK | 0+0+0+0 | 55:32.7 | +1:56.5 |
| 8 | Alexander Wolf | GER | 1+1+0+0 | 55:43.0 | +2:06.8 |
| 9 | Ricco Groß | GER | 2+0+0+0 | 55:51.5 | +2:15.3 |
| 10 | Halvard Hanevold | NOR | 1+0+0+0 | 56:23.3 | +2:47.1 |

### 10 km sprint

* Date / Start Time: Sat February 19, 2000 / 13:00 CET
| Place | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
| | Frode Andresen | NOR | 0+1 | 23:51.2 | |
| | Pavel Rostovtsev | RUS | 0+0 | 24:00.7 | +9.5 |
| | René Cattarinussi | ITA | 0+0 | 24:10.4 | +19.2 |
| 4 | Frank Luck | GER | 1+0 | 24:10,8 | +19.6 |
| 5 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | NOR | 1+1 | 24:18.6 | +27.4 |
| 6 | Raphaël Poirée | FRA | 0+1 | 24:18.7 | +27.5 |
| 7 | Ricco Groß | GER | 0+1 | 24:19.3 | +28.1 |
| 8 | Peter Sendel | GER | 0+0 | 24:22.6 | +31.4 |
| 9 | Sergei Rozhkov | RUS | 0+0 | 24:31.8 | +40.6 |
| 10 | Paavo Puurunen | FIN | 0+0 | 24:34.3 | +43.1 |

### 12.5 km pursuit

* Date / Start Time: Sun February 20, 2000 / 13:00 CET
| Place | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
| | Frank Luck | GER | 1+0+0+1 | 33:21.9 | |
| | Pavel Rostovtsev | RUS | 0+1+1+0 | 33:25.2 | +3.3 |
| | Raphaël Poirée | FRA | 0+1+1+1 | 33:37.0 | +15.1 |
| 4 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | NOR | 1+1+1+1 | 33:37.0 | +26.9 |
| 5 | Halvard Hanevold | NOR | 2+0+0+0 | 33:57.2 | +35.3 |
| 6 | Frode Andresen | NOR | 1+0+3+2 | 34:08.2 | +46.3 |
| 7 | Oļegs Maļuhins | LAT | 3+0+0+0 | 34:08.9 | +47.0 |
| 8 | René Cattarinussi | ITA | 1+0+0+1 | 34:27.9 | +1:06.0 |
| 9 | Ludwig Gredler | AUT | 2+2+0+1 | 34:36.3 | +1:14.4 |
| 10 | Alexei Aidarov | BLR | 2+0+1+0 | 34:42.3 | +1:20.4 |

### 15 km mass start

* Date / Start Time: Sat February 26, 2000 / 11:00 CET
| Place | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
| | Raphaël Poirée | FRA | 0+0+1+0 | 39:31.5 | |
| | Pavel Rostovtsev | RUS | 0+1+1+0 | 39:40.9 | +9.4 |
| | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | NOR | 0+2+1+0 | 39:49.9 | +18.4 |
| 4 | Peter Sendel | GER | 2+0+0+0 | 40:12.6 | +41.1 |
| 5 | Wolfgang Rottmann | AUT | 0+1+1+1 | 40:22.1 | +50.6 |
| 6 | Ricco Groß | GER | 0+1+0+0 | 40:32.3 | +1:00.8 |
| 7 | Oļegs Maļuhins | LAT | 0+1+0+2 | 40:32.5 | +1:01.0 |
| 8 | Paavo Puurunen | FIN | 1+0+0+0 | 40:33.2 | +1:01.7 |
| 9 | Wolfgang Perner | AUT | 0+1+1+1 | 40:37.9 | +1:06.4 |
| 10 | Halvard Hanevold | NOR | 1+0+1+1 | 40:45.4 | +1:13.9 |

### 4 × 7.5 km relay

* Date / Start Time: Sat March 11, 2000 / 14:00 CET
| Place | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
| | Viktor Maigourov Sergei Rozhkov Vladimir Drachev Pavel Rostovtsev | RUS | 0+3 0+3 1+3 0+0 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+0 | 1:33:39.6 | |
| | Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen | NOR | 0+0 0+1 1+3 0+3 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+0 | 1:34:19.6 | +39.8 |
| | Frank Luck Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Ricco Groß | GER | 0+0 0+2 0+3 1+3 1+3 0+0 0+0 0+0 | 1:34:33.4 | +53.6 |
| 4 | Alexei Aidarov Rustam Valiullin Vadim Sashurin Oleg Ryzhenkov | BLR | 0+3 0+1 0+3 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+3 | 1:35:01.8 | +1:22.0 |
| 5 | Helmuth Messner René Cattarinussi Wilfried Pallhuber Devis Da Canal | ITA | 0+2 1+3 0+1 0+0 0+0 0+3 0+0 0+3 | 1:35:16.8 | +1:37.0 |
| 6 | Oļegs Maļuhins Jekabs Nakums Gundars Upenieks Ilmārs Bricis | LAT | 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+2 0+2 0+0 0+3 0+2 | 1:35:29.5 | +1:49.7 |

## Women's results
### 15 km individual

* Date / Start Time: Tue February 22, 2000 / 13:00 CET
| Place | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
| | Corinne Niogret | FRA | 0+0+0+0 | 45:30.9 | |
| | Yu Shumei | CHN | 0+0+0+0 | 46:24.2 | +53.3 |
| | Magdalena Forsberg | SWE | 0+1+0+1 | 46:47.8 | +1:16.9 |
| 4 | Tamami Tanaka | JPN | 0+0+0+1 | 47:15.1 | +1:44.2 |
| 5 | Martina Halinárová | SVK | 0+0+0+0 | 47:15.3 | +1:44.4 |
| 6 | Katrin Apel | GER | 1+2+0+0 | 47:21.1 | +1:50.4 |
| 7 | Olena Petrova | UKR | 0+1+0+1 | 47:37.8 | +2:06.9 |
| 8 | Uschi Disl | GER | 1+0+2+0 | 47:41.6 | +2:10.7 |
| 9 | Olena Zubrilova | UKR | 1+0+1+1 | 47:44.6 | +2:13.7 |
| 10 | Irina Tananaiko | BLR | 0+0+0+0 | 48:03.6 | +2:32.7 |

### 7.5 km sprint

* Date / Start Time: Sat February 19, 2000 / 10:30 CET
| Place | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
| | Liv Grete Skjelbreid | NOR | 0+0 | 20:51.9 | |
| | Katrin Apel | GER | 0+1 | 21:21.7 | +29.8 |
| | Martina Zellner | GER | 1+0 | 21:22.5 | +30.6 |
| 4 | Magdalena Forsberg | SWE | 1+0 | 21:39.8 | +47.9 |
| 4 | Svetlana Ishmouratova | RUS | 1+0 | 21:39.8 | +47.9 |
| 6 | Svetlana Tchernusova | RUS | 0+1 | 21:43.7 | +51.8 |
| 7 | Uschi Disl | GER | 0+1 | 21:47.1 | +55.2 |
| 8 | Andrea Henkel | GER | 0+0 | 21:50.9 | +59.0 |
| 9 | Svetlana Paramygina | BLR | 0+0 | 21:54.7 | +1:02.8 |
| 10 | Irina Nikulchina | BUL | 1+0 | 22:07.5 | +1:15.6 |

### 10 km pursuit

* Date / Start Time: Sun February 20, 2000 / 10:30 CET
| Place | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
| | Magdalena Forsberg | SWE | 1+0+0+1 | 31:53.8 | |
| | Uschi Disl | GER | 0+1+2+0 | 32:25.7 | +31.9 |
| | Florence Baverel | FRA | 0+0+0+0 | 32:36.2 | +42.4 |
| 4 | Katrin Apel | GER | 2+1+2+1 | 32:55.9 | +1:02.1 |
| 5 | Andrea Henkel | GER | 1+0+2+0 | 32:59.5 | +1:05.7 |
| 6 | Martina Zellner | GER | 2+2+1+1 | 33:00.1 | +1:06.3 |
| 7 | Liv Grete Skjelbreid | NOR | 3+1+1+2 | 33:18.5 | +1:24.7 |
| 8 | Svetlana Tchernusova | RUS | 1+0+1+2 | 33:26.7 | +1:32.9 |
| 9 | Galina Koukleva | RUS | 0+4+1+1 | 33:30.1 | +1:36.3 |
| 10 | Yu Shumei | CHN | 1+1+0+0 | 33:36.4 | +1:42.6 |

### 12.5 km mass start

* Date / Start Time: Sat February 26, 2000 / 13:00 CET
| Place | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
| | Liv Grete Skjelbreid | NOR | 0+1+1+0 | 38:51.7 | |
| | Galina Koukleva | RUS | 0+0+1+1 | 39:05.1 | +13.4 |
| | Corinne Niogret | FRA | 0+0+1+1 | 39:15.3 | +23.6 |
| 4 | Magdalena Forsberg | SWE | 1+1+0+1 | 39:24.1 | +32.4 |
| 5 | Katrin Apel | GER | 0+0+2+1 | 39:25.1 | +33.4 |
| 6 | Irina Nikulchina | BUL | 1+0+1+0 | 39:27.3 | +35.6 |
| 7 | Martina Zellner | GER | 1+0+1+2 | 39:53.4 | +1:01.7 |
| 8 | Uschi Disl | GER | 1+1+2+0 | 39:56.9 | +1:05.2 |
| 9 | Svetlana Ishmouratova | RUS | 1+1+1+1 | 39:58.4 | +1:06.7 |
| 10 | Florence Baverel | FRA | 0+0+0+0 | 40:01.6 | +1:09.9 |

### 4 × 7.5 km relay

* Date / Start Time: Fri February 25, 2000 / 13:00 CET
| Place | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
| | Olga Pyleva Svetlana Tchernusova Galina Koukleva Albina Akhatova | RUS | 0+0 0+3 0+0 0+3 0+3 1+3 0+2 0+0 | 1:32.19.8 | |
| | Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel Martina Zellner | GER | 0+0 0+3 0+2 0+2 0+1 0+2 1+3 0+2 | 1:32:42.5 | +22.7 |
| | Olena Zubrilova Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Tetyana Vodopyanova | UKR | 1+3 0+3 0+1 0+2 0+1 0+0 0+2 0+0 | 1:34:07.9 | +1:48.1 |
| 4 | Delphyne Burlet Christelle Gros Florence Baverel Corinne Niogret | FRA | 1+3 0+1 0+0 1+3 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+1 | 1:34:40.0 | +2:20.2 |
| 5 | Gro Marit Istad Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Liv Grete Skjelbreid Gunn Margit Andreassen | NOR | 2+3 0+3 0+0 0+2 1+3 0+2 0+3 0+0 | 1:35:13.1 | +2:53.3 |
| 6 | Pavlina Filipova Irina Nikulchina Radka Popova Iva Karagiozova | BUL | 0+3 0+2 0+1 0+2 0+3 0+0 0+1 0+1 | 1:35:40.0 | +3:20.2 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |