# 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1 was the opening event of the season and was held in Östersund, Sweden, from 30 November until 7 December 2014.

## Schedule of events

| Date | Time | Events |
| November 30 | 15:30 CET | Mixed Relay |
| December 3 | 17:15 CET | Men's 20 km Individual |
| December 4 | 17:15 CET | Women's 15 km Individual |
| December 6 | 11:30 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| December 6 | 14:45 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| December 7 | 11:00 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |
| December 7 | 13:30 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |

## Medal winners
### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 20 km Individual details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 53:25.6 (0+0+0+0) | Serhiy Semenov Ukraine | 54:43.2 (0+1+0+0) | Michal Šlesingr Czech Republic | 55:33.9 (0+0+1+0) |
| 10 km Sprint details | Martin Fourcade France | 24:46.6 (0+0) | Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 25:14.9 (0+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 25:15.3 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit details | Martin Fourcade France | 33:54.9 (2+1+0+1) | Anton Shipulin Russia | 34:04.9 (0+0+1+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 34:21.2 (0+1+0+1) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km Individual details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 46:43.6 (0+0+1+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 47:11.5 (0+1+1+0) | Valj Semerenko Ukraine | 47:21.7 (0+0+0+0) |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 21:35.5 (0+1) | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 21:40.1 (0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 21:43.1 (1+1) |
| 10 km Pursuit details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 35:01.7 (1+1+0+1) | Valj Semerenko Ukraine | 35:49.6 (1+0+2+1) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 35:50.0 (1+1+0+2) |

### Mixed

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Relay details | France Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier Simon Fourcade Martin Fourcade | 1:15:05.5 (0+0) (0+3) (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) | Norway Synnøve Solemdal Tiril Eckhoff Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Lars Helge Birkeland | 1:15:05.7 (0+3) (1+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) | Germany Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | 1:15:05.7 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) |

## Achievements
### Best performance for all time

* Serhiy Semenov (UKR), 2nd place in Individual
* Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA), 10th place in Individual
* Cornel Puchianu (ROU), 28th place in Individual
* Artem Tyshchenko (UKR), 37th place in Individual
* Gabriel Stegmayr (SWE), 55th place in Individual
* Rolands Puzulis (LAT), 65th place in Individual
* Ivan Zlatev (BUL), 66th place in Individual
* Aleksandrs Patrijuks (LAT), 97th place in Individual and 93rd in Sprint
* Aleksandr Pechenkin (RUS), 18th place in Sprint
* Peppe Femling (SWE), 47th place in Sprint
* Gaspard Cuenot (SUI), 48th place in Sprint
* Maxim Braun (KAZ), 74th place in Sprint
* Martin Remmelg (EST), 75th place in Sprint
* Dzmitry Budzilovich (BLR), 83rd place in Sprint
* Marian Marcel Danila (ROU), 85th place in Sprint
* Tomas Krupcik (CZE), 21st place in Pursuit
* Oleksander Zhyrnyi (UKR), 49th place in Pursuit
* Elisabeth Högberg (SWE), 9th place in Individual
* Olga Podchufarova (RUS), 11th place in Individual
* Megan Heinicke (CAN), 12th place in Individual
* Luise Kummer (GER), 18th place in Individual
* Jitka Landová (CZE), 20th place in Individual and 18th in Pursuit
* Mona Brorsson (SWE), 31st place in Individual and 29th in Pursuit
* Olga Abramova (UKR), 37th place in Individual and 26th in Sprint
* Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen (NOR), 49th place in Individual
* Yurie Tanaka (JPN), 58th place in Individual
* Coline Varcin (FRA), 70th place in Individual and 19th in Sprint
* Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 1st place in Sprint
* Enora Latuilliere (FRA), 10th place in Sprint
* Marine Bolliet (FRA), 11th place in Sprint and 8th in Pursuit
* Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT), 13th place in Sprint
* Eva Puskarčíková (CZE), 17th place in Sprint and Pursuit
* Dunja Zdouc (AUT), 49th place in Sprint and 33rd in Pursuit
* Lucie Charvatova (FRA), 50th place in Sprint
* Lisa Vittozzi (ITA), 27th place in Pursuit
* Olga Iakushova (RUS), 38th place in Pursuit

### First World Cup race

* Thomas Bermolini (ITA), 19th place in Individual
* Jeremy Finello (SUI), 26th place in Individual
* Tsukasa Kobonoki (JPN), 32nd place in Individual
* Maxim Braun (KAZ), 88th place in Individual
* Marian Marcel Danila (ROU), 90th place in Individual
* Dzmitry Budzilovich (BLR), 95th place in Individual
* Oleksander Zhyrnyi (UKR), 55th place in Sprint
* Michal Sima (SVK), 97th place in Sprint
* Enora Latuilliere (FRA), 13th place in Individual
* Karolin Horchler (GER), 24th place in Individual
* Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR), 51st place in Individual
* Emma Nilsson (SWE), 56th place in Individual
* Yuliya Zhuravok (UKR), 59th place in Individual
* Dunja Zdouc (AUT), 74th place in Individual
* Anna Mąka (POL), 82nd place in Individual
* Flurina Volken (SUI), 84th place in Individual
* Nadiia Bielkina (UKR), 30th place in Sprint
* Lisa Vittozzi (ITA), 38th place in Sprint
* Olga Iakushova (RUS), 53rd place in Sprint