Biathlon World Championships
Men -- Mass start ( 15 km )
Table:
Season

Winner

Runner-up

Third

1999

Sven Fischer (GER)

Vladimir Drachev (RUS)

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)

2000

Raphaël Poirée (FRA)

Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)

2001

Raphaël Poirée (FRA)

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)

Sven Fischer (GER)

2002

Raphaël Poirée (FRA)

Sven Fischer (GER)

Frode Andresen (NOR)

2003

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)

Sven Fischer (GER)

Raphaël Poirée (FRA)

2004

Raphaël Poirée (FRA) (4)

Lars Berger (NOR)

Sergei Konovalov (RUS)

2005

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)

Sven Fischer (GER)

Raphaël Poirée (FRA)

2007

Michael Greis (GER)

Andreas Birnbacher (GER)

Raphaël Poirée (FRA)

2008

Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)

Maxim Tchoudov (RUS)

2009

Dominik Landertinger (AUT)

Christoph Sumann (AUT)

Ivan Tcherezov (RUS)

2011

Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)

Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS)

Lukas Hofer (ITA)

2012

Martin Fourcade (FRA)

Björn Ferry (SWE)

Fredrik Lindström (SWE)

2013

Tarjei Bø (NOR)

Anton Shipulin (RUS)

Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)

2015

Jakov Fak (SVN)

Ondřej Moravec (CZE)

Tarjei Bø (NOR)

2016

Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)

Martin Fourcade (FRA)

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)

2017

Simon Schempp (GER)

Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)

Simon Eder (AUT)

2019

Dominik Windisch (ITA)

Antonin Guigonnat (FRA)

Julian Eberhard (AUT)

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The 34th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1999 in Kontiolahti , Finland . Due to the cold , the individual and the mass start events were moved to Oslo , Norway . The mass start was contested for the first time in the world championships .
Sven Fischer ( born 16 April 1971 ) is a former German biathlete . He trained with the WSV Oberhof 05 club , and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer ( national coaches ) and Klaus Siebert ( club coach ) . After the 2006/07 biathlon season , he retired .
Vladimir Petrovich Drachev ( Russian : Владимир Петрович Драчёв , born 7 March 1966 ) is a former Soviet , Russian and Belarusian biathlete . He formerly had Russian citizenship and started for Russia until 2002 . Drachev has four world championship titles in his career ( two individually and two for teams ) . He also has two olympic relay medals for Russia ( silver in 1994 , and bronze in 1998 ) . During his career he took a total of 11 World Championship medals and 15 World Cup race wins . He was also known as one of the fastest shots in the sport whilst competing .
Ole Einar Bjørndalen ( born 27 January 1974 ) is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach , often referred to by the nickname , the King of Biathlon . With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals , he is second on the list of multiple medalists behind Marit Bjørgen who has won 15 medals . He is also the most successful biathlete of all time at the Biathlon World Championships , having won 45 medals , more than double that of any other biathlete except Martin Fourcade . With 95 World Cup wins , Bjørndalen is ranked first all-time for career victories on the Biathlon World Cup tour , more than twice that of anyone else but Fourcade . He has won the Overall World Cup title six times , in 1997-98 , in 2002-03 , in 2004-05 , in 2005-06 , in 2007-08 and in 2008-09 . In 1992 , he won his first career medal at the junior world championships . A year later in 1993 , after winning three junior world championship titles , a medal haul only previously achieved by Sergei Tchepikov , Bjørndalen made his Biathlon World Cup debut . His breakthrough came in 1994 when he featured on his first World Cup podium in a sprint race held in Bad Gastein , Austria . Bjørndalen first competed in the Olympic Games at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics , held in his home country of Norway . He obtained his first major victory on 11 January 1996 in an individual competition held in Antholz-Anterselva , Italy . On 20 February 2014 , Bjørndalen was elected to an eight-year term at the International Olympic Committee 's athlete commission . He resigned from this role in 2016 as he elected to continue his career .
The 35th Biathlon World Championships were held for the second time in Oslo , Norway from February 19 to February 26 , 2000 . Due to fog , the men 's relay was moved to Lahti , Finland on March 11 .
Raphaël Poirée ( born 9 August 1974 ) is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1995 to 2007 . With his 44 World Cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever .
Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev ( Russian : Павел Александрович Ростовцев ; born 21 September 1971 ) is a Russian former biathlete .
The 36th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2001 for the second time in Pokljuka , Slovenia .
The 37th Biathlon World Championships held in 2002 for the third time in Oslo , Norway were only for the mass start because these events were not part of the Olympic programme in Salt Lake City .
Frode Andresen ( born 9 September 1973 ) is a former Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier .
The 38th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia .
The 39th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2004 in Oberhof , Germany .
Lars Berger ( born 1 May 1979 ) is a former Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier .
The 40th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2005 for the third time in Hochfilzen , Austria from 4 to 13 March . Approximately 80,000 spectators went to see the competitions . The mixed relay , contested for the first time in the World Championships , was held in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia .
The 41st Biathlon World Championships were held in 2007 for the fourth time in Antholz-Anterselva , Italy from February 2 to February 11 .
Michael Greis ( born 18 August 1976 ) is a former German biathlete .
Andreas Birnbacher ( born 11 September 1981 ) is a former German biathlete . His biggest successes were the silver medal in the mass start event at the 2007 World Championships and the gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 World Championships . He also won the bronze medal at the 2012 world championships in Ruhpolding when he was part of the German teams that finished third in the mixed relay and the men 's relay .
The 42nd Biathlon World Championships were held in Östersund , Sweden from 8 to 17 February 2008 . It was the second time Östersund was hosting the Biathlon World Championships , the first being in 1970 . It was also 50 years after the first Biathlon World Championships , which were held 1958 in Saalfelden , Austria . There were a total of 11 competitions : sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , and relay races for men and women , and the relatively new mixed relay . The championships were dominated by the German , Norwegian , and Russian teams , which would win every competition and 28 of the 33 available medals .
Emil Hegle Svendsen ( born 12 July 1985 ) is a retired Norwegian biathlete . He has won eight medals at Winter Olympics ( four gold ) and five individual gold medals and seven relay gold medals at World Championships . He skis with Trondhjems Skiskyttere , based in Trondheim .
Maxim Alexandrovich Chudov ( Russian : Максим Александрович Чудов ; born 12 November 1982 ) is a former Russian biathlete .
The 43rd Biathlon World Championships were held in Pyeongchang , South Korea from February 13 to February 22 , 2009 . It was the first time that the Biathlon World Championships were held in Asia ( outside Asian Russia ) . There were a total of 11 competitions : sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , and relay races for men and women , and the relatively new mixed relay . All the events during these championships also counted for the 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup season .
Dominik Landertinger ( German pronunciation : [ ˈdɔmɪnɪk ˈlandɐtɪŋɐ ] ; born 13 March 1988 ) is an Austrian biathlete .
Christoph Sumi Sumann ( 19 January 1976 ) is a former Austrian biathlete .
Ivan Yuryevich Tcherezov ( Russian : Иван Юрьевич Черезов ; born 18 November 1980 ) is a former Russian biathlete . He announced his retirement from biathlon at the end of the 2015-16 season .
The 44th Biathlon World Championships was held in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia from March 3-13 , 2011 . There was 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 counted for the 2010-11 Biathlon World Cup season .
Evgeny Romanovich Ustyugov ( Russian : Евгений Романович Устюгов ; born 4 June 1985 ) is a Russian former biathlete . Born to cross-country skiers , Ustyugov was introduced to biathlon at the age of three . He started his career in junior tournaments in 2005 , before going professional three years later in the European Championships . He is an Olympic champion in the men 's 15km mass start event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . Prior to the 2010 Olympic Games , his best World Championship finish in an individual event was 20th place . Together with Anton Shipulin , Alexey Volkov and Dmitry Malyshko he won the gold medal in the men 's relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics , in Sochi , Russia . After the end of the 2013-14 World Cup , Ustyugov announced his retirement . In February 2020 , it was announced that because of a doping violation he had been disqualified from all results in the 2013-14 season , including the 2014 Olympics .
Lukas Hofer ( born 30 September 1989 ) is an Italian biathlete .
The 45th Biathlon World Championships were held in Ruhpolding , Germany , from 1 to 11 March 2012 .
Martin Fourcade ( born 14 September 1988 ) is a French biathlete and sous-lieutenant . He is a five-time Olympic champion , a twelve-time World Champion and a seven-time winner of the Overall World Cup . As of February 2018 , he is the most successful French Olympian of all time . Fourcade is the all-time biathlon record holder of overall World Cup titles with seven big crystal globes and he 's also the all-time record holder of the most consecutive Major Championships titles with at least one non-team gold medal in all the last eight Championships .
Björn Ferry ( born 1 August 1978 in Stensele , Västerbotten County ) is a former Swedish biathlete and medal winning Olympian . He began competing internationally in World Cup competitions in 2001 , but did not win his first international race until the 2007-2008 season . In 2007 , he won gold in the mixed relay event at the Biathlon World Championships . The next year , at his third Winter Olympics appearance , he won the gold medal in the pursuit event . He started the event in 8th place as determined by the previous sprint event , but managed to overtake the race leader on the final lap .
Fredrik Lindström ( born 24 July 1989 ) is a Swedish former biathlete . His debut in the Biathlon World Cup took place on 12 December 2008 in Hochfilzen , where he ended up in 47th place . Born in Bredbyn , he represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics , 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics . His best result is a 1st place in the Men 's relay in 2018 . Lindström won 2 medals in the Biathlon World Championships : bronze in mass start in 2012 and bronze in individual in 2013 . On 17 March 2019 , he announced his retirement from biathlon following the 2018-2019 season .
The 46th Biathlon World Championships was held in Nové Město na Moravě , Czech Republic , from 7 to 17 February 2013 .
Tarjei Bø ( born 29 July 1988 ) is a Norwegian professional biathlete . Bø debuted in the Biathlon World Cup on 26 March 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia , and won his first World Cup victory on 10 December 2010 . In the 2010 Winter Olympics he earned his first gold medal in the 4 × 7.5 km biathlon relay . On 10 December 2010 he won the sprint race in Hochfilzen , earning his first world cup victory . He also won the following pursuit race and anchored the winning relay team . Bø is the older brother of biathlete Johannes Thingnes Bø . He won the overall 2010/11 biathlon World Cup . He finished five points ahead of his teammate Emil Hegle Svendsen .
Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin ( Russian : Антон Владимирович Шипулин , born 21 August 1987 ) is a retired Russian biathlete and politician serving as the member of the State Duma since 2019 .
The 47th Biathlon World Championships was held in Kontiolahti , Finland from 5 March to 15 March 2015 . 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 counted for the 2014-15 Biathlon World Cup season .
Jakov Fak ( born 1 August 1987 ) is a biathlete born in Croatia and competing for Slovenia since 2010 . As a member of the Croatian biathlon team , Fak won bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships and at the 2010 Winter Olympics where he was also the Croatian flag bearer at the opening ceremony . In 2010 , Fak switched his citizenship and started competing for Slovenia . With the Slovenian team , Fak won four medals at the World Championships , including two gold , and a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics . In addition , Fak has eight victories in the World Cup .
Ondřej Moravec ( Czech pronunciation : [ ˈondr̝ɛj ˈmoravɛts ] ; born 9 June 1984 ) is a Czech biathlete .
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 .
Johannes Thingnes Bø ( born 16 May 1993 ) is a Norwegian biathlete . He represents Markane IL [ no ] and is the younger brother of biathlete Tarjei Bø .
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 .
Simon Schempp ( born 14 November 1988 ) is a German biathlete . In 2009 , he made his World Cup debut . He became world champion by winning gold in the 15km mass start race at the Biathlon World Championships 2017 in Hochfilzen . He also won three more gold medals , two for being part of the German Biathlon World Championships 2010 mixed relay team in Khanty-Mansiysk and the German Biathlon World Championships 2017 mixed relay team in Hochfilzen , and one gold medal as part of the German Biathlon World Championships 2015 men 's relay team in Kontiolahti . He also competed for Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics , finishing fifth as part of the German team in the men 's relay .
Simon Eder ( born 23 February 1983 ) is an Austrian biathlete .
The Biathlon World Championships 2019 took place in Östersund , Sweden , from 6 to 17 March 2019 . There were a total of 12 competitions : sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , and relay races for men and women , and two mixed relay races . The single mixed relay was on the program of the World Championships for the first time . All the events during this championships also counted for the 2018-19 Biathlon World Cup season .
Dominik Windisch ( born 6 November 1989 ) is an Italian biathlete .
Antonin Guigonnat ( born 2 July 1991 ) is a French biathlete who competes internationally . He participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics .
Julian Eberhard ( born 9 November 1986 ) is an Austrian biathlete . At Biathlon World Cup he debuted in 2006 . In 2015-16 season Eberhard got his first individual victory , winning sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk . Also his brother Tobias Eberhard is biathlete .