Biathlon World Championships 2016

Host city| Oslo
Country| Norway
Events| 11
Opening| 3 March
Closing| 13 March

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Hochfilzen 2017 ->

Biathlon at the
2016 World Championships

Individual| men| women|
Sprint| men| women|
Pursuit| men| women|
Mass start| men| women|
Relay| men| women| mixed

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The 48th Biathlon World Championships was held in Oslo, Norway from 3 to 13 March 2016.[1]

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

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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.[2] 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

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Medal ceremony after women's 15 km individual event at Medal Plaza of the University, Karl Johans gate, 9 March 2016. From left to right: Laura Dahlmeier, Marie Dorin Habert and Anaïs Bescond.

All times are local (UTC+1).[3]

Date  | Time  | Event

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3 March | 15:30 | 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km mixed relay
5 March | 11:30 | Men's 10 km sprint
14:30 | Women's 7.5 km sprint
6 March | 13:30 | Men's 12.5 km pursuit
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
16:00 | Men's 15 km mass start

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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
Finland (FIN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Ukraine (UKR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (8 entries)| 11| 11| 11| 33

### Top athletes

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All athletes with two or more medals.

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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
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
Marte Olsbu (NOR)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Tarjei Bø (NOR)| 1| 0| 1| 2
11|  Arnd Peiffer (GER)| 0| 2| 0| 2
Simon Schempp (GER)| 0| 2| 0| 2
13|  Franziska Hildebrand (GER)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Franziska Preuß (GER)| 0| 1| 1| 2

## Medal winners

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### Men

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All the athletes together at the start of the mass start. Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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10 km sprint[4]
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[5]
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[6]
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[7]
details |  Norway

Ole 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) |  Germany

Erik 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) |  Canada

Christian 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[8]
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

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Marie Dorin-Habert and Laura Dahlmeier during the mass start. Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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7.5 km sprint[9]
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[10]
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[11]
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[12]
details |  Norway

Synnøve 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) |  France

Justine 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) |  Germany

Franziska 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[13]
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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay[14]
details |  France

Anaïs 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) |  Germany

Franziska 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) |  Norway

Marte 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)

## References

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1. ^ "Oslo and Hochfilzen Selected as World Championship Host". biathlonworld.com. September 2, 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012.
2. ^ "IBU World Championships 2015 to be held in Kontiolahti". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
3. ^ "IBU World Championships 2016 Schedule". Biathlonworld.com. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
4. ^ Men's sprint results
5. ^ Men's pursuit results
6. ^ Men's individual results
7. ^ Men's relay results
8. ^ Men's mass start results
9. ^ Women's sprint results
10. ^ Women's pursuit results
11. ^ Women's individual results
12. ^ Women's relay results
13. ^ Women's mass start results
14. ^ Mixed relay results

## External links

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* Official website
* IBU (in English)

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