| Host city | Hochfilzen |
|---|---|
| Country | Austria |
| Events | 11 |
| Opening | 9 February |
| Closing | 19 February |
| Previous | Oslo 2016 |
| Next | Östersund 2019 |
The 49th Biathlon World Championships was held from 9 to 19 February 2017 in Hochfilzen, Austria.[1] 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.
Host selection
The second candidate city was Östersund, Sweden. Hochfilzen was selected as the host city on September 2, 2012 during the X IBU Congress in Merano, Italy (27 to 20 votes). This will be fourth time when World Championships will be held in Hochfilzen; the city had previously hosted the event in 1978, 1998 and 2005.
Schedule
All times are local (UTC+1).[2]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 9 February | 14:45 | 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km Mixed Relay |
| 10 February | 14:45 | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| 11 February | 14:45 | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| 12 February | 10:30 | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
| 14:45 | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit | |
| 15 February | 14:30 | Women's 15 km Individual |
| 16 February | 14:30 | Men's 20 km Individual |
| 17 February | 14:45 | Women's 4 × 6 km Relay |
| 18 February | 14:45 | Men's 4 × 7.5 km Relay |
| 19 February | 11:30 | Women's 12.5 km Mass Start |
| 14:45 | Men's 15 km Mass Start |
Medal summary
Top athletes
All athletes with two or more medals.
Men
| 10 km sprint[3] | Benedikt Doll (Germany) | 23:27.4 (0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø (Norway) | 23:28.1 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade (France) | 23:50.5 (1+1) |
| 12.5 km pursuit[4] | Martin Fourcade (France) | 30:16.9 (0+0+0+1) | Johannes Thingnes Bø (Norway) | 30:39.7 (1+1+1+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (Norway) | 30:42.5 (0+0+0+1) |
| 20 km individual[5] | Lowell Bailey (United States) | 48:07.4 (0+0+0+0) | Ondřej Moravec (Czech Republic) | 48:10.7 (0+0+0+0) | Martin Fourcade (France) | 48:28.6 (1+0+1+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay[6] | 1:14:15.0 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) | 1:14:20.8 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | 1:14:35.1 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) | |||
| 15 km mass start[7] | Simon Schempp (Germany) | 35:38.3 (0+0+0+0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø (Norway) | 35:47.3 (0+0+0+1) | Simon Eder (Austria) | 35:48.4 (0+0+0+0) |
Women
| 7.5 km sprint[8] | Gabriela Koukalová (Czech Republic) | 19:12.6 (0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier (Germany) | 19:16.6 (0+0) | Anaïs Chevalier (France) | 19:37.7 (0+0) |
| 10 km pursuit[9] | Laura Dahlmeier (Germany) | 28:02.3 (1+0+0+0) | Darya Domracheva (Belarus) | 28:13.9 (0+0+0+0) | Gabriela Koukalová (Czech Republic) | 28:18.9 (2+0+1+0) |
| 15 km individual[10] | Laura Dahlmeier (Germany) | 41:30.1 (1+0+0+0) | Gabriela Koukalová (Czech Republic) | 41:54.8 (1+0+0+0) | Alexia Runggaldier (Italy) | 43:15.7 (0+0+0+0) |
| 4 × 6 km relay[11] | 1:11:16.6 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) | 1:11:23.0 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | 1:11:24.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | |||
| 12.5 km mass start[12] | Laura Dahlmeier (Germany) | 33:13.8 (0+0+0+0) | Susan Dunklee (United States) | 33:18.4 (0+0+0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (Finland) | 33:33.9 (1+0+0+0) |
Mixed
| 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay[13] | 1:09:06.4 (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) | 1:09:08.6 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) | 1:09:09.6 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) |
References
- ^ "Oslo and Hochfilzen Selected as World Championship Host". biathlonworld.com. September 2, 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012.
- ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Men's sprint results
- ^ Men's pursuit results
- ^ Men's individual results
- ^ Men's relay results
- ^ Men's mass start results
- ^ Women's sprint results
- ^ Women's pursuit results
- ^ Women's individual results
- ^ Women's relay results
- ^ Women's mass start results
- ^ Mixed relay results