Biathlon European Championships 2020

Biathlon European Championships 2020
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Super sprint	Sergei Botscharnikov	Yevgenia Pavlova
sprint	Matwei Yelisseyev	Elisabeth Högberg
persecution	Sergei Botscharnikov	Jelena Krutschinkina
Single mixed relay	Norway
Mixed relay	Ukraine
← Minsk-Raubitschy 2019 Duszniki-Zdrój 2021 →

The 27th European Biathlon Championships (officially: IBU Open European Championships Biathlon 2020 ) took place from February 24th to March 1st, 2020 in the Raubitschy winter sports complex near the Belarusian capital Minsk . Minsk already hosted the European Championships in 1998, 2004 and 2019 as well as the Biathlon World Championships in 1982 and 1990 .

The event was originally assigned to the Estonian Otepää , the venue for the 2010 and 2015 European Championships . Due to the lack of snow and warm weather, the competitions had to be canceled eleven days before the start. Minsk-Raubitschy, already planned as the regular venue for the IBU Cup final a week later, then agreed to take over the event.

However, since not all rounds could be covered with snow in Raubitschy, the competition program of the European Championships had to be adapted. Instead of the individual, the super sprint discipline introduced in 2018 was held for the first time.

Since the European Championships were held as "open" competitions, the field of participants was not limited to athletes from Europe. Individual athletes and teams from North and South America, Asia and Australia also took part in the competitions.

The championships were the highlight of the 2019/20 season of the IBU Cup . The results of the races also flowed into the overall ratings of the IBU Cup.

The 2020 Biathlon Junior European Championships took place separately from the European Championships and should be held in Hochfilzen from March 9th to 15th . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , only the sprint and the individual took place. After these races the European championships were ended.

Raubitschy

Location of the venue

Time schedule

date	Men		Women
February 25 (Tue.)	Opening ceremony
February 26 (Wed.)	11:00	Super sprint qualification (3 km)	13:00	Super sprint qualification (3 km)
	3:30 p.m.	Super sprint final (5 km)	16:00	Super sprint final (5 km)
February 27th (Thursday)	12:00	Single mixed relay (6 km + 7.5 km)
	15:00	Mixed relay (4 × 6 km)
February 29th (Sat.)	10:30	Sprint (10 km)	13:30	Sprint (7.5 km)
March 1st (Sun)	10:30	Pursuit (12.5 km)	12:30	Pursuit (10 km)

All start times in CET , Moscow time applies on site .

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Belarus	3	-	1	4th
2	Russia	2	2	-	4th
3	Norway	1	2	3	6th
4th	Ukraine	1	1	2	4th
5	Sweden	1	-	1	2
6th	Germany	-	1	-	1
	Latvia	-	1	-	1
	Czech Republic	-	1	-	1
9	France	-	-	1	1

Results

Men

Super sprint final 5 km

space	athlete	Shooting error	time
1	Sergei Botscharnikov	0 + 0 + 0 + 0	14: 12.8
2	Adam Václavík	0 + 0 + 0 + 0	+0.4
3	Dmytro Pidruchnyj	0 + 0 + 1 + 0	+0.5
4th	Émilien Claude	0 + 0 + 0 + 0	+10.0
5	Sturla Holm Lægreid	1 + 0 + 0 + 0	+13.2
6th	Endre Strømsheim	0 + 0 + 1 + 1	+25.6
7th	Said Karimulla Chalili	0 + 0 + 0 + 1	+29.7
8th	Tomáš Krupčík	0 + 0 + 0 + 1	+30.1
9	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	0 + 0 + 1 + 0	+30.1
10	Viktar Kryuko	1 + 1 + 0 + 0	+41.0

Start: Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 3:30 p.m.

Registered: 123 athletes; not at the start (DNS): 3
In the final: 30

Sprint 10 km

space	athlete	Shooting error	time
1	Matwei Yelisseyev	1 + 0	23: 46.4
2	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	0 + 1	+4.1
3	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	0 + 1	+25.5
4th	Vytautas Strolia	0 + 1	+26.3
5	Sergei Botscharnikov	1 + 0	+27.5
6th	Roman Rees	0 + 0	+30.8
7th	Anton Smolski	1 + 1	+36.7
8th	Said Karimulla Chalili	0 + 1	+38.8
9	Kirill Strelzow	0 + 1	+43.8
10	Lucas Fratzscher	1 + 0	+52.7

Start: Saturday, February 29, 2020, 10:30 a.m.

Registered: 122 athletes; not at the start (DNS): 3; not finish (DNF): 1

Pursuit 12.5 km

space	athlete	Shooting error	time
1	Sergei Botscharnikov	0 + 0 + 0 + 2	35: 03.9
2	Sturla Holm Lægreid	1 + 0 + 0 + 1	+6.7
3	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	0 + 0 + 1 + 1	+23.9
4th	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	1 + 0 + 2 + 1	+37.0
5	Adam Václavík	0 + 1 + 0 + 0	+37.0
6th	Said Karimulla Chalili	0 + 0 + 1 + 2	+52.1
7th	Matwei Yelisseyev	2 + 1 + 1 + 1	+1: 04.4
8th	Nikita Porschnew	0 + 0 + 1 + 2	+1: 14.8
9	Sindre Pettersen	1 + 1 + 1 + 2	+1: 19.5
10	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	1 + 2 + 2 + 1	+1: 20.9

Start: Sunday, March 1st, 2020, 10:30 a.m.

Qualified: 60 athletes; not at the start (DNS): 1

Women

Super sprint final 5 km

space	athlete	Shooting error	time
1	Yevgenia Pavlova	0 + 0 + 0 + 0	16: 31.8
2	Olena Pidhruschna	0 + 0 + 0 + 0	+2.8
3	Chloé Chevalier	0 + 0 + 0 + 0	+5.5
4th	Walentyna Semerenko	0 + 0 + 1 + 0	+8.4
5	Emma Nilsson	0 + 0 + 0 + 0	+14.3
6th	Anastasija Merkushyna	0 + 0 + 0 + 0	+15.2
7th	Elisabeth Högberg	1 + 0 + 0 + 0	+18.6
8th	Iryna Kryuko	1 + 0 + 0 + 0	+20.3
9	Viktoria Slivko	0 + 0 + 0 + 0	+25.4
10	Dsinara Alimbekawa	0 + 0 + 0 + 1	+36.0

Start: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020, 4:00 p.m.

Registered: 105 athletes; not at the start (DNS): 3; not in the finish (DNF): 1
In the final: 30

Sprint 7.5 km

space	athlete	Shooting error	time
1	Elisabeth Högberg	1 + 0	22: 39.6
2	Ida Lien	0 + 0	+14.4
3	Iryna Kryuko	0 + 1	+15.9
4th	Kristina Reszowa	0 + 0	+20.2
5	Åsne Skrede	0 + 1	+29.5
6th	Anastasija Merkushyna	0 + 1	+44.7
7th	Walentyna Semerenko	0 + 2	+49.3
8th	Stefanie Scherer	0 + 0	+58.5
9	Karoline Erdal	0 + 0	+58.7
10	Chloé Chevalier	1 + 1	+1: 01.3

Start: Saturday, February 29, 2020, 1.30 p.m.

Registered: 107 athletes; not at the start (DNS): 3; not finish (DNF): 1

Pursuit 10 km

space	athlete	Shooting error	time
1	Jelena Krutschinkina	0 + 0 + 0 + 0	29: 21.1
2	Kristina Reszowa	1 + 0 + 0 + 1	+17.6
3	Elisabeth Högberg	0 + 1 + 0 + 2	+35.1
4th	Caroline Colombo	1 + 0 + 0 + 0	+55.0
5	Anastasija Merkushyna	1 + 1 + 0 + 0	+55.8
6th	Iryna Kryuko	0 + 1 + 1 + 1	+1: 12.4
7th	Ulyana Kaischewa	0 + 0 + 0 + 1	+1: 33.7
8th	Åsne Skrede	1 + 0 + 0 + 1	+1: 34.8
9	Walentyna Semerenko	0 + 0 + 1 + 2	+1: 34.9
10	Ida Lien	0 + 2 + 0 + 1	+1: 48.2

Start: Sunday, March 1st, 2020, 12:30 p.m.

Qualified: 60 athletes; not at the start (DNS): 13; lapped (LAP): 3

Mixed competitions

Single mixed relay

space	country	Sportswoman)	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Norway	Karoline Erdal Endre Strømsheim	47: 12.2	0 + 1 0 + 2/0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 3 0 + 0
2	Germany	Stefanie Scherer Justus Strelow	+11.5	0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1/0 + 1 0 + 0
3	Ukraine	Anastassija Merkuschyna Ruslan Tkalenko	+11.8	0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 1
4th	Latvia	Baiba Bendika Andrejs Rastorgujevs	+57.6	0 + 1 0 + 2/0 + 0 0 + 2 1 + 3 1 + 3/0 + 0 0 + 2
5	Austria	Dunja Zdouc Peter Brunner	+1: 07.1	0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 2 0 + 2
6th	Russia	Yevgenia Pavlova Kirill Strelzow	+1: 34.2	0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 1 0 + 0
7th	Sweden	Ingela Andersson Gabriel Stegmayr	+1: 40.5	0 + 1 0 + 3/0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 0
8th	France	Caroline Colombo Émilien Claude	+2: 31.6	0 + 2 0 + 2/1 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 2/0 + 1 0 + 0
9	Poland	Anna Mąka Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec	+2: 45.0	0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2/0 + 2 1 + 3
10	People's Republic of China	Zhang Yan Wang Wenqiang	+2: 58.6	0 + 1 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1/0 + 1 0 + 0

Start: Thursday, February 27, 2020, 12:00 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 27 nations; lapped (LAP): 11

Mixed relay

space	country	Sportswoman)	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Ukraine	Valentyna Semerenko Julija Dschyma Artem Pryma Dmytro Pidruchnyj	1: 11: 32.1	0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0
2	Russia	Kristina Reszowa Viktorija Sliwko Eduard Latypow Said Karimulla Chalili	+32.2	0 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1
3	Norway	Åsne Skrede Ida Lien Sivert Guttorm Bakken Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	+33.7	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1
4th	Belarus	Dsinara Alimbekawa Iryna Kryuko Anton Smolski Sergei Botscharnikow	+40.4	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 1 1 + 3
5	Poland	Kinga Zbylut Kamila Żuk Łukasz Szczurek Grzegorz Guzik	+2: 33.3	0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 1
6th	Estonia	Regina Oja Johanna Talihärm Kalev Ermits Rene Zahkna	+2: 40.1	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 1 + 3 2 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0
7th	France	Camille Bened Chloé Chevalier Sébastien Mahon Martin Perrillat Bottonet	+2: 40.5	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 1
8th	Czech Republic	Natálie Jurčová Tereza Voborníková Milan Žemlička Tomáš Krupčík	+2: 50.8	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 0
9	Austria	Simone Kupfner Fabienne Hartweger David Komatz Patrick Jakob	+3: 44.7	0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1
10	Italy	Irene Lardschneider Nicole Gontier Saverio Zini Daniele Cappellari	+4: 00.8	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1

Start: Thursday, February 25, 2020, 3 p.m.

Registered: 22 nations; lapped (LAP): 9

The third-placed Norwegian mixed relay was disqualified after a complaint by the Belarusian team, initially due to a disability (IBU competition rules 11.3.4 k). After an objection by the Norwegians and another review of the images, the jury withdrew this decision about five hours after the end of the competition.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBU Open European Championships reallocated to Minsk-Raubichi , biathlonworld.com, February 13, 2020, accessed on February 15, 2020.
2. ↑ ++ # JOECH20 Update ++. IBU, March 13, 2020, accessed on March 13, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Competition Analysis (Supersprint Qualification, M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 29, 2020
4. ↑ Competition Analysis (Supersprint Finale, M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 28, 2020
5. ↑ Competition Analysis (Sprint, M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 29, 2020
6. ↑ Competition Analysis (pursuit, M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on March 1, 2020
7. ↑ Competition Analysis (Supersprint Qualification, F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 29, 2020
8. ↑ Competition Analysis (Supersprint Finale, F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 28, 2020
9. ↑ Competition Analysis (Sprint, F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 29, 2020
10. ↑ Competition Analysis (Pursuit, F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on March 1, 2020
11. ↑ Competition Analysis (Single-Mixed-Relay), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 29, 2020
12. ↑ Competition Analysis (Mixed Relay), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 29, 2020
13. ↑ Biathlon European Championship: German single mixed relay wins silver on xc-ski.de, accessed on February 29, 2020

Web links

• biathlonresults.com , IBU data center with schedule, result lists and statistics (eng.)