Biathlon World Championships 2015

Biathlon World Championships 2015
	Men's	Ladies
winner
sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Marie Dorin-Habert
persecution	Erik Lesser	Marie Dorin-Habert
singles	Martin Fourcade	Ekaterina Jurlova
Mass start	Jakov Fak	Walentyna Semerenko
Season	Germany	Germany
Mixed relay	Czech Republic
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Shooting range in Kontiolahti

The 47th  Biathlon World Championships took place from March 4 to 15, 2015 in Kontiolahti, Finland, in the local biathlon stadium.

Kontiolahti unexpectedly prevailed against the Norwegian capital Oslo with 23 to 20 votes . This was the third time that the World Championships took place in Kontiolahti after 1990 and 1999 .

The single mixed relay held in the World Cup was not one of the six different disciplines.

In 2014 there were no biathlon world championships because of the Winter Olympics in Sochi .

Time schedule

date	Men		Women
March 4th (Wed.)	Opening ceremony
March 5th (Thursday)	5:15 pm	Mixed relay (2 × 6 km and 2 × 7.5 km)
March 6th (Fri)	training
March 7th (Sat.)	13:00 'O clock	Sprint (10 km)	4:30 p.m.	Sprint (7.5 km)
March 8 (Sun.)	1:15 p.m.	Pursuit (12.5 km)	4:00 p.m.	Pursuit (10 km)
March 9 (Mon.)	training
March 10th (Tue.)
March 11th (Wed.)			5:15 pm	Single (15 km)
March 12th (Thursday)	5:15 pm	Single (20 km)
March 13th (Fri)			5:15 pm	Relay (4 × 6 km)
March 14th (Sat.)	4:30 p.m.	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)
March 15 (Sun.)	4:15 p.m.	Mass start (15 km)	1:30 p.m.	Mass start (12.5 km)

Times correspond to CET .

Medal table

Nations
final after 11 competitions

space	country
1	France	3	2	1	6th
2	Germany	3	2	0	5
3	Norway	1	2	4th	7th
4th	Czech Republic	1	2	1	4th
5	Russia	1	1	0	2
6th	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
7th	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
8th	Poland	0	1	1	2
9	Canada	0	1	0	1
10	Italy	0	0	2	2
11	Finland	0	0	1	1

Men
final score after 6 competitions

space	athlete
01	Erik Lesser	2	0	0	2
02	Johannes Thingnes Bø	1	1	1	3
	Martin Fourcade	1	1	1	3
	Ondřej Moravec	1	1	1	3
05	Daniel Bohm	1	0	0	1
	Jakov Fak	1	0	0	1
	Arnd Peiffer	1	0	0	1
	Simon Schempp	1	0	0	1
	Michal Šlesingr	1	0	0	1
010	Emil Hegle Svendsen	0	2	0	2
011	Tarjei Bø	0	1	4th	5
012	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	0	1	1	2
013	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	0	1	0	1
	Anton Schipulin	0	1	0	1
	Nathan Smith	0	1	0	1
016	Quentin Fillon Maillet	0	0	1	1
	Simon Fourcade	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 6 competitions

space	sportswoman
01	Marie Dorin-Habert	2	2	0	4th
02	Laura Dahlmeier	1	1	0	2
	Franziska Preuss	1	1	0	2
	Gabriela Soukalová	1	1	0	2
05	Walentyna Semerenko	1	0	1	2
06th	Franziska Hildebrand	1	0	0	1
	Vanessa Hinz	1	0	0	1
	Ekaterina Jurlova	1	0	0	1
	Veronika Vítková	1	0	0	1
010	Anaïs Bescond	0	2	0	2
011	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak	0	1	1	2
012	Justine Braisaz	0	1	0	1
	Enora Latuilliere	0	1	0	1
014th	Karin Oberhofer	0	0	2	2
015th	Tiril Eckhoff	0	0	1	1
	Nicole Gontier	0	0	1	1
	Fanny wave-beach horn	0	0	1	1
	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	0	0	1	1
	Lisa Vittozzi	0	0	1	1
	Dorothea Wierer	0	0	1	1

Men

Sprint 10 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Johannes Thingnes Bø	24: 12.8	0 + 1
2	Nathan Smith	+12.1	0 + 1
3	Tarjei Bø	+25.3	0 + 0
4th	Simon Fourcade	+29.5	0 + 1
5	Erik Lesser	+30.3	0 + 1
6th	Yevgeny Garanichev	+35.6	0 + 2
7th	Michal Šlesingr	+36.1	1 + 1
8th	Vladimir Iliev	+40.2	1 + 0
9	Ondřej Moravec	+43.9	0 + 1
10	Benedikt Doll	+46.5	0 + 2

Start: Saturday, March 7, 2015, 1 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 129 athletes; abandoned (DNF): 2

Simon Schempp , who was third in the World Cup and was one of the favorites for this race, only made it to 77th place with seven shooting errors, which meant he missed the subsequent pursuit.

Pursuit 12.5 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Erik Lesser	30: 47.9	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Anton Schipulin	+17.0	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
3	Tarjei Bø	+18.7	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
4th	Michal Šlesingr	+20.4	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
5	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+43.9	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
6th	Vladimir Iliev	+45.9	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
7th	Martin Fourcade	+1: 02.0	0 + 1 + 1 + 1
8th	Jakov Fak	+1: 04.5	1 + 2 + 0 + 0
9	Ondřej Moravec	+1: 06.7	0 + 1 + 1 + 0
10	Simon Fourcade	+1: 08.6	0 + 0 + 1 + 2

Start: Sunday, March 8th, 2015, 1:15 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 60 athletes

Single 20 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Martin Fourcade	47: 29.4	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
2	Emil Hegle Svendsen	+20.9	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
3	Ondřej Moravec	+40.5	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
4th	Simon Fourcade	+45.7	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
5	Serhiy Semenov	+56.0	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
6th	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+1: 12.1	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
7th	Johannes Thingnes Bø	+1: 14.2	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
8th	Simon Schempp	+1: 14.9	0 + 1 + 1 + 0
9	Alexei Volkov	+1: 42.9	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
10	Jakov Fak	+1: 45.5	0 + 1 + 0 + 1

Start: Thursday, March 12, 2015, 5:15 p.m.

Registered: 127 athletes, not at the start (DNS): 2

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Germany	Erik Lesser Daniel Boehm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	1: 13: 49.5	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1
2	Norway	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	+15.4	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1
3	France	Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade	+33.6	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0
4th	Russia	Yevgeny Garanitschew Alexei Volkov Dmitri Malyshko Anton Schipulin	+49.7	1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0
5	Austria	Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Sven Grossegger Dominik Landertinger	+54.8	0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0
6th	Czech Republic	Michal Krčmář Jaroslav Soukup Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec	+55.1	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 0
7th	Switzerland	Mario Dolder Benjamin Weger Serafin Wiestner Ivan Joller	+1: 48.8	0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1
8th	Slovenia	Janez Marič Klemen farmer Jakov Fak Rok Tršan	+1: 49.2	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0
9	Ukraine	Dmytro Pidrutschnyj Artem Pryma Olexander Schyrnyj Serhiy Semenov	+2: 31.5	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0
10	Belarus	Uladzimir Tschapelin Dzmitryj Dzjuschau Dzmitryj Abascheu Jury Ljadau	+2: 34.7	0 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 3

Start: Saturday, March 14, 2015, 4:30 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 27 nations, lapped (LAP): 8

Mass start 15 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Jakov Fak	36: 24.9	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
2	Ondřej Moravec	+1.0	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
3	Tarjei Bø	+3.7	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
4th	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+10.2	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
5	Michal Šlesingr	+18.4	1 + 0 + 2 + 0
6th	Johannes Thingnes Bø	+18.7	0 + 0 + 2 + 0
7th	Anton Schipulin	+22.8	0 + 1 + 2 + 0
8th	Simon Schempp	+25.6	0 + 1 + 1 + 0
9	Simon Fourcade	+27.9	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
10	Martin Fourcade	+30.9	0 + 1 + 2 + 1

Start: Sunday, March 15, 2015, 4:15 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 30 athletes

Women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Marie Dorin-Habert	22: 16.8	0 + 1
2	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak	+ 09.6	0 + 0
3	Walentyna Semerenko	+19.7	0 + 1
4th	Laura Dahlmeier	+29.1	1 + 2
5	Krystyna Guzik	+39.7	0 + 1
6th	Ekaterina Shumilova	+48.8	1 + 1
7th	Magdalena Gwizdoń	+51.8	2 + 0
8th	Andreja Mali	+1: 01.9	1 + 0
9	Olga Abramova	+1: 03.0	1 + 1
10	Franziska Hildebrand	+1: 09.8	1 + 1

Start: Saturday, March 7th, 2015, 4:30 p.m.

Registered: 106 athletes; not at the start (DNS): 1; abandoned (DNF): 2

Pursuit 10 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Marie Dorin-Habert	30: 07.7	0 + 0 + 2 + 1
2	Laura Dahlmeier	+15.3	1 + 0 + 0 + 1
3	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak	+31.6	0 + 1 + 2 + 0
4th	Ekaterina Shumilova	+48.7	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
5	Gabriela Soukalová	+58.0	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
6th	Franziska Hildebrand	+1: 00.0	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
7th	Darja Domratschawa	+1: 04.5	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
8th	Krystyna Guzik	+1: 12.2	2 + 0 + 0 + 0
9	Dorothea Wierer	+1: 16.1	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
10	Olga Abramova	+1: 26.5	1 + 0 + 1 + 0

Start: Sunday, March 8, 2015, 4 p.m.

Reported: 60; not at the start (DNS): 2

Single 15 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Ekaterina Jurlova	41: 32.2	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Gabriela Soukalová	+23.2	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
3	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	+24.4	0 + 1 + 1 + 0
4th	Dorothea Wierer	+24.8	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
5	Darja Wirolainen	+37.9	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
6th	Laura Dahlmeier	+40.5	1 + 1 + 0 + 0
7th	Anaïs Bescond	+1: 05.7	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
8th	Veronika Vítková	+1: 21.2	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
9	Monika Hojnisz	+1: 22.0	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
10	Franziska Hildebrand	+2: 22.5	1 + 0 + 0 + 1

Start: Saturday, March 11th, 2015, 5:15 p.m.

Registered: 105 athletes; not at the start (DNS): 4; abandoned (DNF): 1

Relay 4 × 6 km

space	country	sportswoman	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Germany	Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier	1: 11: 54.6 h	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0
2	France	Anaïs Bescond Enora Latuillière Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin-Habert	+1: 00.3	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0
3	Italy	Lisa Vittozzi Karin Oberhofer Nicole Gontier Dorothea Wierer	+1: 06.1	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1
4th	Russia	Ekaterina Glasyrina Darja Wirolainen Ekaterina Jurlowa Ekaterina Schumilowa	+1: 16.8	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2
5	Norway	Marte Olsbu Synnøve Solemdal Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff	+1: 24.6	0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0
6th	Ukraine	Iryna Varwynez Yulia Jyma Olga Abramowa Walentyna Semerenko	+1: 42.5	0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0
7th	Belarus	Nadseja Skardsina Nadseja Pissarawa Iryna Kryuko Darja Domratschawa	+2: 05.8	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2
8th	Czech Republic	Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková	+3: 11.7	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 3 1 + 3 2 + 3 0 + 0
9	Sweden	Elisabeth Högberg Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Emma Nilsson	+3: 15.8	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0
10	Canada	Megan Tandy Rosanna Crawford Audrey Vaillancourt Julia Ransom	+3: 39.5	0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 2

Start: Friday, March 13, 2015, 5:15 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 25 nations, lapped (LPD): 6

Mass start 12.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Walentyna Semerenko	34: 32.9	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Franziska Preuss	+6.2	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
3	Karin Oberhofer	+12.6	1 + 1 + 0 + 0
4th	Darja Domratschawa	+14.7	0 + 0 + 2 + 0
5	Gabriela Soukalová	+26.2	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
6th	Franziska Hildebrand	+31.7	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
7th	Laura Dahlmeier	+39.9	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
8th	Marie Dorin-Habert	+41.0	0 + 2 + 1 + 0
9	Anaïs Bescond	+41.5	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
10	Ekaterina Shumilova	+41.8	0 + 0 + 0 + 1

Start: Sunday, March 15, 2015, 1.30 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 30 athletes

Mixed

Relay 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km

space	country	Sportswoman)	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Czech Republic	Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec	1: 20: 27.2 h	0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1
2	France	Anaïs Bescond Marie Dorin-Habert Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Martin Fourcade	+20.2	0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0
3	Norway	Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø	+27.7	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
4th	Belarus	Nadseja Skardsina Darja Domratschawa Uladsimir Tschapelin Jury Lyadau	+31.0	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 3
5	Austria	Lisa Hauser Katharina Innerhofer Sven Grossegger Simon Eder	+1: 00.3	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
6th	Germany	Luise Kummer Franziska Preuß Daniel Boehm Benedikt Doll	+1: 22.8	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1
7th	Italy	Dorothea Wierer Karin Oberhofer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer	+1: 24.7	0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 2
8th	United States	Susan Dunklee Hannah Dreissigacker Lowell Bailey Leif Nordgren	+1: 46.6	0 + 1 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0
9	Finland	Mari Laukkanen Kaisa Mäkäräinen Ahti Toivanen Olli Hiidensalo	+1: 59.5	0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 2
10	Russia	Jana Romanowa Olga Podchufarowa Maxim Zwetkow Anton Schipulin	+2: 00.2	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0

Start: Thursday, March 5th, 2015, 5:15 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 26 nations, lapped (LPD): 5

Other seasons from German-speaking countries:

 Switzerland : Aita Gasparin , Elisa Gasparin , Benjamin Weger and Mario Dolder 1: 23: 33.4 h (0 + 7) 13th place.

Result lists

→ Main article : 2015 Biathlon World Championships / Results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Competition Analysis (Sprint M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017
2. ↑ Competition Analysis (pursuit M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017
3. ↑ Competition Analysis (Individual M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017
4. ↑ Competition Analysis (Season M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017
5. ↑ Competition Analysis (Massenstart M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017
6. ↑ Competition Analysis (Sprint F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017
7. ↑ Competition Analysis (pursuit F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017
8. ↑ Competition Analysis (Single F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017
9. ↑ Competition Analysis (Season F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017
10. ↑ Competition Analysis (Massenstart F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017
11. ↑ Competition Analysis (mixed relay), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 21, 2017

Web links

• Official website (English, Russian, Finnish)
• Official website of the IBU
• Notification of the award