Summer biathlon world championships

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has been organizing regular summer biathlon world championships since 1996 . You can run on roller skis or cross-country skiing .

The summer biathlon world championship is held every year in late summer. Unlike the biathlon world championships , they also take place in the years with the Olympic Winter Games . The summer biathlon world championships are always held together with the junior summer biathlon world championships.

Competitions

The first cross-country championships were held in 1996 in Hochfilzen over the sprint and individual distances, since 1997 there have been a sprint, a pursuit and a relay competition, which differ in length from the "winter biathlon". In 2006, the roller ski biathletes were also included in the program. While the roller ski competitions have the usual distance for the World Cup of 10 km and 12.5 km for men and 7.5 km and 10 km for women, the cross competitions run over 4 km and 6 km for men , for women, both routes are one kilometer shorter each.

In addition to the individual races, there is also a relay competition, which was initially organized twice, separated by gender. There is now only one mixed relay in roller skis, with two men and two women running. In addition, a mass start was held as a discipline. Since 2010, only roller ski competitions have been held, the most important competition in cross-country biathlon since then has been the European Summer Biathlon Championships .

Previous world championships

To date, a total of 23 summer biathlon world championships have been held.

Venues

year	Venue (s)
1996	Hochfilzen
1997	Krakow
1998	Osrblie
1999	Minsk
2000	Khanty-Mansiysk
2001	Duszniki-Zdrój
2002	Jablonec nad Nisou
2003	Forni Avoltri
2004	Osrblie
2005	Muonio
2006	Ufa
2007	Otepää
2008	Haute Maurienne
2009	Oberhof
2010	Duszniki-Zdrój
2011	Nové Město na Moravě
2012	Ufa
2013	Forni Avoltri
2014	Tyumen
2015	Cheile Grădiştei
2016	Otepää
2017	Tchaikovsky
2018	Nové Město na Moravě
2019	Minsk
2020	Ruhpolding
2021	Nové Město na Moravě